The station was launched before the start of the 1996-1997 season and it proved to be a memorable first year for the station that broadcast live every home game as Barnsley were promoted to the Premier League for the first time in thier history that May.
But with technology moving on quite some way since then and the success of the Barnsley World service on the club's Official Website Barnsley Football Club have decided to dispense with Oakwell 1575am.
A statement on www.barnsleyfc.co.uk read:
IN light of the ever changing nature of media provision and a substantial increase in the number of supporters signing up to Barnsley World in the last 12-months, Barnsley Football Club have decided to concentrate its time and efforts into providing an outstanding level of service for its online subscribers.
Following discussions between the Football Club, the Barnsley FC Supporters Trust and members of the Oakwell 1575AM team, it has been decided that the club's match day radio station is extremely limited in terms of range and the number of supporters capable of hearing its output. Barnsley World has no such limited or boundaries and the Club intends to focus its time and effort into broadening the provision of commentary to World subscribers.
Oakwell 1575AM will no longer be on air and commentary of all home and away matches will only be available on Barnsley World, costing as little as ten pence per day.
In addition to match commentary of every home and away first team game, starting just before kick off, subscribers to Barnsley World will also get the opportunity to watch video highlights of every game just 24-hours after the final whistle; exclusive video interviews from Oakwell and the revolutionary Match Live Console, giving the chance to get live and interactive commentary, goal flashes and stats from around the country so you can see everything that is happening whether it's the Premiership, Championship or League One and League Two.