Ethel C. Hale and W. Paul Wharton v. Federal Communications Commission, Ksl, Incorporated, Intervenor

This statutory review proceeding under the Federal Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., relates to the Commission’s renewal, without an evidentiary hearing, of the radio broadcasting license of KSL-AM, a clear channel station broadcasting throughout the Salt Lake City area.1 Section 309(a) of the *558Act authorizes renewal only upon the Commission’s finding that the “public interest, convenience, and necessity” would be served thereby. Appellants, individual residents of the Salt Lake area, had filed with the Commission letters protesting renewal, and requesting that the matter be set…