COMMUNITY TELEVISION, INC., et al., Appellant/Petitioners,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee/Respondent.
Paxson Communications Corporation, et al., Intervenors.
Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc., et al., Intervenor.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 27, 2000.
Decided July 7, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John Griffith Johnson, Jr. argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Gene A. Bechtel, Christopher D. Imlay, Stephen T. Yelverton, Arthur H. Harding, R. Bruce Beckner, Jill Kleppe McClelland, and Daniel R. Ball. Richard F. Swift entered an appearance.
Scott D. Dailard argued the cause for intervenors Paxson Communications Corporation, et al. With him on the briefs were John R. Feore, Jr., Barry A. Friedman and David M. Silverman.
C. Grey Pash, Jr., Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Christopher J. Wright, General Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, Joel Marcus and K. Michele Walters, Counsel, Joel I. Klein, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Robert B. Nicholson and Adam D. Hirsh, Attorneys. Catherine G. O'Sullivan, and Christopher J. Sprigman, Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice, entered appearances.
Jonathan D. Blake was on the brief for intervenor Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc.
Before: EDWARDS, Chief Judge, HENDERSON and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
Petitioners and intervenors1 seek review of the Federal Communications Commission's final rules establishing the procedures and timetable under which television broadcasting will migrate from the now-prevalent analog technology to digital technology. Digital technology holds the promise of either greatly enhancing...
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