Legal Opinion
Federal Communications Commission v. Allentown Broadcasting Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 6, 1955No. 451PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
This case involves the disposition of two applications for construction permits for standard broadcast stations. One application was filed by the Easton Publishing Co. for Easton, Pennsylvania, and the other by the Allentown Broadcasting Corp. for Allentown, Pennsylvania. Both were for the same frequency, and, despite the fact that neither station would render service to the other community, simultaneous operation of the two stations would cause mutually destructive interference.
Hearings were first held in 1946 and resulted in the grant of the Allentown application. The Court of Appeals for…
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