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· 5/11/1973

The Citizens Committee to Keep Progressive Rock v. Federal Communications Commission, Midwestern Broadcasting Company, Intervenor

Citations

  • 478 F.2d 926
  • 156 U.S. App. D.C. 16

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • most format changes do not substantially diminish diversity and thus may appropriately be left \to the give and take of each market environment and the business judgment of the licensee\
  • most format changes do not substantially diminish diversity and thus may appropriately be left “to the give and take of each market environment and the business judgment of the licensee”
  • format choice “primarily in the discretion of the licensee and unless it is shown or appears to the Commission that the format choice is not reasonably attuned to the tastes and general interests of the community of license, we shall not question the licensee’s judgment in these matters”
  • \progressive rock\ distinguished from \top forty\
  • “progressive rock” distinguished from “top forty”

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Judges: McGowan, Tamm, Jame-Son, Montana

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