[Scan-DC] Statistics

[John Wilson]

   I have complained to the FCC for years about not being able to search 
the ULS database because the software does not support independent 
cities searching.   Many Virginia licensees are shown incorrectly 
because the application process required a county be listed and often 
the applying city would enter the adjacent county.   An FCC tech rep 
told me they couldn't program that feature and that I would have to 
enter a latitude and longitude search, blah, blah..  I knew that was a 
"please go away" answer.   Amazingly now the FCC database search engine 
supports an independent city search, at least for Virginia .  I think 
that resulted only because of the Va. independent cities located in NOVA.

   It should be noted that not ALL cities in Virginia are independent 
cities.  Many are part of a county.  There are approximately 35 
independent cities in state.

David L. Wilson wrote:

> Though we are sort of off topic, I think a lot of people do not 
> realize that in Virginia, cities are not part of counties even if 
> surrounded by them, they are separate entities--this is not true in 
> any other state though I have heard there is something somewhat 
> similar with parishes in Lousiana I think. The City of Fairfax is not 
> part of the county and neither is Ft. Belvoir so why should they be in 
> the county statistics?  Just because they are close?  Then what about 
> Arlington and Alexandria, they also border the county.
>
> For example, even though the FCC lists Fredericksburg sometimes as in 
> Stafford Co. and sometimes as in Spotsylvania Co., it is not part of 
> either one.  The FCC forms do not know this and often are filled in 
> with a county for VA when they are not in a county.
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