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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  04-  264 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 )  Amendment  of  Section  73.622(  b),  )  MB  Docket  No.  03-  193 


 Table  of  Allotments,  )  RM-  10768  Digital  Television  Broadcast  Stations.  ) 
 (Hobbs,  New  Mexico)  ) 
 REPORT  AND  ORDER  (Proceeding  Terminated) 


 Adopted:  February  3,  2004  Released:  February  6,  2004 
 By  the  Chief,  Video  Division: 
 1.  At  the  request  of  Eastern  New  Mexico  University  (“  ENMU”),  the  Commission  has  before  it  the  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making,  18  FCC  Rcd  18116  (2003),  proposing  the  allotment  of  DTV 
 channel  *47  to  Hobbs,  New  Mexico,  as  the  community’s  second  local  DTV  service.  1  ENMU  filed  comments  restating  its  intention  to  apply  for  the  new  noncommercial  allotment  at  Hobbs,  New 
 Mexico.  No  other  comments  were  received. 
 2.  We  believe  the  public  interest  would  be  served  by  allotting  DTV  channel  *47  to  Hobbs,  New  Mexico,  since  this  action  will  provide  the  community  with  its  first  noncommercial  DTV 
 channel  and  a  second  local  DTV  service.  DTV  channel  *47  can  be  allotted  to  Hobbs,  New  Mexico,  as  proposed,  in  compliance  with  Sections  73.623(  d)  and  73.625(  a)  at  coordinates  32-  45-  20  N.  and 
 103-  11-  09  W. 
 3.  Accordingly,  pursuant  to  the  authority  contained  in  Sections  4(  i),  5(  c)(  1),  303(  g)  and  (r)  and  307(  b)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  and  Sections  0.61,  0.204(  b)  and  0.283 
 of  the  Commission's  Rules,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  That  effective  March  22,  2004,  the  DTV  Table  of  Allotments,  Section  73.622(  b)  of  the  Commission's  Rules,  IS  AMENDED,  with  respect  to  the 
 community  listed  below,  to  read  as  follows: 
 City  Channel  No. 
 Hobbs,  New  Mexico  16,  *47 
 4.  A  separate  Order  will  be  issued  announcing  the  window  period  for  filing  applications  for  DTV  channel  *47  at  Hobbs,  New  Mexico. 


 1  In  its  petition  for  rule  making,  ENMU  stated  that  the  adoption  of  its  proposal  would  constitute  Hobb's  first 
 noncommercial  DTV  allotment.  ENMU  also  claimed  that  the  allotment  of  DTV  channel  *47  would  reduce  the  white  and  gray  areas  in  portions  of  New  Mexico  not  served  by  a  noncommercial  educational  DTV  station. 
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 5.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  That  this  proceeding  IS  TERMINATED. 
 6.  For  further  information  concerning  this  proceeding,  contact  Pam  Blumenthal,  Media  Bureau,  (202)  418-  1600. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Barbara  A.  Kreisman  Chief,  Video  Division 
 Media  Bureau 
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