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TURRO v. F.C.C.

No. 87-1647.

859 F.2d 1498 (1988)

Gerard A. TURRO, Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 4, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rainer K. Kraus, with whom Peter M. Connolly, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Roberta L. Cook, Counsel, F.C.C., with whom Diane S. Killory, General Counsel, and Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, F.C.C., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee. David Silberman, Counsel, F.C.C., Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before EDWARDS, BUCKLEY and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

The petitioner, Gerard A. Turro, owns an FM translator station in Fort Lee, New Jersey. He petitions for review of an order of the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") denying his request for a waiver of FCC rules prohibiting translator stations from originating local programming. Because we find that the FCC did not abuse its broad discretion to deny waivers...

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