Dennis & Callahan criticized for "election postponed" joke

[Garrett Wollman]

<<On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 17:00:48 -0500, "Don A" <donald_astelle@yahoo.com> said:

> i.e.....WNAC-TV.....and WHDH-TV

> They could not sell the license, as the government (the public) took it back 
> and gave the license to operate chs 7/5  to someone else.

Not quite the same situation, because this was all tangled up in those
stations' license renewals, at a time when the FCC allowed competitive
applications against pending renewals.  A better example would be
those cases where a station owner is convicted of a felony.  Felons
are not allowed to hold broadcast licenses, and on a number of
occasions, the FCC has simply reassigned the license to someone else,
either as a caretaker trustee or as a new station owner.

-GAWollman