Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554
Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) the Applications of ) ) UTV of San Francisco, Inc., KCOP Television, ) File Nos. BALCT-20000918ABB, Inc. ) ABC, ABD, ABF, ABK, ABL, UTV of San Antonio, Inc., Oregon Television, ) ABM, ABN, ABU, ABY, ABG, Inc., UTV of Baltimore, Inc., WWOR-TV, Inc., ) ABH, ABI, ABJ, ABO, ABP, and ) ABQ, ABR, ABS, ABV, ABW, UTV of Orlando, Inc. and United Television, Inc. ) ABX, ABZ, ACA, ACB, ACC, (Assignors) ) ACD, ACE ) and ) ) Fox Television Stations, Inc. ) (Assignee) ) ) For Consent to the Assignment of Licenses ) for Stations KBHK-TV, San Francisco, CA; ) KCOP-TV, Los Angeles, CA; KMOL-TV, ) San Antonio, TX; KPTV-TV, Portland, OR; ) WUTB-TV, Baltimore, MD; WWOR-TV, ) Secaucus, NJ; WRBW-TV, Orlando, FL; ) KMSP-TV, Minneapolis, MN; KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, UT; KUTP-TV, Phoenix, AZ MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Adopted: July 23, 2001 Released: July 25, 2001 By the Commission: Chairman Powell and Commissioner Abernathy approving and issuing separate statements; Commissioners Tristani and Copps dissenting and issuing separate statements. 1. The Commission has before it for consideration the applications to assign the licenses of the ten television stations held by subsidiaries of Chris-Craft Industries1 to Fox Television Stations, Inc. (FTS). A petition to deny was filed jointly by the Office of Communication, Inc. of the United Church of Christ, Academy of Latino Leaders in Action, Black Citizens for a Fair Media, Center for Media Education, Consumer Federation of America, Consumer’s Union, New York Metropolitan Association of the United Church of Christ, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, and Valley Community Access Television (Petitioners).2 For 1 The Chris-Craft subsidiaries involved are: UTV of San Francisco, Inc., KCOP Television, Inc., UTV of San Antonio, Inc., Oregon Television, Inc., UTV of Baltimore, Inc., WWOR-TV, Inc., and UTV of Orlando, Inc.
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