** OKLAHOMA. The world`s newest X-band station is on the air --- and will no doubt be heard worldwide (except by Bellabarba), from right here in Enid. Nov 14 at 1539 UT I made a periodic check of 1640, and there was a super 10 kW signal, more than Enid has experienced locally, with only two 1 kW MW stations ever existing in this city of 45K. Those who anticipated a talk format appear to have guessed wrong, as it`s ``Unforgettable Favorites``, no doubt some satellite-fed service with a DJ on TGIF calling himself Vic (or Dick?) Thomas, artists such as Johnny Mathis, TOAD, Carly Simon, Beatles, Tommy James & the Shonells. Surely this is program test authority, but there were still national and local commercials in a block at 1541, with a brief talk feature at 1545; another ad block at 1640 UT. Several pregnant pauses of up to two minutes, as if the automation isn`t totally up to speed yet, including at hourtops 1600 and 1700, when there was NO legal ID, or any ID, but the calls are presumably still KMKZ, and no news, just more music. The ``Unforgettable Favorites`` format, as identified in a jingle at 1605, closely resembles what they were running on 96.9 FM for a while as ``Memories``. I can say goodbye to WVNI and other 1640 stations which used to be regulars here at night. Since the other Enid stations put out second and third harmonics, I may also have to say goodbye to 3280. In case KMKZ runs 10 kW at night during the initial test phase, don`t delay in trying for it, as all X-banders are supposed to cut to only 1 kW at night in normal operations. Remember this one is also direxional, roughly NNW/SSE, so it lobes toward both Enid and OKC from the site east of Hennessey. That should make it easier in South America and East Asia, and more difficult in Europe and the Pacific. The official SR/SS times in UT for Enid (if not Hennessey): Nov: 1315/2330, Dec: 1330/2315, Jan: 1345/2345 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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