Russian River Vintage Broadcasting v. Federal Communications Commission, John A. Carollo, Jr., Intervenor

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.

D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Russian River Vintage Broadcasting petitions for review of a Federal Communications Commission order dismissing its application for a new FM station. The FCC dismissed the application on the ground that it did not comply with the agency’s published guideline for an acceptable transmitter site map and that the transmitter site, map, as submitted, was not adequate to verify the site coordinates. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Russian River applied for a new FM station in Sebastopol, California. Pursuant to an FCC…