WEZW

WEZW
Wildwood Crest, New Jersey;
Broadcast area	Cape May, New Jersey
Frequency	93.1 MHz
Branding	K-Love
Programming
Format	Contemporary Christian
Ownership
Owner	Educational Media Foundation
History
First air date	May 17, 1990; 34 years ago
Former call signs	WDOX (1990–1999); WBNJ (1999–2003); WDTH (2003–2006);
Call sign meaning	W EZ (Easy) W (previous format)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	32201
Class	A
ERP	4,100 watts
HAAT	68 meters (223 ft)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	klove.com

WEZW (93.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Wildwood Crest, New Jersey and serving the Cape May, Ocean City and Atlantic City markets. Its transmitter is located in Wildwood, New Jersey. The station is owned by Educational Media Foundation and is an affiliate of K-Love, a non-commercial Contemporary Christian network.

History

93.1 was granted the WDOX calls on May 17, 1990 (at the time, standing for original CP holder David Oxenford). The station went on the air in August 1993 with an easy listening format, using the slogan "The Docks." This ultimately lasted for only 9 months and then in May 1994 became an alternative rock station.

On March 1, 1999, calls were changed to WBNJ and 93.1 began to simulcast the Urban AC format of WTTH, 96.1 in Margate City, following the transfer of the station to Margate Communications.

On October 16, 2003 the station changed its call sign to WDTH, following its sale from Margate Communications to Equity Communications in March, 2002.

On September 15, 2006, the call letters were changed to the current WEZW. Until 2004 the WEZW calls were on WJZN, an adult standards station in Augusta, Maine. WEZW were also the former calls of what is now top 40 station WXSS in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when that station played beautiful music in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

In late October 2009, WEZW ended its simulcast of WTTH and started a Christmas music format. The format ended on December 28 of that year, and the station became Easy 93.1, airing a Soft AC format. In 2010, the station was added to the Philadelphia Phillies Radio Network.

On October 17, 2011, WEZW became the first station in the United States to change over to Christmas music for the 2011 holiday season.^[2] It was again first in 2014, flipping again on the 17th,^[3] and the first for 2017, flipping on October 20, 2017. In response to the 2014 change, WEZW described its choice to flip to Christmas so early each year as a way to build notoriety for the weak-signaled station, which has an older and more conservative listener base.^[4]

On August 6, 2019, WEZW flipped to a simulcast of Classic Oldies WMID right after the broadcast of a Phillies game. With this format change, the station also became an affiliate of The Rush Limbaugh Show. The soft AC format continued to stream online until late September.^[5]

In July 2023, the station's owners sold the station's license to Educational Media Foundation, owner of the K-Love contemporary Christian music network. In mid-November, following the sale to EMF, the station went silent before returning to the air with new programing on November 28, 2023.^[6]