FLORIDA GULFCOAST BROADCASTERS, INC. v. F. C. C.

Nos. 19048, 19172, 19175.

352 F.2d 726 (1965)

FLORIDA GULFCOAST BROADCASTERS, INC., Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, WTSP-TV, Inc., Intervenor. SUNCOAST CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION, Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, WTSP-TV, Inc., Intervenor. TAMPA TELECASTERS, INC., Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, WTSP-TV, Inc., Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 14, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harry M. Plotkin, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Neville Miller, John P. Bankson, Jr., and Gene A. Bechtel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellant in No. 19,048, argued for all appellants.

Mrs. Lenore Ehrig, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, for appellee. Messrs. Henry Geller, General Counsel, John H. Conlin, Associate General Counsel, and Robert B. Jacobi, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, were on the brief for appellee. Messrs. Daniel R. Ohlbaum, Deputy General Counsel, and Joel H. Levy, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, also entered appearances for appellee.

Mr. Aloysius B. McCabe, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. James M. Johnstone, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for intervenor. Mr. Reed T. Rollo, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for intervenor in No. 19,048.

Messrs. Benito Gaguine, Herbert M. Schulkind and Joseph J. Kessler, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellant in No. 19,172.

Messrs. James A. McKenna, Jr., and David S. Stevens, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellant in No. 19,175.

Before EDGERTON, Senior Circuit Judge, and DANAHER and TAMM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The appellants are unsuccessful applicants for the right to operate a television station on Channel 10 in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area of Florida. They have persisted through the more than eight years which have elapsed since the Federal Communications Commission on June 3, 1957, announced the allocation of this channel to that area, although other competitive applicants have abandoned their efforts to acquire this allocation.

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