KOAI

For the Denton, Texas radio station that held the call sign KOAI at 106.1 FM from 1987 to 1992, see KHKS.

For the Fort Worth, Texas radio station that held the call sign KOAI at 107.5 FM from 1992 to 2006, see KMVK.

For the Van Buren, Arkansas radio station that held the call sign KOAI at 1060 AM from 2006 to 2012, see KJQS.

KOAI
City of license	Sun City West, Arizona
Broadcast area	Phoenix metropolitan area
Branding	95.1 & 94.9 The Oasis
Slogan	Lite & Refreshing
Frequency	95.1 MHz
Translator(s)	94.9 K235CB Chandler
Repeaters	103.9-2 KEXX-HD2 Gilbert
First air date	1996 (as KFMR)
Format	Soft adult contemporary, Christmas music (Seasonal)
Audience share	1.2 (October 2013, Nielsen Audio )
ERP	41,000 watts
HAAT	849 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	16770
Transmitter coordinates	34°14′5.00″N 112°22′2.00″W / 34.2347222°N 112.3672222°W / 34.2347222; -112.3672222
Callsign meaning	K OAsIs
Former callsigns	KFMR (1996-2005) KVIB (2005-2014)
Owner	Sun City Communications (Riviera Broadcast Group)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	theoasisphoenix.com

KOAI (95.1/94.9 FM "The Oasis") is a Soft adult contemporary radio station serving the Phoenix metropolitan area and licensed to Sun City West, Arizona. The station is owned by Sun City Holdings under the name of "Sun City Communications," and is part of the Great Hill Partners investment portfolio. It is licensed to and operated by Riviera Broadcast Group. Its studios are located on 7th Street in Midtown Phoenix, while its transmitter is located in Crown King, Arizona (producing a rimshot signal from 50 miles northwest of Phoenix).

KVIB was (until January 2014) the only Phoenix-area station to adopt the Hispanic rhythmic ("hurban") format, a youth-oriented radio format that plays both Spanish-language and English-language pop. The station's mix of music targets the Valley's burgeoning young Latino population, particularly long-time residents who can speak English but prefer Spanish.

On January 23, 2014, KVIB changed their format to Spanish adult contemporary, branded as "Solamente Exitos".^[1]

On August 13, 2014, at noon, 95.1 flipped to Soft AC as 95.1 The Oasis, and nine days later, the station became KOAI. The first song on The Oasis was Cool Change by the Little River Band. On August 22, 2014, KVIB changed their call letters to KOAI to match the "Oasis" branding. The station played a Christmas music format for the 2014 holiday season, the second station in Phoenix after KESZ 99.9 (branded as KEZ) to play it.

On April 9, 2015, 95.1 gained an FM translator, K235CB 94.9 on South Mountain (licensed to Chandler), and also began simulcasting on the HD2 subchannel of KEXX.

In May 2015, KOAI adjusted its playlist to reflect a mainstream Adult Contemporary format, with more uptempo selections from the 1990s through the present time.

References

↑ KVIB Phoenix Shifts to Spanish AC

External links

The Oasis website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KOAI

Radio-Locator information on KOAI

Radio stations in the Phoenix metropolitan area

by AM frequency	550 620 710 740 860 910 960 1010 1060 1100 1150 1190 1230 1260 1280 1310 1330 1340 1360 1400 1440 1480 1510 1540 1580

by FM frequency	88.3¹/88.3² 88.7 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.5 92.3 92.7 93.3 93.9 94.1 94.5 95.1 95.5 96.3 96.9 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.7 99.1 99.3 (K257CD, KEMP, KRWV-LP) 99.5 99.9 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.5 102.1 102.5 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.3 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.9 107.1 107.5 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

by callsign	K257CD KAHM KAJM KASA KASC KAZG KBAQ KBMB KBSZ KCDX KCKY KDKB KDUS KDVA KEC94 KEMP KESZ KEXX KFLR-FM KFNN KFNX KFXY-LP KFYI KGME KHEP KHOT-FM KHOV KIDR KIHP KIKO KJZZ KKFR KKNT KLNZ KLVA KLVK KMLE KMVA KMVP KMVP-FM KMXP KNAI¹/KPHF² KNIX-FM KNRJ KNUV KOAI KOMR KOOL-FM KOY KPHQ-LP KPHX KPNG KPXQ KQMR KRDE KRPH KSLX-FM KSUN KSWG KTAR KTAR-FM KUPD KVIT KVVA-FM KWSS-LP KXEG KXXT KYOT-FM KZON KZZP

¹-Daytime hours ²-Nighttime hours (KNAI and KPHF are timeshare stations) Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 219 Sirius Channel 157 Nearby radio markets Flagstaff–Prescott Lake Havasu City Tucson Yuma See also List of radio stations in Arizona

Adult Contemporary radio stations in the state of Arizona

By frequency	600 93.3 94.9 95.1 95.3 97.3 99.1 99.9 100.7 100.9 101.7 104.5 104.9 106.7

By callsign	KCDQ KESZ KIKO-FM KJIK KMXZ-FM KOAI KPPV KQAZ KQSR KTMG KVNA KWCX-FM KXAZ KZUL-FM

By city	Claypool Duncan Douglas Flagstaff Lake Havasu City Page Phoenix Prescott Valley Prescott Sun City West Springerville Tucson Willcox Yuma

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Arizona

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