Philco Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, National Broadcasting Company, Inc., Intervenor

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the Philco Corporation from dismissal by the Federal Communications Commission of Philco’s protest of the grant without a hearing of the applications of the National Broadcasting Corporation, intervenor in this court,1 for renewal of the licenses of its television broadcast station WRCV-TV, of certain functions auxiliary to that station, and of its radio broadcast station WRCV, all in Philadelphia. The Commission dismissed the protest on the ground that Philco lacked standing as a “party in interest” within the meaning of section 309(c) of the Federal…