Legal Opinion
Wait Radio v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 24, 1969No. 21689PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
WAIT Radio brings this appeal to protest a decision by the Federal Communications Commission rejecting as unacceptable its application for authority to operate its station on an unlimited time basis.1 We think the Commission erred by not giving adequate reasons for denying and refusing to hold a hearing on appellant’s request for waiver of certain FCC rules and we remand for further consideration.
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WAIT operates a Chicago AM radio station on a frequency of 820 kHz, one of the so-called clear channels. Under FCC “clear channel” rules certain AM frequencies are…
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