Radio Broadcasting Services; Hobbs, Tatum and Jal, NM

Resumen

The Commission, in response to a counterproposal filed by MTD, Inc., proposes the allotment of Channel 296C to Tatum, NM, as the community's first local aural transmission service. To accommodate the allotment at Tatum, the Commission also proposes that Channel 279C1 be substituted for Channel 296C1 at Jal, NM, and that the construction permit (BPH-950404MA) of John H. Wiggins be modified to specify operation on the alternate Class C1 channel. An Order to Show Cause is directed to the permittee, John H. Wiggins, as to why his permit should not be modified to specify the alternate Class C1 channel. 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 North Latitude and 103-27-22 West Longitude, 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 the transmitter site specified in Wiggins' outstanding construction permit, 32-25-53; 103-09-08. Mexican concurrence in the allotment of Channel 296C at Tatum and 279C1 at Jal is required since both com