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...struggle between Boston Broadcasting, Inc. (BBI) and the Boston Herald Traveler, co-owner of WHDH-TV, for control of TV Channel Five, flared up again Tuesday when a Suffolk County grand jury indicted Nathan H. David, executive vice-president of BBI, on three counts of security violations...
...January 1969 the Federal Communications Commission (PCC) denied WHDH's application to renew its license, awarding it to BBI instead. WHDH appealed the ruling, but it was upheld by the courts. On August 20, however, the FCC requested the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reopen the entire case, in view of the various federal civil suits against David and a ruling is still pending on this request...
...transfer of license from WHDH to BBI may also have serious financial repercussions. WHDH president Clancy maintained that the loss of broadcasting revenue would not force the parent company, Herald-Traveler Corp, to cease publication of the newspaper. But the issue is in doubt. Most of the company's $2.8 million net profit last year came from WHDH while the faltering Herald-Traveler operated at a loss...
...license was first offered in 1954, and granted to WHDH in 1957. Shortly thereafter, charges of political dealings between the president of WHDH and the chairman of the FCC threw the matter into the courts. After that, the license was continued on a temporary basis...
After delaying for six years, the FCC ruled in favor of BBI in May, 1969, and WHDH appealed. The case then stagnated for another 18 months until last week...