Central Florida Enterprises, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Cowles Broadcasting, Inc., Intervenor

On Petition for Rehearing

The FCC and intervenors in this matter seek a rehearing, complaining inter alia that our opinion disregards the “legitimate renewal expectancies implicit in the structure of the [Communications] Act.” 1 In light of the ambiguity of the phrase “renewal expectancies” and the frequency with which they are asserted to insulate an incumbent from license challenge, we think some clarification is called for, both generally and insofar as such an expectation may have been undercut in this case.

The content of the comparative proceeding at issue was governed by the Commission’s…