Radio Broadcasting Services; Marathon and Mertzon, TX

In response to a Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 67 FR 57779 (September 12, 2001), this Report and Order allots Channel 278C to Marathon, Texas, and provides Marathon with its first local aural transmission service. This document also allots Channel 278C2 to Mertzon, Texas and provides that community with its second local aural transmission service. The coordinates for Channel 278C at Marathon, Texas, are 30-21-56 North Latitude and 103-17-40 West Longitude. This allotment has a site restriction of 18.4 kilometers (11.5 miles) north of Marathon, Texas. The coordinates for Channel 278C2 at Mertzon, Texas, are 31-10-09 North Latitude and 100-51-41 West Longitude, with a site restriction of 10.8 kilometers (6.7 miles) southwest of Mertzon, Texas.