COMMITTEE TO SAVE WEAM v. F.C.C.

No. 85-1352.

808 F.2d 113 (1986)

COMMITTEE TO SAVE WEAM, Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, Viacom Broadcasting, Inc., Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara M. Simons, with whom Morton L. Simons, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellant.

Sue Ann Preskill, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, with whom Jack D. Smith, Gen. Counsel, and Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

George H. Shapiro and Gerald E. Oberst, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor.

Before RUTH B. GINSBURG, BORK, and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:

The Committee to Save WEAM raises a substantive and a procedural challenge to the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") order approving the assignment of Radio Station WEAM's station license. This assignment was initially approved by the FCC's Mass Media Bureau ("Bureau"), acting by authority delegated from the Commission pursuant to section 5 of the Communications...

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