** BOLIVIA. 5952.4, Sept 30 at 0049 no signal from Radio Pio Doce, just jamming 
bleed from 5955; off the air early on Sunday night? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 4877 approx., Sept 30 at 0052, spurblob centered about here, 
apparently accompanying carrier on 4875 from Rdif. Roraima, but not on the lo 
side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 9665.75, Sept 30 at 0110, Voz Missionária, Portuguese talk is even 
further off-frequency than when it was constantly hetting the deleted Voice of 
Russia. I could tell it was closer to 9666 than 9665 on the DX-398 before 
measuring it by counting 40-Hz clix with BFO compared to WWV (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LITENING DIGEST)

** CHAD. 6165-, Sept 30 at 0050, JBA carrier, surely not RNT which must be off 
tonight; RHC on by 0101 in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [non]. 5990, Sept 30 at 0100, CRI English opening as the Cubans have 
left the transmitter on after the Spanish broadcast which should close by 0057 
and usually is off before 0100. Paul James says this will be an abbreviated 
Beijing Hour due to some national holiday. Still on past 0105 when I quit 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DGIEST)

** CUBA. 6000, Sept 30 at 0101, RHC missing, while this time, English on 6165 
has already started (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 9420, UT Monday Sept 30 at 0111, ERA3 is playing Dvorak`s New World 
Symphony, more classical music on Sunday nights here; good here, // quite 
weaker 7475 which is also undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 11740 // 11985, Sept 30 at 0047, AIR Sinhala service with same music 
on both frequencies, but presumably out of synch. This time 11740 GOA is 
considerably stronger than 11985 Khampur,  tho still with flutter. Still music 
at 0103 and //. Seems this semi-hour is mostly music instead of news/talk 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Since news arrived that 1640 KOAG Enid would soon as of  Sept 30 
flip to True Oldies, which has been on its sibling station 99.7 KZLS Mustang, I 
monitor the latter Sept 29 at 2246 UT, and find it has already flipped to: 
``Country Legends 99.7, Hank FM``. Altho did not hear legal ID; on the caradio 
have to be careful not to confuse it with the CCI from Wichita.

(1680 KRJO Monroe LA also just flipped to Country Legends, but no Hank; tried 
// but music was not the same). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

``Branding: HANK FM
Slogan: Plays Everything Country
First air date: March 25th, 2005
Format: Country music & Classic Country
Owner: Envision Radio Networks
Website: http://hankfmradio.com

Hank FM is the on-air brand name of several radio stations in the United States 
and Canada. Stations using the Hank FM brand name typically air a country music 
& Classic Country format, and promote themselves as less strictly formatted 
than other country music stations, airing both new country and classic country 
music. They generally use the slogan (He) Plays Everything Country on their 
country music "Hank FM" branded radio stations or "Plays Country Legends" on 
their Classic Country "Hank FM" radio stations.

The format was conceived and is owned by Howard Kroeger - creator of the BOB FM 
format. Kroeger also provides the voice for HANK. The name may be inspired by 
legendary country musician Hank Williams. However, one station currently 
branded as Hank FM is not consistent with the format of the other stations, 
using the brand name for an adult hits format more similar to the Jack or Bob 
formats.

Hank FM stations
    Kalispell, Montana - KHNK
    Glen Rose, Texas   - KTFW-FM
    Savannah, Georgia  - WGCO
See also Hank FM stations in North America
    KHNK (Kalispell, MT)
    KTFW (Glen Rose, TX)
    WANK* (Tallahasse [sic], FL)
    WLHK (Indianapolis, IN)``

Ha, now it`s falling into place, as another of Champlin`s properties, KQOB 
96.9, hijacked from Enid halfway to OKC market, has been ``Bob`` for several 
years. Wiki hasn`t yet caught up with OK developments, so how about the WTFDA 
FM database, searching merely on Hank, finding several others:

KTFW-FM  92.1 GLEN ROSE TX       HANK FM               CLASSIC COUNTRY
KOME-FM  95.3 MERIDIAN TX        92.1 HANK FM EVERYTHING COUNTRY 
KHNK     95.9 COLUMBIA FALLS MT  95.9 HANK FM          COUNTRY
WLXO     96.1 STAMPING GROUND KY HANK 96.1             CLASSIC COUNTRY
WLHK     97.1 SHELBYVILLE IN     HANK FM               COUNTRY
WGCO     98.3 MIDWAY GA          HANK FM               CLASSIC COUNTRY
WANK     99.9 LAFAYETTE FL       99.9 HANK FM          ADULT HITS
CJHK-FM 100.7 BRIDGEWATER NS     HANK FM               COUNTRY
WDVH-FM 101.7 TRENTON FL         101.7 HANK FM         CLASSIC COUNTRY
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Sept 30 at 0048, R. Chaski carrier audible in heavy splash from 
CRI 5990 via CUBA, which tonight runs way late after switch to English at 0100, 
still going past 0105, but I can yet make out the Chaski cutoff at 0105:34.5* 
which computes at 6.5 seconds later than last night; maybe margin of error in 
play (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 9775-10000, Sept 30 at 0107, the modulation spur spikes 
from 10000 WWV can be heard in clear spots all the way down to 9775, during 
marine weather segment; perhaps that part is overmodulated worse than the 
others; at least I keep noticing this problem during it. It`s worse closer to 
10000, and can even be heard underneath the very strong 9965 Cairo carrier 
which has plenty of problems of its own, not including overmodulation (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7506.4, Sept 30 at 0102, WRNO is missing. Never got around to 
rechecking before 0400; usually it`s on a few minutes before 0100 (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


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