WZEW
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| City | Fairhope, Alabama |
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| Broadcast area | Mobile, Alabama |
| Branding | 92 ZEW |
| Frequency | 92.1 MHz |
| First air date | August 28, 1966 (as WABF-FM) |
| Format | Adult album alternative |
| ERP | 20,500 watts |
| HAAT | 110.6 meters |
| Class | C3 |
| Facility ID | 74287 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°31′23″N 88°6′32″W / 30.52306°N 88.10889°WCoordinates: 30°31′23″N 88°6′32″W / 30.52306°N 88.10889°W |
| Former callsigns | WABF-FM (1966-1973) WGOK-FM (1973-1978) WHSP-FM (1978-1982) WZEW (1982-1994) WGCX (1994-1997) |
| Affiliations | Westwood One |
| Owner | Dot Com Plus, LLC |
| Sister stations | WNSP |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 92zew.net |
WZEW (92. 1 FM) is an adult album alternative-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Fairhope, Alabama, serving Mobile, Alabama metropolitan area. WZEW and sister station WNSP broadcast from the former Smith Bakery building in Mobile, Alabama, and WZEW's transmitter is south of Theodore, Alabama.
The station was launched as WABF-FM on August 28, 1966 as a simulcast of sister station WABF-AM. In the 1970s, it became an urban dance-formatted station as WGOK, and then religious as WHSP. In the early 1980s, the station was renamed WZEW (on air as 92ZEW) and began broadcasting an eclectic mix of alternative and local music. A decade later, the station became a casualty of new FCC regulations and became a hard rock station—WGCX-FM. In the late 1990s, it was purchased again and returned as WZEW. It has broadcast alternative and local music ever since.
WZEW is owned and operated by Dot Com Plus, LLC, and is the only remaining locally owned music station based in Mobile.
WABF-FM first began broadcasting on August 28, 1966, as a simulcast of sister station WABF-AM. In December 1973, the station was purchased by WGOK Inc. and renamed WGOK-FM, broadcasting an urban dance format. It was acquired by Christ for the World Foundation in 1978 and renamed WHSP (for With Holy Spirit Power).
In November 1982, the station was purchased by Shores BCSTG, and was assigned the call letters WZEW by the FCC on June 3, 1982. The following year, the station was sold to Sherri Brice and Don Keith, who "moved the antenna from a pecan grove in Fairhope (where the station was originally licensed)," to the top of the First Southern Tower in downtown Mobile. who enlisted Catt Sirten to helm its first broadcast. The station as familiar today began on September 1, 1984, when it began broadcasting album-oriented rock (AOR) with "Jungleland" by Bruce Springsteen. The station became known for its eclectic mix of alternative and local music. WZEW received its license to cover from the FCC on April 28, 1986.
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