WZEW

WZEW

Fairhope, Alabama
Broadcast area	Mobile, Alabama
Frequency	92.1 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	92 ZEW
Programming
Format	Adult album alternative
Subchannels	HD2: 96.5 The Crab (Classic rock, Blues) HD3: The Soul of Mobile (Urban adult contemporary)
Affiliations	Westwood One Crimson Tide Sports Network
Ownership
Owner	Dot Com Plus, LLC
Sister stations	WNSP
History
First air date	August 28, 1966 (as WABF-FM)
Former call signs	WABF-FM (1966–1973) WGOK-FM (1973–1978) WHSP-FM (1978–1982) WZEW (1982–1994) WGCX (1994–1997)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	74287
Class	C3
ERP	20,500 watts
HAAT	110.6 meters (363 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	30°31′23″N 88°6′32″W / 30.52306°N 88.10889°W / 30.52306; -88.10889
Translator(s)	HD2: 96.5 W243CY (Mobile) HD3: 92.5 W223BX (Saraland)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	92zew.net thecrabfm.net (HD2) soulofmobile.com (HD3)

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. 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. 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. As of 2018, Dot Com Plus, LLC added two new stations 96.5FM THE CRAB which plays Rock and Blues genres and 92.5FM THE SOUL which plays R&B.