ASTROLINE COM. CO. LTD. PARTNERSHIP v. F.C.C.

No. 86-1559.

857 F.2d 1556 (1988)

ASTROLINE COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, Arch Communications Corp., Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 27, 1988.

As Amended October 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Hart, Jr., with whom Dan J. Alpert, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

David Silberman, Counsel, F.C.C. ("FCC"), with whom Diane S. Killory, General Counsel, FCC, and Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, FCC, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Robert A. Beizer and R. Clark Wadlow, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for intervenor.

Before BUCKLEY and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and LOUIS F. OBERDORFER, U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia.


Opinion for the court filed by District Judge OBERDORFER.

OBERDORFER, District Judge:

WTIC-TV serves Hartford, Connecticut, as an Ultra High Frequency ("UHF") television station operating on Channel 61. Arch Communications Corporation ("Arch") holds WTIC-TV's broadcast license. Until autumn of 1986, Arch was wholly owned by Arnold Chase. At that time, the Federal Communications Commission ("the Commission") approved a transfer of one hundred percent of the...

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