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Zew 92
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> Mobile's WZEW ( triple A)
>
> What's it's story, how long has it been around
>
> anyone?
>
This might help:
http://webpages.charter.net/justzach/almediapage/profiles/wzew.html
Though I'm sure someone more familiar with the station or Mobile-area radio could provide much better detail. <P ID="signature">______________
Let us live so that 100 years from now, someone may be proud of us.</P>
>
> What's it's story, how long has it been around
>
> anyone?
>
This might help:
http://webpages.charter.net/justzach/almediapage/profiles/wzew.html
Though I'm sure someone more familiar with the station or Mobile-area radio could provide much better detail. <P ID="signature">______________
Let us live so that 100 years from now, someone may be proud of us.</P>
Ahhh... 92 Zew.
The current incarnation of WZEW is about 10 years old, although it could be considered a 20 year old "heritage" station. 92 Zew started up around the mid 80's playing the good rock music (AOR/AAA/Post Modern/Alternative/whatever...). In '93 or '94 they changed to classic rock for a year, then to satellite fed modern rock for a year then back to AAA, 92 Zew.
They've been known throughout the country ever since. Mobile doesn't deserve to have the best commercial radio station in Dixie.
The current incarnation of WZEW is about 10 years old, although it could be considered a 20 year old "heritage" station. 92 Zew started up around the mid 80's playing the good rock music (AOR/AAA/Post Modern/Alternative/whatever...). In '93 or '94 they changed to classic rock for a year, then to satellite fed modern rock for a year then back to AAA, 92 Zew.
They've been known throughout the country ever since. Mobile doesn't deserve to have the best commercial radio station in Dixie.
worked there a while in college, keep up with it very well,
still know a staff member or two. i stream it up here like crazy.
what can i help you with? it's had better days...the music mix has
had better days but it still tops many things i hear in north alabama.
> > Mobile's WZEW ( triple A)
> >
> > What's it's story, how long has it been around
> >
> > anyone?
> >
>
>
> This might help:
>
http://> webpages.charter.net/justzach/almediapage/profiles/wzew.html
>
>
> Though I'm sure someone more familiar with the station or
> Mobile-area radio could provide much better detail.
>
still know a staff member or two. i stream it up here like crazy.
what can i help you with? it's had better days...the music mix has
had better days but it still tops many things i hear in north alabama.
> > Mobile's WZEW ( triple A)
> >
> > What's it's story, how long has it been around
> >
> > anyone?
> >
>
>
> This might help:
>
http://> webpages.charter.net/justzach/almediapage/profiles/wzew.html
>
>
> Though I'm sure someone more familiar with the station or
> Mobile-area radio could provide much better detail.
>
> worked there a while in college, keep up with it very well,
> still know a staff member or two. i stream it up here like
> crazy.
> what can i help you with? it's had better days...the music
> mix has
> had better days but it still tops many things i hear in
> north alabama.
>
> > > Mobile's WZEW ( triple A)
> > >
> > > What's it's story, how long has it been around
> > >
> > > anyone?
> > >
> >
> >
> > This might help:
> >
> http://>
> webpages.charter.net/justzach/almediapage/profiles/wzew.html
>
> >
> >
> > Though I'm sure someone more familiar with the station or
> > Mobile-area radio could provide much better detail.
> >
> If you'd like to hear them, they stream online now at http://www.92zew.net/
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> still know a staff member or two. i stream it up here like
> crazy.
> what can i help you with? it's had better days...the music
> mix has
> had better days but it still tops many things i hear in
> north alabama.
>
> > > Mobile's WZEW ( triple A)
> > >
> > > What's it's story, how long has it been around
> > >
> > > anyone?
> > >
> >
> >
> > This might help:
> >
> http://>
> webpages.charter.net/justzach/almediapage/profiles/wzew.html
>
> >
> >
> > Though I'm sure someone more familiar with the station or
> > Mobile-area radio could provide much better detail.
> >
> If you'd like to hear them, they stream online now at http://www.92zew.net/
<P ID="signature">______________
<div align="center"><a href="http://wolf103.tk">
</P>
> worked there a while in college, keep up with it very well,
> still know a staff member or two. i stream it up here like
> crazy.
> what can i help you with? it's had better days...the music
> mix has
> had better days but it still tops many things i hear in
> north alabama.
What about the music mix? and thanks for the response. I was pleasantly surprised when I found it. <P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by gibson on 03/07/06 05:16 AM.</FONT></P>
> still know a staff member or two. i stream it up here like
> crazy.
> what can i help you with? it's had better days...the music
> mix has
> had better days but it still tops many things i hear in
> north alabama.
What about the music mix? and thanks for the response. I was pleasantly surprised when I found it. <P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by gibson on 03/07/06 05:16 AM.</FONT></P>
J
JimboinPcola
Guest
Re: Ahhh... 92 Zew.
Does anyone remember in the early-to-mid '90s that WABB 97.5 had a show in the evenings called "The New Zew?" It must have been during the time that 92 Zew went to Classic Rock. I seem to remember them playing some more alternative and AAA tracks.
Does anyone remember in the early-to-mid '90s that WABB 97.5 had a show in the evenings called "The New Zew?" It must have been during the time that 92 Zew went to Classic Rock. I seem to remember them playing some more alternative and AAA tracks.
H
Hart
Guest
Re: Zew 92 <sigh>
It was the best of stations, it was the worst of stations.
I used to work there. It's undergone several management changes in the past few years resulting in a lack of direction. So basically what happens is they change the focus of the station every 6 months or so never giving it a chance to grow. A real shame, it could be something great in the area, even given it's limited signal.
It was the best of stations, it was the worst of stations.
I used to work there. It's undergone several management changes in the past few years resulting in a lack of direction. So basically what happens is they change the focus of the station every 6 months or so never giving it a chance to grow. A real shame, it could be something great in the area, even given it's limited signal.
Re: Zew 92 <sigh>
Hello again Brian:
He's right ya'll. Brian Hart made part of that station for several years.
Sean Sullivan is also very well known and I believe most of the years I
really enjoyed the station Sean was the afternoon drive guy. He moved to
mornings and Brian Hart made his way to afternoon drive. The initial concept of the station, as I understand it (long before I ever found it) was you'll never know what you'll hear next. I remember the days of going from Tori Amos (cornflake girl) to Paul Simon (diamonds on the souls of her shoes...Sean's favorite song)....to Walking in Memphis (sean's least favorite song heh), to "new" music - - that granted had been out six months - - but the station's management never pulled the "new music" promo. The new music was a bit overbearing at times....but hearing the older stuff mixed in as well as the unique mix of music made it for me.
When I worked there, I went out on a limb a little bit - we had a playlist created by the music director (whoever was bold enough to try for it that month) and we pretty much went by the music playlist. However, from time to time, we'd play all the songs in an hour or a song would have been played last hour and seemed a bit overplayed. I remember one Saturday I was covering a shift and got bold and played Dave Mathews "so much to say" - a song from 1995. This was 2000. No one had heard that on the radio in years. Sean Sullivan was either doing a remote or was listening and called up and complimented me on the selection. I now notice (although it's 5 years later) that song is still in the play list and is played from time to time.
I know other people who have heard the station or even worked at the station and who have completely burnt out on it. I have been burnt out on it maybe twice...and I tuned in something else, but the funny thing is, before I setup streaming (this was before the station did the streaming), i'd long to return to Mobile **just to hear the zew**. It's nuts...almost like a woman you've nearly fallen in love with.
Another point i'll make - when I started working there a gentleman named Mark was doing overnights. His voice was pretty rough but his heart was in the music. He came up with an underground music show he aired at night. He eventually became the night jock then eventually moved on as many people have done - frustrated with the management (or lack thereof). I learned a long time ago as a part time weekend jock to not get too involved in the politics of a station - the management probably did not even know who i was. Mark made some good suggestions to the mix and at about that time, the station played a wide variety of live music as well as regular music. (i remember during the gumbo shop, at 12 noon, for a while...probably at least a year, i'd almost always hear dave mathews's typical watchtower....too long for "normal radio" - especially during the lunch hour.....but the jock who did the gumbo shop them knew how to make the listener jam. I wouldn't call it overplayed....but it was played probably once a week. Good song. I got hooked.
The mix of live paul simon music also did it for me - the concert in the park album which I had never heard any music from promptly became one of my favorites. In fact - the FIRST SONG that got me hooked on the station my first year in Mobile (I was at USA studying computer science from 1997 to 2000) was You Can Call Me Al from the concert in the park album. I had never heard such a rocking version of the song....and heck, in north alabama, it's hard to find that song played anywhere (occasionally right now 107.3 out of florence will play it).
The zew is unique. The zew is different. Unless you listen to the zew nearly 24/7, the zew is unpredictable. Even now, with all of it's changes in format and it's tweaking with the music to tweak with the ratings it's completely different than it was six months ago, and even more different than a year ago. I haven't heard 88 lines about 44 women in a very long time.
Amanda "Gene" has been bought in as the evening jock - she's been with the station probably...well as long as i've been listening to it...since 1997 (how many stations can keep someone that long?!) , she used to do weekends like I did too. She's very knowledgeable on the music and the trivia and in my opinion can put together a heck of a radio show.
The jocks of this station have done a heck of a job (yes, even you Brian) considering what **i think** they had to work with. I don't know how much revenue this station brings in and I don't think the jocks know either. I think management is very hush hush (as is management of many stations) but there is a very....vivid....following of this station in Mobile.
I hear rumors from time to time about the format changing. I remember the weekend I started working there it was 80's for a whole 2 days. I remember Sean's "taking back the station" by force skit he did when they went back to the regular format. In fact, I believed he truly locked himself in the control room and wouldn't let the management in to put the 80s back on. (was that your idea Brian? hehe...i mean was the 80s your idea?) Oddly enough I started working there the next week and found out Sean Sullivan was now the music director. That lasted probably six months or so.
For not being very involved in the station, I've kept very close tabs on what goes on there for as long as I possibly could. Each jock there has their good traits and their bad traits. All of them have been frustrated before. All of them have been happy before. 92 zew is not a corporate radio station. It's "local" - it's "heritage". it's not just a job to the people who work there.
i can't remember if i said this before, but if you like 92 zew, you should also try out www.kozt.com which is out of california. it's another locally owned and run radio station with a killer playlist. i discovered that station because the dr. demento show, which used to play on 92 zew, "streamed" on kozt as well. i still listen to it regularly sunday nights at 11 central time. (it used to air at 10 on the zew).
ok....all you people out there in the know......correct me.
-jay fuller
> It was the best of stations, it was the worst of stations.
>
> I used to work there. It's undergone several management
> changes in the past few years resulting in a lack of
> direction. So basically what happens is they change the
> focus of the station every 6 months or so never giving it a
> chance to grow. A real shame, it could be something great
> in the area, even given it's limited signal.
>
Hello again Brian:
He's right ya'll. Brian Hart made part of that station for several years.
Sean Sullivan is also very well known and I believe most of the years I
really enjoyed the station Sean was the afternoon drive guy. He moved to
mornings and Brian Hart made his way to afternoon drive. The initial concept of the station, as I understand it (long before I ever found it) was you'll never know what you'll hear next. I remember the days of going from Tori Amos (cornflake girl) to Paul Simon (diamonds on the souls of her shoes...Sean's favorite song)....to Walking in Memphis (sean's least favorite song heh), to "new" music - - that granted had been out six months - - but the station's management never pulled the "new music" promo. The new music was a bit overbearing at times....but hearing the older stuff mixed in as well as the unique mix of music made it for me.
When I worked there, I went out on a limb a little bit - we had a playlist created by the music director (whoever was bold enough to try for it that month) and we pretty much went by the music playlist. However, from time to time, we'd play all the songs in an hour or a song would have been played last hour and seemed a bit overplayed. I remember one Saturday I was covering a shift and got bold and played Dave Mathews "so much to say" - a song from 1995. This was 2000. No one had heard that on the radio in years. Sean Sullivan was either doing a remote or was listening and called up and complimented me on the selection. I now notice (although it's 5 years later) that song is still in the play list and is played from time to time.
I know other people who have heard the station or even worked at the station and who have completely burnt out on it. I have been burnt out on it maybe twice...and I tuned in something else, but the funny thing is, before I setup streaming (this was before the station did the streaming), i'd long to return to Mobile **just to hear the zew**. It's nuts...almost like a woman you've nearly fallen in love with.
Another point i'll make - when I started working there a gentleman named Mark was doing overnights. His voice was pretty rough but his heart was in the music. He came up with an underground music show he aired at night. He eventually became the night jock then eventually moved on as many people have done - frustrated with the management (or lack thereof). I learned a long time ago as a part time weekend jock to not get too involved in the politics of a station - the management probably did not even know who i was. Mark made some good suggestions to the mix and at about that time, the station played a wide variety of live music as well as regular music. (i remember during the gumbo shop, at 12 noon, for a while...probably at least a year, i'd almost always hear dave mathews's typical watchtower....too long for "normal radio" - especially during the lunch hour.....but the jock who did the gumbo shop them knew how to make the listener jam. I wouldn't call it overplayed....but it was played probably once a week. Good song. I got hooked.
The mix of live paul simon music also did it for me - the concert in the park album which I had never heard any music from promptly became one of my favorites. In fact - the FIRST SONG that got me hooked on the station my first year in Mobile (I was at USA studying computer science from 1997 to 2000) was You Can Call Me Al from the concert in the park album. I had never heard such a rocking version of the song....and heck, in north alabama, it's hard to find that song played anywhere (occasionally right now 107.3 out of florence will play it).
The zew is unique. The zew is different. Unless you listen to the zew nearly 24/7, the zew is unpredictable. Even now, with all of it's changes in format and it's tweaking with the music to tweak with the ratings it's completely different than it was six months ago, and even more different than a year ago. I haven't heard 88 lines about 44 women in a very long time.
Amanda "Gene" has been bought in as the evening jock - she's been with the station probably...well as long as i've been listening to it...since 1997 (how many stations can keep someone that long?!) , she used to do weekends like I did too. She's very knowledgeable on the music and the trivia and in my opinion can put together a heck of a radio show.
The jocks of this station have done a heck of a job (yes, even you Brian) considering what **i think** they had to work with. I don't know how much revenue this station brings in and I don't think the jocks know either. I think management is very hush hush (as is management of many stations) but there is a very....vivid....following of this station in Mobile.
I hear rumors from time to time about the format changing. I remember the weekend I started working there it was 80's for a whole 2 days. I remember Sean's "taking back the station" by force skit he did when they went back to the regular format. In fact, I believed he truly locked himself in the control room and wouldn't let the management in to put the 80s back on. (was that your idea Brian? hehe...i mean was the 80s your idea?) Oddly enough I started working there the next week and found out Sean Sullivan was now the music director. That lasted probably six months or so.
For not being very involved in the station, I've kept very close tabs on what goes on there for as long as I possibly could. Each jock there has their good traits and their bad traits. All of them have been frustrated before. All of them have been happy before. 92 zew is not a corporate radio station. It's "local" - it's "heritage". it's not just a job to the people who work there.
i can't remember if i said this before, but if you like 92 zew, you should also try out www.kozt.com which is out of california. it's another locally owned and run radio station with a killer playlist. i discovered that station because the dr. demento show, which used to play on 92 zew, "streamed" on kozt as well. i still listen to it regularly sunday nights at 11 central time. (it used to air at 10 on the zew).
ok....all you people out there in the know......correct me.
-jay fuller
> It was the best of stations, it was the worst of stations.
>
> I used to work there. It's undergone several management
> changes in the past few years resulting in a lack of
> direction. So basically what happens is they change the
> focus of the station every 6 months or so never giving it a
> chance to grow. A real shame, it could be something great
> in the area, even given it's limited signal.
>
Re: Zew 92 <sigh>
> Hello again Brian:
>
> He's right ya'll. Brian Hart made part of that station for
> several years.
> Sean Sullivan is also very well known and I believe most of
> the years I
> really enjoyed the station Sean was the afternoon drive guy.
> He moved to
> mornings and Brian Hart made his way to afternoon drive.
> The initial concept of the station, as I understand it (long
> before I ever found it) was you'll never know what you'll
> hear next. I remember the days of going from Tori Amos
> (cornflake girl) to Paul Simon (diamonds on the souls of her
> shoes...Sean's favorite song)....to Walking in Memphis
> (sean's least favorite song heh), to "new" music - - that
> granted had been out six months - - but the station's
> management never pulled the "new music" promo. The new
> music was a bit overbearing at times....but hearing the
> older stuff mixed in as well as the unique mix of music made
> it for me.
>
> When I worked there, I went out on a limb a little bit - we
> had a playlist created by the music director (whoever was
> bold enough to try for it that month) and we pretty much
> went by the music playlist. However, from time to time,
> we'd play all the songs in an hour or a song would have been
> played last hour and seemed a bit overplayed. I remember
> one Saturday I was covering a shift and got bold and played
> Dave Mathews "so much to say" - a song from 1995. This was
> 2000. No one had heard that on the radio in years. Sean
> Sullivan was either doing a remote or was listening and
> called up and complimented me on the selection. I now notice
> (although it's 5 years later) that song is still in the play
> list and is played from time to time.
>
> I know other people who have heard the station or even
> worked at the station and who have completely burnt out on
> it. I have been burnt out on it maybe twice...and I tuned
> in something else, but the funny thing is, before I setup
> streaming (this was before the station did the streaming),
> i'd long to return to Mobile **just to hear the zew**. It's
> nuts...almost like a woman you've nearly fallen in love
> with.
>
> Another point i'll make - when I started working there a
> gentleman named Mark was doing overnights. His voice was
> pretty rough but his heart was in the music. He came up with
> an underground music show he aired at night. He eventually
> became the night jock then eventually moved on as many
> people have done - frustrated with the management (or lack
> thereof). I learned a long time ago as a part time weekend
> jock to not get too involved in the politics of a station -
> the management probably did not even know who i was. Mark
> made some good suggestions to the mix and at about that
> time, the station played a wide variety of live music as
> well as regular music. (i remember during the gumbo shop, at
> 12 noon, for a while...probably at least a year, i'd almost
> always hear dave mathews's typical watchtower....too long
> for "normal radio" - especially during the lunch
> hour.....but the jock who did the gumbo shop them knew how
> to make the listener jam. I wouldn't call it
> overplayed....but it was played probably once a week. Good
> song. I got hooked.
>
> The mix of live paul simon music also did it for me - the
> concert in the park album which I had never heard any music
> from promptly became one of my favorites. In fact - the
> FIRST SONG that got me hooked on the station my first year
> in Mobile (I was at USA studying computer science from 1997
> to 2000) was You Can Call Me Al from the concert in the park
> album. I had never heard such a rocking version of the
> song....and heck, in north alabama, it's hard to find that
> song played anywhere (occasionally right now 107.3 out of
> florence will play it).
>
> The zew is unique. The zew is different. Unless you listen
> to the zew nearly 24/7, the zew is unpredictable. Even now,
> with all of it's changes in format and it's tweaking with
> the music to tweak with the ratings it's completely
> different than it was six months ago, and even more
> different than a year ago. I haven't heard 88 lines about 44
> women in a very long time.
>
> Amanda "Gene" has been bought in as the evening jock - she's
> been with the station probably...well as long as i've been
> listening to it...since 1997 (how many stations can keep
> someone that long?!) , she used to do weekends like I did
> too. She's very knowledgeable on the music and the trivia
> and in my opinion can put together a heck of a radio show.
>
> The jocks of this station have done a heck of a job (yes,
> even you Brian) considering what **i think** they had to
> work with. I don't know how much revenue this station brings
> in and I don't think the jocks know either. I think
> management is very hush hush (as is management of many
> stations) but there is a very....vivid....following of this
> station in Mobile.
>
> I hear rumors from time to time about the format changing. I
> remember the weekend I started working there it was 80's for
> a whole 2 days. I remember Sean's "taking back the station"
> by force skit he did when they went back to the regular
> format. In fact, I believed he truly locked himself in the
> control room and wouldn't let the management in to put the
> 80s back on. (was that your idea Brian? hehe...i mean was
> the 80s your idea?) Oddly enough I started working there the
> next week and found out Sean Sullivan was now the music
> director. That lasted probably six months or so.
>
> For not being very involved in the station, I've kept very
> close tabs on what goes on there for as long as I possibly
> could. Each jock there has their good traits and their bad
> traits. All of them have been frustrated before. All of them
> have been happy before. 92 zew is not a corporate radio
> station. It's "local" - it's "heritage". it's not just a job
> to the people who work there.
>
> i can't remember if i said this before, but if you like 92
> zew, you should also try out www.kozt.com which is out of
> california. it's another locally owned and run radio station
> with a killer playlist. i discovered that station because
> the dr. demento show, which used to play on 92 zew,
> "streamed" on kozt as well. i still listen to it regularly
> sunday nights at 11 central time. (it used to air at 10 on
> the zew).
>
> ok....all you people out there in the know......correct me.
>
>
> -jay fuller
>
>
>
>
> > It was the best of stations, it was the worst of stations.
>
> >
> > I used to work there. It's undergone several management
> > changes in the past few years resulting in a lack of
> > direction. So basically what happens is they change the
> > focus of the station every 6 months or so never giving it
> a
> > chance to grow. A real shame, it could be something great
>
> > in the area, even given it's limited signal.
> >
>
Jeeez I am getting Old! I got my start in Radio at ZEW - Uncle (Tim) I think was the night guy. I got hired to run the Jazz Show on Sunday Nights and worked a few swing shifts overnights. Catt Hired me on my 15th Birthday after hearing a tape I made at WBCA- AM - No I am in Dallas Getting paid to do what Started 13 years ago. 2 Great Stations in the Mobile area ZEW and ABB. Thanks for the extensive update on 92 I enjoyed reading the history.
> Hello again Brian:
>
> He's right ya'll. Brian Hart made part of that station for
> several years.
> Sean Sullivan is also very well known and I believe most of
> the years I
> really enjoyed the station Sean was the afternoon drive guy.
> He moved to
> mornings and Brian Hart made his way to afternoon drive.
> The initial concept of the station, as I understand it (long
> before I ever found it) was you'll never know what you'll
> hear next. I remember the days of going from Tori Amos
> (cornflake girl) to Paul Simon (diamonds on the souls of her
> shoes...Sean's favorite song)....to Walking in Memphis
> (sean's least favorite song heh), to "new" music - - that
> granted had been out six months - - but the station's
> management never pulled the "new music" promo. The new
> music was a bit overbearing at times....but hearing the
> older stuff mixed in as well as the unique mix of music made
> it for me.
>
> When I worked there, I went out on a limb a little bit - we
> had a playlist created by the music director (whoever was
> bold enough to try for it that month) and we pretty much
> went by the music playlist. However, from time to time,
> we'd play all the songs in an hour or a song would have been
> played last hour and seemed a bit overplayed. I remember
> one Saturday I was covering a shift and got bold and played
> Dave Mathews "so much to say" - a song from 1995. This was
> 2000. No one had heard that on the radio in years. Sean
> Sullivan was either doing a remote or was listening and
> called up and complimented me on the selection. I now notice
> (although it's 5 years later) that song is still in the play
> list and is played from time to time.
>
> I know other people who have heard the station or even
> worked at the station and who have completely burnt out on
> it. I have been burnt out on it maybe twice...and I tuned
> in something else, but the funny thing is, before I setup
> streaming (this was before the station did the streaming),
> i'd long to return to Mobile **just to hear the zew**. It's
> nuts...almost like a woman you've nearly fallen in love
> with.
>
> Another point i'll make - when I started working there a
> gentleman named Mark was doing overnights. His voice was
> pretty rough but his heart was in the music. He came up with
> an underground music show he aired at night. He eventually
> became the night jock then eventually moved on as many
> people have done - frustrated with the management (or lack
> thereof). I learned a long time ago as a part time weekend
> jock to not get too involved in the politics of a station -
> the management probably did not even know who i was. Mark
> made some good suggestions to the mix and at about that
> time, the station played a wide variety of live music as
> well as regular music. (i remember during the gumbo shop, at
> 12 noon, for a while...probably at least a year, i'd almost
> always hear dave mathews's typical watchtower....too long
> for "normal radio" - especially during the lunch
> hour.....but the jock who did the gumbo shop them knew how
> to make the listener jam. I wouldn't call it
> overplayed....but it was played probably once a week. Good
> song. I got hooked.
>
> The mix of live paul simon music also did it for me - the
> concert in the park album which I had never heard any music
> from promptly became one of my favorites. In fact - the
> FIRST SONG that got me hooked on the station my first year
> in Mobile (I was at USA studying computer science from 1997
> to 2000) was You Can Call Me Al from the concert in the park
> album. I had never heard such a rocking version of the
> song....and heck, in north alabama, it's hard to find that
> song played anywhere (occasionally right now 107.3 out of
> florence will play it).
>
> The zew is unique. The zew is different. Unless you listen
> to the zew nearly 24/7, the zew is unpredictable. Even now,
> with all of it's changes in format and it's tweaking with
> the music to tweak with the ratings it's completely
> different than it was six months ago, and even more
> different than a year ago. I haven't heard 88 lines about 44
> women in a very long time.
>
> Amanda "Gene" has been bought in as the evening jock - she's
> been with the station probably...well as long as i've been
> listening to it...since 1997 (how many stations can keep
> someone that long?!) , she used to do weekends like I did
> too. She's very knowledgeable on the music and the trivia
> and in my opinion can put together a heck of a radio show.
>
> The jocks of this station have done a heck of a job (yes,
> even you Brian) considering what **i think** they had to
> work with. I don't know how much revenue this station brings
> in and I don't think the jocks know either. I think
> management is very hush hush (as is management of many
> stations) but there is a very....vivid....following of this
> station in Mobile.
>
> I hear rumors from time to time about the format changing. I
> remember the weekend I started working there it was 80's for
> a whole 2 days. I remember Sean's "taking back the station"
> by force skit he did when they went back to the regular
> format. In fact, I believed he truly locked himself in the
> control room and wouldn't let the management in to put the
> 80s back on. (was that your idea Brian? hehe...i mean was
> the 80s your idea?) Oddly enough I started working there the
> next week and found out Sean Sullivan was now the music
> director. That lasted probably six months or so.
>
> For not being very involved in the station, I've kept very
> close tabs on what goes on there for as long as I possibly
> could. Each jock there has their good traits and their bad
> traits. All of them have been frustrated before. All of them
> have been happy before. 92 zew is not a corporate radio
> station. It's "local" - it's "heritage". it's not just a job
> to the people who work there.
>
> i can't remember if i said this before, but if you like 92
> zew, you should also try out www.kozt.com which is out of
> california. it's another locally owned and run radio station
> with a killer playlist. i discovered that station because
> the dr. demento show, which used to play on 92 zew,
> "streamed" on kozt as well. i still listen to it regularly
> sunday nights at 11 central time. (it used to air at 10 on
> the zew).
>
> ok....all you people out there in the know......correct me.
>
>
> -jay fuller
>
>
>
>
> > It was the best of stations, it was the worst of stations.
>
> >
> > I used to work there. It's undergone several management
> > changes in the past few years resulting in a lack of
> > direction. So basically what happens is they change the
> > focus of the station every 6 months or so never giving it
> a
> > chance to grow. A real shame, it could be something great
>
> > in the area, even given it's limited signal.
> >
>
Jeeez I am getting Old! I got my start in Radio at ZEW - Uncle (Tim) I think was the night guy. I got hired to run the Jazz Show on Sunday Nights and worked a few swing shifts overnights. Catt Hired me on my 15th Birthday after hearing a tape I made at WBCA- AM - No I am in Dallas Getting paid to do what Started 13 years ago. 2 Great Stations in the Mobile area ZEW and ABB. Thanks for the extensive update on 92 I enjoyed reading the history.
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