Legal Opinion
Frontier Broadcasting Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 12, 1959No. Nos. 14395, 14539PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
The Frontier Broadcasting Company, licensee of a television station at Scottsbluff, Nebraska, operating on Channel 10, applied to the Federal Communications Commission for a television construction permit for Channel 13 at Alliance, Nebraska, some 40 miles away. Western Nebraska Television, Inc., applied for a similar permit. The Commission designated the two mutually exclusive applications for a comparative hearing, finally fixed to begin October 1, 1957, which would include an issue as to Western Nebraska’s financial qualifications.1
Early in September, 1957,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Federal Communications Commission v. Sanders Bros. Radio StationSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Camden Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission Camden Radio, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Elm City Broadcasting Corp. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Greenville Television Company v. Federal Communications Commission, Spartan Radiocasting Company, Intervenor. Wilton E. Hall v. Federal Communications Commission, Spartan Radiocasting Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Greenville Television Co v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
3Cited by5 opinions
- Spanish International Broadcasting Company v. Federal Communications Commission, International Panorama Tv, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Interstate Broadcasting Company, Inc. v. United States of America, and Federal Communications Commission, Grossco, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- Frontier Broadcasting Company v. United States of America, Federal Communications Commission, Western Nebraska Television, Inc., Intervenor. Frontier Broadcasting Company v. Federal Communications Commission, Western Nebraska Television, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
- Microwave Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Spanish International Broadcasting Company v. Federal Communications Commission, International Panorama Tv, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967