Radio Broadcasting Services; Hobbs, Tatum and Jal, NM

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.