▁its ▁license ▁for ▁numerous ▁reasons , ▁but ▁largely ▁because ▁R K O ▁had ▁mis led ▁the ▁commission ▁about ▁corpor ate ▁mis con duct ▁at ▁General ▁T ire , ▁the ▁decision ▁was ▁aff ir med ▁after ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁decl ined ▁to ▁hear ▁an ▁appeal ▁on ▁April ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁R K O ▁General ▁sold ▁off ▁all ▁of ▁W N AC - TV ' s ▁assets ▁to ▁the ▁group ▁the ▁F CC ▁had ▁reward ed ▁a ▁replacement ▁license ▁for , ▁which ▁launched ▁W NE V - TV ▁( now ▁WH D H - TV ) ▁in ▁place ▁of ▁W N AC - TV ▁that ▁May ▁ 2 1 . ▁The ▁decision ▁for ▁W N AC - TV ▁also ▁meant ▁K H J - TV ▁and ▁sister ▁station ▁W OR - TV ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁had ▁lost ▁their ▁lic enses , ▁but ▁an ▁appe als ▁court ▁ruled ▁that ▁the ▁F CC ▁er red ▁when ▁it ▁tied ▁channel ▁ 9 ' s ▁renew al ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁W N AC - TV ▁and ▁ordered ▁new ▁hear ings ▁for ▁K H J - TV ▁and ▁W OR - TV . ▁ ▁The ▁hear ings ▁drag ged ▁on ▁until ▁ 1 9 8 7 ; ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁this , ▁the ▁station ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁air ▁an ▁unus ually ▁large ▁amount ▁of ▁public - aff airs ▁programming ; ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁this ▁and ▁the ▁station ' s ▁c ash ▁res erves ▁being ▁dra ined ▁by ▁R K O ' s ▁legal ▁batt ling