Broadcast Enterprises, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Wmeg, Inc., Intervenor

FAHY, Senior Circuit Judge:

The appeal is from an Order of the Commission (a) dismissing Broadcast Enterprises’ petition to deny an application of Mel-Eau Broadcasting Corporation, licensee of Station WMEG, of Eau Gallie, Florida, for assignment of its license to WMEG, Inc., and (b) granting the application.

The Commission held that appellant did not have standing, but nevertheless went on to decide that its petition to deny was inadequate to require an evi-dentiary hearing, and that grant of the assignment application would serve the public interest.

The issue of standing depends upon whether…