Jazz station 'Oasis' changes formatBy Robert Philpot
Star-Telegram
Fans of smooth-jazz radio station KOAI/107.5 FM “The Oasis” must’ve felt like they had a bomb dropped on them Monday — especially if they turned on the radio at 6 p.m. and, instead of finding relaxing light jazz to get them through traffic, got hit with the Gap Band’s You Dropped a Bomb on Me.
Say goodbye to Kenny G and hello to “MOViN 107.5,” a format that, aside from being about annoying capitalization, is dedicated to upbeat R&B hits from the ’80s, ’90s and today. In other words, imagine a Mix station with less Matchbox 20 and a lot more Prince.
The station flipped without warning Monday afternoon. According to the Web site www.yes.com, the 4 p.m. hour included songs such as Stevie Wonder’s My Cherie Amour and US3’s Cantaloop, which could fit on the fringes of the old Oasis format — but when R. Kelly’s Ignition rolled around 5 p.m., listeners probably really started to wonder what was up. The station also flipped without rumors — although the Movin’ (let them capitalize it like that) format is one of the buzzes of radio these days, speculation was that CBS Radio, which owns 107.5, would put Movin’ on another one of its Dallas stations.
A sampling of songs between 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. included 50 Cent’s In Da Club, Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy, Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get it On (hey, that’s a ’70s song), Tone-Loc’s Wild Thing and Will Smith’s Men in Black. Other core artists will include Mariah Carey, Shakira, Outkast and Janet Jackson, according to a news release, which says the station will be aimed at 25- to 40-year-old women.
Nikki Nite, program director of KVIL/103.7 FM, will move over to 107.5, and Charley Connolly, program director of the Oasis, will become program director of KVIL. Connolly declined to comment, and the Star-Telegram was unable to reach CBS executives or Nite late Monday afternoon.
Star-Telegram
Fans of smooth-jazz radio station KOAI/107.5 FM “The Oasis” must’ve felt like they had a bomb dropped on them Monday — especially if they turned on the radio at 6 p.m. and, instead of finding relaxing light jazz to get them through traffic, got hit with the Gap Band’s You Dropped a Bomb on Me.
Say goodbye to Kenny G and hello to “MOViN 107.5,” a format that, aside from being about annoying capitalization, is dedicated to upbeat R&B hits from the ’80s, ’90s and today. In other words, imagine a Mix station with less Matchbox 20 and a lot more Prince.
The station flipped without warning Monday afternoon. According to the Web site www.yes.com, the 4 p.m. hour included songs such as Stevie Wonder’s My Cherie Amour and US3’s Cantaloop, which could fit on the fringes of the old Oasis format — but when R. Kelly’s Ignition rolled around 5 p.m., listeners probably really started to wonder what was up. The station also flipped without rumors — although the Movin’ (let them capitalize it like that) format is one of the buzzes of radio these days, speculation was that CBS Radio, which owns 107.5, would put Movin’ on another one of its Dallas stations.
A sampling of songs between 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. included 50 Cent’s In Da Club, Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy, Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get it On (hey, that’s a ’70s song), Tone-Loc’s Wild Thing and Will Smith’s Men in Black. Other core artists will include Mariah Carey, Shakira, Outkast and Janet Jackson, according to a news release, which says the station will be aimed at 25- to 40-year-old women.
Nikki Nite, program director of KVIL/103.7 FM, will move over to 107.5, and Charley Connolly, program director of the Oasis, will become program director of KVIL. Connolly declined to comment, and the Star-Telegram was unable to reach CBS executives or Nite late Monday afternoon.