Arthur Scheiner, 84, retired Washington communications lawyer, di...
Arthur Scheiner, 84, retired Washington communications lawyer, died Feb. 20 of cancer at Casey House Hospice, Rockville, Md. Graduate of Columbia U. Law School, he was in Army during World War II, after which he joined FCC, becoming chief…
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of then-Rules & Standards Div. “Arthur really had a major impact on the Commission in the policy field,” said former FCC Gen. Counsel Henry Geller. Scheiner was primarily responsible for most of FCC’s ownership rules adopted in 1950s and for Sixth Report & Order, which established TV table of allocations. In 1959, Scheiner was co-founder of law firm Wilner, Scheiner & Greeley (later Wilner & Scheiner) and spent short period with Holland & Knight before retiring in 1990. Among Scheiner’s long-term clients were MPAA and Warren Communications News. Wife, 2 sons survive.