WOXY (FM)

[1][2] Originally located in Oxford, Ohio, the station began broadcasting in 1959 as WOXR before changing its call sign to WOXY in 1978.

Based in Oxford, Ohio, WOXR broadcast a top 40 format at 97.7 FM, largely targeted at Miami University students.

Late at night the station played uncut versions of long songs such as Neil Young's "Cowgirl in the Sand" and "Down by the River" and Traffic's "John Barleycorn Must Die."

WOXR played on the culture shock many Miami students from large cities experienced at the start of the school year when they found themselves confined to a town much smaller than their hometowns by identifying itself as being "Down on the Farm," sung to a twangy beat.

The song went as follows: You are listenin' to the big 97, Where it does sound like heaven, Tap your foot 'cause you love it so, Hearin' that good old rock and roll.

Bob Nave, keyboardist for the Lemon Pipers in the late 1960s (whose big hit was the song "Green Tambourine"), was a late-night DJ for WOXR in the early 1970s.

The Purple Nurd program later grew into "The Electromagnetic Spectrum," which featured spoofs of local commercials and television shows.

The future of rock and roll," was quoted by Dustin Hoffman's character Raymond Babbitt in the 1988 film Rain Man.

In October 2010, First Broadcasting entered into a local marketing agreement for the WOXY-FM frequency with TSJ News Incorporated, a Spanish-language media company in Cincinnati, Ohio.

[8] TSJ assumed operation of WOXY and the station switched to a Spanish variety format, branded as "La Mega 97.7", on November 15, 2011.

[10] On October 1, 2024, WOXY changed their format from Spanish variety to a simulcast of adult hits-formatted WNKR 106.7 FM Williamstown, Kentucky, branded as "97.7/106.7 The Oasis".

Since the switch to the "La Mega" Spanish format, the station's legal ID simply says, "WOXY, Mason, Ohio."