Polar Broadcasting, Inc., Petitioner, v. Federal Communications Commission; United States Ofamerica, Respondents,association for Maximum Service Television, Inc.,;association of America's Public Television Stations;corporation for Public Broadcasting; Public Broadcastingservice; National Association of Broadcasters; Pagingassociates, Inc.; International Television Broadcasting,inc.; Sandra Engle; Tv 58 St. Louis, Inc.; Morningstarcommunications; Zantech, Inc.; International Broadcastingnetwork; Sherjan Broadcasting Co., Inc., Intervenors, 22 F.3d 1184 (D.C. Cir. 1994)

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US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit - 22 F.3d 1184 (D.C. Cir. 1994) March 24, 1994

Before: WILLIAMS, GINSBURG and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.

JUDGMENT

PER CURIAM.


This petition for review was heard on the record from the Federal Comunications Commission and on the briefs by the parties and arguments of counsel. The court has accorded the arguments full consideration and determined the issues presented occasion no need for a published opinion. See D.C. Cir. Rule 36(b).

We have jurisdiction over the petition for review filed by and naming Polar Broadcasting, Inc., "et al.", as petitioner, but not over any claim by any party associated with Polar in the proceedings before the Commission. See Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co., 487 U.S. 312 (1988); Rule 15, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Petitioner has identified no final decision of the Commission that treats low-power television arbitrarily or capriciously, given the Commission's prior determination of the secondary status of such television:

First and foremost, we intend to maintain the secondary spectrum priority of low power stations, a policy that assures protection from interference to full service stations. Secondary spectrum priority has two aspects: low power stations may not cause objectionable interference to existing full service stations, and low power stations must yield to facilities increases of existing full service stations or to new full service stations where interference occurs.

Low Power Television, 51 Radio Reg.2d (P & F) 476, 486 (1982) (emphasis added), on reconsid., 53 Radio Reg.2d (P & F) 1267, 1269, reconsid. denied, 95 F.C.C.2d 657 aff'd, Neighborhood Television Co., Inc. v. FCC, 742 F.2d 629 (1984). Therefore, it is

ORDERED that the petition for review is denied.

The Clerk is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after disposition of any timely petition for rehearing. See D.C. Cir. Rule 41(a) (1).

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