Friedman v. Federal Communications Commission

Pursuant to § 402(a) of the Communications Act,1 Gerico Investment Company2 petitions this court in No. 14387 for review of the action of the Commission in assigning a new and fourth VHF channel, No. 6, to Miami, Florida, in a rule-making proceeding. Gerico contends that this action constitutes a modification of its own UHF license on Channel 17 at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The argument is that the economic effect of assigning Channel 6 to Miami will cause such severe economic injury to Gerico’s operations on Channel 17 as to constitute a modification of its license. On the basis of the…