Capitol Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated appeals raise questions concerning the right of the Federal Communications Commission to grant, without a full hearing, the application of intervenor New Orleans Television Corporation (hereafter referred to as New Orleans TV), permittee on Channel 12 in New Orleans, for a modification of its television construction permit authorizing a change in transmitter site and other changes. Appellant Capitol Broadcasting Company is the licensee of television station WJTV on Channel 12 at Jackson, Mississippi.

The essential question relates to the action of…