KOAZ
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| City | Isleta, New Mexico |
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| Broadcast area | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Branding | 103-7 The Oasis |
| Frequency | 1510 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 103.7 K279BP (Albuquerque) 95.9 K240EC (Santa Fe) |
| First air date | February 14, 1984 (as KABR) |
| Format | Smooth Jazz |
| Power | (AM): 5,000 watts day 4,200 watts critical hours 25 watts night |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 65389 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°58′46″N 106°44′13″W / 34.97944°N 106.73694°W |
| Callsign meaning | K OAsis Z substituted for S |
| Former callsigns | KABR (1984-2010) KMYN (2010-2011) |
| Former frequencies | 1500 khz (1984-2010) |
| Owner | Martha Whitman dba Isleta Radio Co. |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1037theoasis.com |
KOAZ is an AM broadcast station licensed to Martha Whitman (dba Isleta Radio Co.) Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico. It is operating at 1510 kHz at "Isleta" with 5,000 watts daytime and 25 watts nighttime, from 34°58′46.2″N 106°44′15.1″W / 34.979500°N 106.737528°W. The station serves the Albuquerque Metropolitan area. Its studios are located in Northeast Albuquerque (a mile north of Central Avenue).
KOAZ broadcasts a smooth jazz music format branded as "103-7 The Oasis" which was launched at noon on Valentine's Day (February 14), 2012. The station uses a 250 watt FM translator K279BP on 103.7 broadcasting from Sandia Crest in Albuquerque to air the format in stereo on the FM band as well as allowing it to be heard better during nighttime hours when the AM station runs at only 25 watts. Beginning in June 2013, KOAZ added another FM translator K240EC in Santa Fe, broadcasting at 95.9. The station is also simulcast on KMYN 96.7 in Grants.
The station signed the air as KABR by the Alamo Navajo School Board on 14 February 1984.
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.
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