Satellite Broadcasting Company, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Associated Information Services Corporation, Intervenor

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

Satellite Broadcasting Company (“SBC”) appeals from a decision of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) sustaining a decision of its staff to dismiss as untimely SBC applications to operate microwave radio stations employing channels allocated to the Private Operational-Fixed Microwave Service (“OFS”) in Chicago, Illinois and Sacramento, California. In both cases, SBC filed its applications with the FCC in Washington, D.C. during October 1983, shortly before the applicable deadlines. Since a number of…