Legal Opinion
American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc. v. Federal Communications Comission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 25, 1965No. Nos. 17567, 18045, 18046, 18078PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge:
The present controversy has been before us in various aspects for many years. In March, 1941, WJZ (now WABC, the flagship radio station in New York City of the American Broadcasting Company) was shifted from a frequency of 760 kc (which it had held on a clear channel exclusive basis since 1928), and was licensed to operate on 770 kc on an exclusive basis as a Class I-A (clear channel) station with 50 kw power day and night.1 *In October, 1941, however, KOB, a radio station at Albuquerque, New Mexico, was given a temporary SSA (special service authorization) to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- American Broadcasting Co., Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- The Goodwill Stations, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Transcontinent Television Corporation, Midwest Radio-Television, Inc., American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc., and Wxyz, Inc., Intervenors. Wgn, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Transcontinent Television Corporation, Midwest Radio-Television, Inc., American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc., and Wls, Inc., Intervenors. The Goodwill Stations, Inc., and Wgn, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, City of New York Municipal Broadcasting System, American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc., Wxyz, Inc., and Wls, Inc., Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, Inc., Transcontinent Television Corporation, and Midwest Radio-Television, Inc., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
- Goodwill Stations, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
- American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Albuquerque Broadcasting Company, Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, Inc., Intervenors. American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc. v. United States of America and Federal Communications Commission, Albuquerque Broadcasting Company, Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, Inc., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960