Court Opinion

ID: 9481601
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 08:25:16.832585+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:48:26.968468
License: Public Domain

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I join the court’s opinion and add the following thoughts. Neither the agency nor its counsel was able to suggest any reason why the public interest would be served by refusing to permit the transfer of the license and thereby putting the station off the air. After all the efforts to sell the station, it is patently obvious that there is no alternative use for the frequency. Appellant suggests that its client is the target of a personal grudge held by senior officials in the agency. Normally I would discount such a claim, but the agency’s handling of this case is so inexplicable otherwise that appellant’s suggestion is troubling. That explains why we would even consider ordering the FCC to grant the license.
I rather hope we do not see this ease again.