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COMPLAINT
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EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
RADIO STATIONS SACRAMENTO ARS PRICES MARKET COMPETITION AUDIENCE ADVERTISING TIME MERGER ACQUISITION TRANSACTION TARGET SACRAMENTO MSA CLAYTON ACT LISTENERS HHI UNITED STATES ABILITY VIOLATION MEDIA FIRMS METROPOLITAN AREA ADVERTISERS SEEKING SIGNALS RAISE REVENUES PURCHASE NECESSARY ADVERTISING |
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, :
1401 H Street, NW :
Washington, DC 20530 :
(202) 307-0829 ::
Plaintiff, : No. 1:97CV00405
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v. :: COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE
AMERICAN RADIO SYSTEMS : RELIEF AGAINST COMBINATION
CORPORATION : IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 7 OF
116 Huntington Ave. : THE CLAYTON ACT
Boston, MA 10103 :
(617) 375-7500 : Received: February 27, 1997 at 4:23 PM
: United States District Court
and : District of Columbia
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EZ COMMUNICATIONS, INC. :
10800 Main Street :
Fairfax, VA 22030-8003 :
(703) 591-1000 ::
Defendants. :
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The United States of America, acting under the direction of the Attorney General of the
United States, brings this action to prevent the proposed acquisition through merger of EZ
Communications, Inc. ("EZ") by American Radio Systems Corporation ("ARS").
I. Nature of the Action
1. ARS is a large nationwide operator of radio broadcast stations that owns
five radio stations across the United States, including four located in the Sacramento metropolitan
area. ARS has entered into several transactions in which it will be buying and selling a number of
radio stations in the Sacramento metropolitan area. As a result of those transactions, ARS would
own four radio stations authorized and operating as class B FM radio broadcast facilities
(hereinafter "Class B stations") in the Sacramento area.
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