United States v. Wiyn Radio, Inc., Licensee of Radio Station Wiyn

Defendant-appellant is the licensee of standard radio broadcast station WIYN in Rome, Georgia. On April 23, 1971, during the broadcast of WIYN’s Comment program, the moderator characterized the Institute of American Democracy (“IAD”) and its newsletter, Homefront, as “definitely subversive” and “to the Far Left.” The WIYN moderator made these references in the context of a diatribe regarding alleged communist infiltration of the Methodist Church. Appellant never notified IAD of the remarks, though as a result of contact from a member of Comment’s listening audience, IAD did eventually learn…