Federal Communications Commission v. Sanders Bros. Radio Station

We took this case to resolve important issues of substance and procedure arising under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

January 20, 1936, the Telegraph Herald, a newspaper published in Dubuque, Iowa, filed with the petitioner an application for a construction permit to erect a broadcasting station in that city. May 14, 1936, the respondent, who had for some years held a broadcasting license for, and had operated, Station WKBB at East Dubuque, Illinois, directly across the Mississippi Riven from Du-buque, Iowa, applied for a permit to move its transmitter and studios to the last…