Great Lakes Broadcasting Company v. Federal Communications Commission, the Community Broadcasting Company, Intervenor

This is an appeal from a decision of the Federal Communications Commission which, after a comparative hearing on mutually exclusive applications for a television station construction permit in Toledo, Ohio, granted the application of the Community Broadcasting Company and denied that of appellant, Great Lakes Broadcasting Company. Appellant contends that, although required, the Commission failed to make a detailed comparison of the applicants’ specific program proposals. The Commission concedes that it made no such comparison, but it urges that none is necessary here. The Commission asserts…