Legal Opinion
Bechtel v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 31, 1992No. Nos. 91-1112, 91-1116PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SILBERMÁN, Circuit Judge:
Two unsuccessful applicants for a new FM radio station appeal an FCC grant of the license to their competitor Anchor Broadcasting Limited Partnership. One key criterion upon which the Commission relied to award the license to Anchor was Anchor’s degree of “integration” of ownership into management. Galaxy Communications, Inc.’s primary challenge is to the bona fides of Anchor’s integration proposal, whereas Susan M. Bechtel contends that regulatory changes since 1965, when the Commission first formally adopted the integration criterion, have made its continuing use…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Federal Communications Commission v. WNCN Listeners GuildSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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