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FCC v. WNCN LISTENERS GUILD

No. 79-824.

450 U.S. 582 (1981)

101 S.Ct. 1266

67 L.Ed.2d 521

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ET AL. v. WNCN LISTENERS GUILD ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Saylor argued the cause for petitioners in No. 79-824. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General McCree, Deputy Solicitor General Claiborne, Stephen M. Shapiro, and C. Grey Pash, Jr. Timothy B. Dyk argued the cause for petitioners in Nos. 79-826 and 79-827. With him on the briefs were James A. McKenna, Jr., Carl R. Ramey, J. Roger Wollenberg, J. Laurent Scharff, Jack N. Goodman, Ralph E. Goldberg, Eleanor S. Applewhaite, and Erwin G. Krasnow. B. Dwight Perry and Richard D. Marks filed briefs for petitioners in No. 79-825.

Kristin Booth Glen argued the cause for respondents WNCN Listeners Guild et al. Wilhelmina Reuben Cooke argued the cause for respondents Office of Communication of United Church of Christ et al. With them on the brief were David M. Rice, Jeffrey H. Olson, and Earle K. Moore.†

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Sections 309 (a) and 310 (d) of the Communications Act of 1934, 48 Stat. 1064, as amended, 47 U. S. C. § 151 et seq. (Act), empower the Federal Communications Commission to grant an application for license transfer1 or renewal only if it determines that "the public interest, convenience, and necessity" will be served thereby.2 The issue before us...

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