[BC] Selecting among applicants

[Tom]

UNfortunately, there has to be SOME way to differentiate between two 
or more equally technically correct 
applicants.  First-come-first-served seems a bit... harsh?

What else?  count the towers in the DA?; lowest count wins?  HIGHEST 
count wins?  Then there's FM / TV - prefer the licensee own their own 
tower?  What, then?

Tom S.

Jerry Mathis wrote:
>>------ Original Message ------
>>Received: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:53:33 AM EDT
>>From: R A Meuser <rameuser at ieee.org>
>>Subject: Re: [BC] The FCC bends over...AGAIN
>>
>>
>>How about the Canadian system. One branch strictly regulates the
>>technical aspects and another the other regulatory aspects of
>>communication but they are technically 'blind'. So if you want to
>>license a radio station you submit you application for technical
>>approval. If it meets technical standards, it gets approved. I there is
>>a compliant competing application, it too gets approved. All the
>>approved applications go to a second body that selects which applicant
>>gets the license. Everything starts with technical approval which is
>>separate from the more political body.
>
>O BROTHER! We started out with the "technical" body and now we have the
>"political" body. The political body is the disaster. I don't want one of
>these, even if paired with a technical body. Remember, the most constraining
>unit in a system sets the standard for what comes out. A good technical
>commission will be no good if it can be overridden by the political
>commission.