Legal Opinion
Greater Boston Television Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 13, 1970No. Nos. 17785, 17788, 23154, 23159, 23172PublishedCited by 503 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal marks the culmination of a sixteen year struggle to determine the licensee to operate a television station on Channel 5 in Boston. Rivals for the license have been before this court on three previous occasions.
The Federal Communications Commission previously made a limited award to WHDH, Inc., and that company has been operating the station, WHDH, under temporary authorization. In the decision now under appeal, the Commission, after an extensive comparative hearing, approved the application of Boston Broadcasters, Inc. (BBI), and denied the mutually…
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