SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE BROADCASTING CORP. v. F.C.C.

No. 91-1186.

976 F.2d 1439 (1992)

SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE BROADCASTING CORP., Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent A. Pepper, with whom Peter Gutmann and Louis C. Stephens, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Gregory M. Christopher, with whom Robert L. Pettit, Gen. Counsel and Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before: MIKVA, Chief Judge; RUTH BADER GINSBURG and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge.

RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) order denying the application of Sarasota-Charlotte Broadcasting Corporation (SCBC) to operate a new FM radio station in Englewood, Florida, and granting the mutually exclusive application of Sandpiper Broadcasting, Inc. The decision turned on a comparison of the applicants' proposed...

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