Radio Broadcasting Services; Cloudcroft and Ruidoso, NM

The Commission, at the request of Kellie K. Brown, allots Channel 268A to Ruidoso, NM, as the commuinity's third aural and second local FM service. See 61 FR 14042, March 29, 1996. At the request of MTD, Inc., the Commission allots Channel 244C to Cloudcroft, NM, as the community's first local FM service. Channel 268A can be allotted to Ruidoso in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements without the imposition of a site restriction, at coordinates 33-20-00 North Latitude and 105-40-54 West Longitude. Channel 244C can be allotted to Cloudcroft with a site restriction of 59.9 kilometers (31.6 miles) north, at coordinates 33-24-14; 105-46-56, to avoid a short-spacing to the proposed allotments of Channel 245C at El Porvenir, Chihuahua, and Channel 245B, Las Palomas, Chihuahua, Mexico. Mexican concurrence in the allotments has been received since Cloudcroft and Ruidoso are both located within 320 kilometers (199 miles) of the U.S.-Mexican border. With this action, this proceeding is terminated.