Valley Telecasting Co., Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Tele-Broadcasters of California, Inc., Intervenor

McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from an order of the Federal Communications Commission dismissing, without an evidentiary hearing, appellant’s petition for rehearing. The petition was filed after the Commission had granted intervenor a permit to construct new facilities which would allegedly be competitive with appellant. The issues raised concern the extent to which an existing licensee is entitled to an evidentiary hearing, when it alleges such competition but enters its objection for the first time in a post-grant pleading. This court has recently had occasion to deal with this…