BEAUMONT BRANCH OF THE NAACP v. F.C.C.

No. 87-1188.

854 F.2d 501 (1988)

BEAUMONT BRANCH OF THE NAACP and the National Black Media Coalition, Appellants, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, Pyle Communications, Inc., Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Honig, for appellants.

David Silberman, Counsel, F.C.C., with whom Diane S. Killroy, Gen. Counsel, and Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, F.C.C., Washington, D.C., were on the briefs, for appellee.

Robert W. Healy, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor, Pyle Communications of Beaumont, Inc.

Before MIKVA, RUTH BADER GINSBURG and SILBERMAN, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

The petitioners, the National Black Media Coalition, Inc. and the Beaumont Branch of the NAACP (collectively "NBMC"), have brought this action to challenge a decision of the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") to renew the broadcast license of Pyle Communications of Beaumont, Inc. ("Pyle") for two Beaumont, Texas radio...

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