97-20658. Radio Broadcasting Services; Hobbs, Tatum and Jal, NM

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 12, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 43123-43124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20658]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 96-77; RM-8780, RM-8918]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Hobbs, Tatum and Jal, NM

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission, at the request of MTD, Inc., allots Channel 
296C to Tatum, NM, as the community's first local aural transmission 
service, substitutes Channel 279C1 for Channel 296C1 at Jal, NM, and 
modifies Station KXJW's construction permit to specify operation on the 
alternate Class C1 channel. See 61 FR 18541, April 26, 1996, 62 FR 
18558, April 16, 1997. The request of Great Plains Broadcasting Co., 
Inc., to allot Channel 279A to Hobbs, NM, as the community's fifth 
local FM and seventh local aural service, is denied. Channel 296C can 
be allotted to Tatum in compliance with the Commission's minimum 
distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 13.2 
kilometers (8.2 miles) west, at coordinates 33-15-27 NL; 103-27-22 WL, 
to avoid a short-spacing to Stations KPOS-FM, Channel 297C2, Post, TX, 
and KSMX, Channel 298C1, Clovis, NM. Channel 279C1 can be allotted to 
Jal at coordinates 32-25-53 NL; 103-09-08 WL, which is the transmitter 
site specified in Station KXJW's construction permit. Tatum and Jal are 
both located within 320 kilometers (199 miles) of the U.S.-Mexican 
border. Mexican concurrence in these allotments has been requested but 
not yet received. Therefore, in an effort to introduce a new FM service 
to Tatum, the allotment is subject to the following condition: 
``Operation with the facilities specified herein is subject to 
modification, suspension, or termination without right to a hearing, if 
found by the Commission to be necessary in order to conform to the 1992 
USA-Mexico FM Broadcast Agreement.'' With this action, this proceeding 
is terminated.

DATES: Effective September 15, 1997. The window period for filing 
applications for Channel 296C at Tatum, NM, will open on September 15, 
1997, and close on October 16, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie K. Shapiro, Mass Media Bureau, 
[phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Report and Order, MM Docket No. 96-77, adopted July 23, 1997, and 
released August 1, 1997. The full text of this Commission decision is 
available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in 
the FCC Reference Center (Room 239), 1919 M Street, NW., Washington, 
DC. The complete text of this decision may also be purchased from the 
Commission's copy contractor, International Transcription Services, 
Inc., [phone], 1231 20th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Radio broadcasting.

    Part 73 of title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
as follows:

PART 73--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Secs. 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1082; 47 U.S.C. 154, 
as amended.


Sec. 73.202  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under New Mexico, 
is amended by removing Channel 296A

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and adding Channel 279C1at Jal, and adding Tatum, Channel 296C.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 97-20658 Filed 8-11-97; 8:45 am]
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