Opinion ID: 308173
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Heading: Early Operation of WXUR

Text: 4 Brandywine was licensed to operate WXUR in 1962 by the Commission after a determination that such license would be beneficial in serving the public interest. WXUR-AM is a daytime standard broadcast station while WXUR-FM is a full-time station. The two stations are the sole stations in Media, Pennsylvania. As has been known to happen, Brandywine suffered financial reverses and the stockholders expressed an interest in selling the company in 1964. Contemporaneously, Station WVCH, located in Chester, Pennsylvania (a town which neighbors Media) elected to terminate broadcasting 20th Century Reformation Hour, the program produced by Dr. Carl McIntire. 3 This event left Rev. McIntire with no outlet for his program in the Philadelphia broadcast market. It is understandable, therefore, that when Dr. McIntire learned that WXUR might be available, the Faith Theological Seminary 4 (hereinafter the Seminary) entered into an agreement to purchase Bradywine's stockholders' interests in October, 1964. The Seminary filed an application with the Commission seeking approval for the proposed purchase of Brandywine's stock and for Commission approval for the Seminary's proposed operation of WXUR.