Look for an official launch today, according to a posting on the New Mexico Board of Radio-Info.com last Thursday, February 9. It appears the new format will happen on an AM + FM Translator combination. The AM is KOAZ, Isleta, NM at 1510. It has a very weak night signal of just 25 watts, and it will apparently be simulcast on a recently-moved translator. The translator, owned by Don Davis, was previously in the non-commercial band at 91.1, but has been relocated to 103.7, and that will be the branding of the smooth jazz outlet. Currently, 1510 KOAZ Isleta, New Mexico is stunting with a loop of Smooth Jazz artists and promos for a new format debuting at 12 noon on Valentines Day, February 14.
At that time the station will become “103.7 The Oasis” simulcast on K279BP Albuquerque. A Facebook page for the new station is up and already active. KOAZ had previously been simulcasting “K-Mine Country” 980 KMIN Grants, NM as KMYN. 1510 operates with 5kW daytime and 25 watts at night. The translator, which has just completed its upgrade from 10 watts on 91.1 to 250 watts on 103.7. The sites elevation at almost 5000 feet gives the translator coverage of all of greater Albuquerque.
KOAZ is an AM broadcast station licensed to Martha Whitman (dba Isleta Radio Co.) Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico. The station signed the air as KABR by the Alamo Navajo School Board. When applying in October 2007 to start KABR-FM, the Alamo Navajo School Board pledged to divest itself of the AM station upon receiving its license for the FM station. The FCC granted the license for KABR-FM. In 2010, the FCC granted the application to assign KABR (AM) to Martha Whitman and the construction permit to serve Isleta Pueblo by moving KABR (AM), making it part of the KTBL antenna system. The ownership reassignment has since been consummated. Throughout 2011 it simulcasted a country music format from KMIN AM out of Grants, New Mexico branded as "K-Mine" with callsign KMYN.
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