Legal Opinion

Edge Broadcasting Company, T/a Power 94 v. United States of America Federal Communications Commission

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided February 27, 1992No. 90-2668PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Per curiam

The Federal Communications Commission appeals a judgment construing 18 U.S.C. §§ 1304 and 1307 as governing only commercial speech and holding the application of 18 U;S.C. §§ 1304 and 1307 limiting advertising by a radio station to be an unconstitutional restriction on commercial speech. 732 F.Supp. 633. We affirm.

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Edge Broadcasting Corporation (Edge) owns and operates the 100,000 watt radio station WMYK-FM known as “Power 94.” Power 94 is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and broadcasts from Moy-oek, North Carolina. Moyock is…

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