[BC] FM allotment finder

[Peter Moncure]

Tom wrote:
> Did you remember to convert Google Earth's co-ordinates to NAD 27?...
>
> One thing that would be MORE useful would be a tool to check whether a 
> proposed new site for an existing station is viable.
>
> A quick go/no-go would be a BIG help in eliminating possible sites 
> quickly.
Hmm, that would require correct application of §73.215 and AFAIK there 
is no algorithm which does that, due to the ambiguity of the single 
status character given us by CDBS.  IOW, one may have allowed the use of 
215 allocation rules with respect to one other station, but not all 
others, and this cannot be determined from CDBS as it is currently 
constructed.

It would also require the ability to do NCE searches, TV-6 searches and 
all the other arcane rules surrounding broadcast allocations.

And not least it would, if truly well-done, both compete with us (boo!) 
and eliminate much of the consulting work, which as a member of AFCCE I 
would not like to see.  I'm no libertarian, but I doubt that placing 
more control over allocations exclusively within the FCC is desirable.  
It seems like a no-brainer, click and get a license, but when you look 
carefully there are lots of problems with that approach, at least for 
broadcast FM.

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