107.5 Smooth Jazz no longer

[dfwexec]

I don't post here much but I felt the need to pass this along to the Jazz listeners or office workers like me who are familiar with this station.

Apparently CBS has changed the format for 107.5 KOAI-FM from "Smooth Jazz The Oasis" to another Top 40 junk station. Effective today 5pm. Sad news as Ive been a fan of this station for close to 20 years. The only link I could find is from the wikipedia..no announcement on the official website. It will now be a rough ride home for some, I know at least me.
I apologize if I posted this in the incorrect forum.

Wikipedia Link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOAI-FM)

Official Site (http://www.smoothjazz1075.com/)

[Agnus Dei]

There's a brief mention here: http://www.100000watts.com/

And today there's a Star-Telegram article: http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/entertainment/15666712.htm
Say goodbye to Kenny G and hello to "Movin 107.5," a format dedicated to upbeat R&B hits from the '80s to the present.
At least it's not a straight-up Top 40 station (still small consolation for fans, though).

[Geaux Tigers]

Yet another nail in the coffin of traditional radio. It's all about ratings and ROI for the big radio holding companies (Clear Channel, CBS, etc). Here's the formula: if it doesn't make money, pull the plug and change the format to either Top 40, Country, or Latin. That'll get listeners excited!

Nowadays, if you want something more than ever other damn station on the dial, you'd better have either a good college radio station or satellite in your car.

BTW, this should have been posted in Pegasus Place, but no worries.

[Tnekster]

I was thinking about this as my clock radio turned on and Madonna was singing borderline followed something completely unrecognizable so I turned it off. What is left on the dial? Anything? Maybe the advent of iPods and Satellite is taking its toll on radio as we knew it. Its gone from annoying to totally worthless in the past few years.

[TheCDAllenGroup]

I can not believe this crap - 1075 was my favorite station. :mad:

[TexasStar]

Incredible there's no market for ONE station that plays music you can actually listen to.

[frankchitown]

Whats a radio station?

[Tnekster]

02:33 PM CDT on Tuesday, October 3, 2006

By ANN PINSON / The Dallas Morning News

The background music at your dentist’s office may never be the same.

The soothing sounds of longtime smooth jazz station “The Oasis” KOAI-FM (107.5) have given way to a new format called “Movin,” featuring rhythmic hits from the ’80s to the present.

The new format, designed to appeal women ages 25 to 40, plays music by artists such as Prince, Shakira, Mariah Carey and Usher. CBS Radio, which owns the station, launched a similar format a few weeks ago in San Francisco.

Why the local switch?

“We’re in the business of serving as many listeners as possible with a format,” says Kurt Johnson, vice president of programming for CBS Radio in Dallas. “While ‘The Oasis’ had many loyal fans for many years, it simply wasn’t reaching the audience we need to reach.”

The flip took place at about 4 p.m. on Monday. The Oasis had been the format at 107.5 since 1992.

The Oasis staffers are out. Nikki Nite, most recently of light rock station “Lite FM” KVIL-FM (103.7), is the new program director for the station. Charley Connolly, formerly of “The Oasis,” will replace Ms. Nite as program director at “Lite FM.”

If you have HD radio, you can catch smooth jazz music on 107.5 HD-2. You can also listen through the Internet at www.smoothjazz1075.com.

[RobertB]

The background music at your dentist’s office may never be the same.
Well, to be honest, my dentist (Dr. Flower (http://www.carrolltoncosmeticdentist.com/) in Carrollton, very good, though that's sure a goofy URL!) has been tuned in to XM Radio since it first came out.

As for the broadcast airwaves, now is as good a time as any to plug the hometown (http://www.khyi.com/) alternatives (http://www.959theranch.com/).

[freewaytincan]

Radio as we know it is dead.

[grantboston]

Seriously, satellite radio is worth every cent. I was amazed the first time I tried it at how great the playlists were. If you're fed up with over the air radio, it's totally worth the investment.

[DalLove444]

This only proves my very gut feeling that the Dallas Radio market is extremely volitile, maybe to a point of collapse!! Our country is already OVERSATURATED with Top 40 Station formats, Free FM's, Jack FM's, whats next??

Absolutely EVERY city in the US needs all kinds of music played on free radio, whether its classical, Smooth Jazz, hip hop or reggae! Theres a serious void if a popular music genre is missing in a big city. People should just stand up and make their voices heard and not let this kind of thing spiral out of control. The *CLEAR CHANNEL*'s of America are DESTROYING RADIO!!! DONT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS!!! :angryfire:

[DalLove444]

Radio as we know it is dead.
Im afraid you may be right. This is saddening. :(

[grantboston]

Are there any independently owned stations left on the Dallas dial other than WRR and stations owned by schools? (KEOM, KNTU, etc)

[trolleygirl]

Are there any independently owned stations left on the Dallas dial other than WRR and stations owned by schools? (KEOM, KNTU, etc)

I was going to suggest those stations and, of course, KHYI. I'm so sad to heat about Oasis because it was good, but I have to say that I've been dissapointed for the last year or so, whenever it was that they changed their format to include more R&B that are clearly NOT jazz. (C'mon, people, Alisha Keyes, Fallin'? Luther Vandross, Dance with my father? I like the songs but they are NOT jazz anything.) I knew then that the station was in trouble.

I, like many of you, have been around the country and we have long known that Dallas radio is the sorriest in the coutry. I don't know why. There are better stations in Marfa, TX for crissakes!

I don't much or far, so I won't be as sad as those with long commutes, so I suppose I had better get my CD case together and back in the car.

Oh and while on the subject of radio, what happened to Air America?

[aceplace]

I, like many of you, have been around the country and we have long known that Dallas radio is the sorriest in the coutry. I don't know why. There are better stations in Marfa, TX for crissakes! I guess you haven't been to Kingsport, TN, or Wichita, KS. If you had been, you'd agree that Dallas is not the worst in America.

I did hear a couple of catchy tunes in Kingsport, though. One of them was an 8 minute version of "White Lightnin". Another was a song called "Best Stay Away from Copperhead Ridge". You know, his daddy and uncle used to run shine into Knoxville thru the back roads, but this moonshiner has found a more potent and powerful crop.

Seriously, though, satellite radio is taking over from terrestial radio. The formats are much more diverse, the reception is uniform even in middle-of-nowhere places like Marfa. BTW, i was in Marfa a few weeks ago... their FM station is out of commission. If you like Air America, you can hear it on either XM or Sirius.

[urban_bearkat]

Thank God I didn't move back to Dallas to take that part-time position at 107.5 a few months ago (ironically, I am at work right now at Cox Radio in Houston, which includes K-HITS 107.5 )

[bfg9000d]

This is really really sad for me as I always listen to 107.5 coming home and going into work. I just about cried when I heard they went off the air. I'm really lost now. I just drive my car with the radio off. I have been working on a website for the past couple of years its been off and on the burner but the site is dedicated to the smooth jazz goings in the Dallas Fort Worth area. I think now that 107.5 has bite the dust. I will probably speed up the site get it out and at least keep some sense of the smooth jazz scene going in the Dallas Fort Worth area. The site is pretty extensive. If you care to jump on board with the project in anyway please pm me. I am happy to see such a showing for are once beloved smooth jazz station.

[940]

I was going to suggest those stations and, of course, KHYI. I'm so sad to heat about Oasis because it was good, but I have to say that I've been dissapointed for the last year or so, whenever it was that they changed their format to include more R&B that are clearly NOT jazz. (C'mon, people, Alisha Keyes, Fallin'? Luther Vandross, Dance with my father? I like the songs but they are NOT jazz anything.) I knew then that the station was in trouble.

I, like many of you, have been around the country and we have long known that Dallas radio is the sorriest in the coutry. I don't know why. There are better stations in Marfa, TX for crissakes!

I don't much or far, so I won't be as sad as those with long commutes, so I suppose I had better get my CD case together and back in the car.

Oh and while on the subject of radio, what happened to Air America?

It is sad..for the 5th largest radio market in the country, the DFW area is surely lacking in some respects. I was listening to The Oasis from when it was at 106.1 in the mid 80's..moved out of TX...came back and then found it at 107.5.
I also think that the format was slowly being changed at The Oasis as you say, trolleygirl, b/c they were probably gauging how the R&B format would go over albeit in very small incremental steps before the big switch came about.

Air America is no longer on the air in the DFW area. It's now a religious Catholic station. ClearChannel stepped up in the San Antonio market (their headquarters) and changed one of their stations to the more progressive format. Who knows, maybe they'll attempt the same thing here. Some of those on Air America (Ed Schultz comes to mind) weren't necessarily on the "official" AAR lineup but were actually syndicated from another radio network and I feel they could be reinstated at another station if it were to make the switch. I will miss Randi Rhodes though..at least you can still listen on the AAR website over the internet.

[Vicman]

Yet another nail in the coffin of traditional radio. It's all about ratings and ROI for the big radio holding companies (Clear Channel, CBS, etc). Here's the formula: if it doesn't make money, pull the plug and change the format to either Top 40, Country, or Latin. That'll get listeners excited!

Nowadays, if you want something more than ever other damn station on the dial, you'd better have either a good college radio station or satellite in your car.

BTW, this should have been posted in Pegasus Place, but no worries.

In Houston we have the University of Houston's NPR station... KUHF.

What university stations are in Dallas?

[940]

In Houston we have the University of Houston's NPR station... KUHF.

What university stations are in Dallas?


NPR in Dallas-Ft Worth is KERA..same call letters as the PBS outlet on ch.13. A second NPR station is on KETR 88.9 from Texas A&M Commerce, just to the northeast of Greenville (although there's a Dallas campus and a Mesquite campus.)

Here's a complete listing of college radio stations in the DFW market.

KNTU 88.1 - University of North Texas - Denton
Primarily jazz, but also includes Tejano and classical music programming.
www.kntu.unt.edu
KETR 88.9 - Commerce
Offers a daily mix from the '70s to today. NPR affiliate
www.ketr.org
KTCU 88.7 - Texas Christian University - Fort Worth
News, music, sports, and more.
www.ktcu.tcu.edu/ktcu
KKOM - Commerce
Includes programming and class schedules and links.
www.tamu-commerce.edu/ketv
KJCR 88.3 - Southwestern Adventist University - Keene
Listener-supported Christian radio.
www.kjcr.swau.edu

[HarryMoto]

And don't forget KEOM, the station from Mesquite High School that only plays 70s pop hits. If you're in the mood for Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" or Gallery's "Nice to Be With You," there's no better place.

There's also non-commercial KNON, though it's not associated with a campus.

[The Great Hizzy!]

In Houston we have the University of Houston's NPR station... KUHF.

What university stations are in Dallas?

There's also Texas Southern's KTSU-90.9 FM "The Choice", which is a very good pure jazz station (all areas and styles). Some reggae and some gospel but about 80% jazz. If you live out in the Katyland area, you can also pick up KPVU (Prairie View) 91.3 FM which is also primarily jazz but with some R&B, too.

[sasquatch69]

I think the Commerce station is actually KETR (88.9 FM). KKOM is a student-run station, but is online and cable-radio only.

In Houston, there's also KTRU, the Rice University station.

[NThomas]

This is a free enterprise market and remember when cable TV arrived people ignored it and diden't want to embrace it. Today we just have to remember with FM radio is:

"You get what you pay for"