Legal Opinion
Telecommunications Research & Action Center v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 5, 1988No. 86-1289PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WALD, Chief Judge:
This petition involves Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules promulgated to allow the so-called “excess capacity” of microwave frequencies in a portion of the radio spectrum allocated for Instructional Television Fixed Services (ITFS) to be used for the transmission of noneduca*2tional materials. Petitioner, Telecommunications Research and Action Center (TRAC), and intervenor, Youth News,1 challenge two aspects of the new ITFS regulatory scheme, which the Commission established in Second Report and Order, 101 F.C.C.2d 49 (1985), J.A. at 1, and reaffirmed in Memorandum…
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- Telecommunications Research And Action Center v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988