Full FCC Rejects Application for Review of TV Sale for Lack of Standing
The full FCC dismissed an application for review appealing sale of two TV stations for a lack of standing, said an order posted Wednesday. Nalini, Rishi and Ravi Kapur opposed Media Bureau approval of KAXT-CD San Francisco-San Jose and KTLN-TV…
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Palo Alto from OTA to TV-49. The Kapurs were minority owners of KAXT when OTA bought it in 2014, and opposed that and the renewal of KAXT’s license, the order said. “In several subsequent decisions, the Division and the full Commission have repeatedly rejected the Kapurs’ challenges.” The Kapurs argued the sale to OTA was illegal, and OTA lacks the character to be a licensee. “OTA argues in its AFR Opposition that the AFR is the Kapurs’ latest attempt to use the Commission’s processes to exact revenge on their former business partners for selling KAXT to OTA,” the order said. The Kapurs didn’t demonstrate injury from the sale, and the FCC and courts “repeatedly rejected standing assertions” advanced by minority interest holders, the agency said. Ravi Kapur said his family is considering its options.