Press Broadcasting Company, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Rainbow Broadcasting, Ltd., Intervenor

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON.

KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:

This case is the latest in a decade-long series of disputes over a permit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) awarded to Rainbow Broadcasting, Inc. (Rainbow) to construct a television station in Orlando, Florida. At issue is the FCC’s reversal of its Video Services Division decision and the extension of Rainbow’s construction permit over the objection of Press Broadcasting Company, Inc. (Press) that improper ex parte contacts influenced the proceeding. Press now…