Mansfield Journal Co. v. Federal Communications Commission

WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Mansfield Journal Company, on October 5, 1945, filed with the Federal Communications Commission an application for a permit to construct a Class B FM broadcasting station -in Mansfield, Ohio. Similar applications had been filed shortly before by Unity Corporation, Inc., and Richland, Incorporated, and both were then pending.

Before hearings had been had with respect to any of the three applications, the Commission issued a tentative allocation plan for all Class B FM stations, under which two channels were assigned to Mansfield, Ohio. Because of…