Legal Opinion
Walt-West Enterprises, Inc. v. Gannett Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 21, 1982No. 81-2939, 81-3005PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.
This case involves a dispute between neighbors of a sort. Plaintiff and defendant own and operate FM radio stations in the Chicago, Illinois metropolitan area. While the parties’ transmitting facilities are located many miles apart, their radio stations are “located” contiguously on the FM dial. Plaintiff is licensed to broadcast at a frequency of 106.7 megahertz; defendant at 107.5 megahertz. Each party, for one reason or another, apparently finds decimal points unappealing. Thus, for the purpose of what will tentatively be called station identification, each party…
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