WDJS 106.5 FM DAYTON DROPS SMOOTH JAZZ FORMAT

Well here is another smooth jazz station flipping formats. As a matter of fact it’s the second one in just the past week. After a five-year run as Dayton’s flagship smooth jazz radio station, Clear Channel’s WDSJ-FM (106.5 FM/) has changed its format from smooth jazz to country music. The change was made official Friday, May 1. WDSJ in the past had enjoyed a large following
in the Dayton market, eastern Indiana and the northern suburbs of Cincinnati since its switch to smooth jazz. WDSJ aired programming from Broadcast Architecture’s “Smooth Jazz Network.”

The new country station will be known as “The Bull.” WDSJ is licensed to Greenville, Ohio, and is based in the Dayton, Ohio metropolitan area. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications. According to information on a Clear Channel website, the smooth jazz format was no longer financially viable, especially in the current economy.

WDSJ salesman and radio personality Clay “The Cooker” Collins stated that the staff learned about the change just two days before the actual switch. “We were shocked,” Collins said.

Clear Channel will now air four hours of smooth jazz including the Smooth Jazz Top 20 on WLQT Lite 99.9FM on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. In addition, smooth jazz programming can be streamed on the web at www.yoursmoothjazz.com, and www.iheartradio.com, downloaded onto I-phones, Blackberries and can also be heard for free with any HD Radio Reciever at 99.9-2 HD-FM. Of the seven Clear Channel stations in the Dayton area, WDSJ was the only one to change formats.