INDEPENDENCE PUB. MEDIA v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC TV

Civ. A. No. 92-0109.

808 F.Supp. 416 (1992)

INDEPENDENCE PUBLIC MEDIA OF PHILADELPHIA, INC. v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC TELEVISION NETWORK COMMISSION, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

November 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric B. Schnurer, Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiff.

Calvin R. Koons, Office of Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, PA, for defendants Pennsylvania Public Television Network Com'n, H. Sheldon Parker, Jr., Bart H. Cavanagh, Sr., Joseph D. Hughes, Richard A. Stafford, Helen B. Craig, Sheldon P. Siegel.

Christopher K. Walters, Thomas J. Marshall, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Philadelphia, PA, Robert A. Woods, Schwartz, Woods & Miller, Washington, DC, for defendants, Public Broadcasting of Northwest Pennsylvania, QED Communications, Inc., Lehigh Valley Telecommunications Corp., Northeastern Pennsylvania ETV Ass'n, Inc., WITF, Inc., Pennsylvania State University, WHYY, Inc.


OPINION

PADOVA, District Judge.

Nine in-state public television stations currently serve the citizens of Pennsylvania.1 Plaintiff Independence Public Media of Philadelphia, Inc. operates the infant of these nine, WYBE in Philadelphia, which began broadcasting in 1990.2 In addition to being a newcomer, plaintiff considers WYBE to be unique among Pennsylvania public television stations in that it serves...

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