D.C. Circuit Denies Mandamus Petition of Ky. AM Broadcast Licensee
The U.S. Appeals Court for the D.C. Circuit denied the petition of Gerald Parks, licensee of AM station WEKC in Williamsburg, Kentucky, for mandamus relief, said the three-judge panel’s per curiam order Thursday (docket 23-1078). Petitioner Parks hasn’t shown that…
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Section 307 of the Communications Act “clearly and indisputably requires” the FCC “to continue in effect his license despite his failure to timely file a renewal application in 2020,” said the order. Parks asserted the FCC wrongly argued that the D.C. Circuit lacked jurisdiction to grant Parks his requested mandamus relief because the Media Bureau canceled his WEKC broadcast license in August 2020 (see 2307120046). Parks contended his license remains in effect while his 2012 renewal application remains pending.