BzzzT: OASIS (KOAI) is gone

Was just going to the OASIS web site to point it out for some friends in Sweden, and see it is "dead"!

According to news reports, ths tation "flipped" (aka changed format) in the hour between 4 and 5 PM on Monday October 2nd. And this w/o any preceeding rumors. Changing a radio "format" from smooth jazz to hip-hop, is like spraying graffitti over Mona Lisa!

I moved to DFW in 1993 and OASIS quickly became part of my life. 107.5FM was number "one" on the dial in my cars, albeit the music selection was a bit "thin" in the early years. If you listed one full day, it sounded like all the records had been played at least once. That changed over time though, and many are the fun events/parties arranged by OASIS. Many of them at Sambuca in Addison.

In 1998 I left DFW and moved to the Seattle area. Many visits earlier I had found KWJZ, a great station that unfortunately has somewhat poor reception in the area where we live along the lake (Washington). Price we pay for a beautiful topography...

Upon any visit to DFW afterwards though (about every two months..) 107.5 was on the dial long before leaving the new rental car garage at DFW.

Oh well, with OASIS gone, one less reason to visit the DFW area...

For those left in DFW, CBS Radio needs to understand that LOYAL listeners (aka current customers) are more valuable than the "lure" of a younger more movable audience, that will not hang around for too long anyway. I hope that the (new) radio format quickly dies and that DFW get back its only TRUE radio station - aside from KERA/NPR.