WKTI
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| City | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| Broadcast area | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Branding | 94.5 KTI Country |
| Slogan | Milwaukee's New Country |
| Frequency | 94.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | June 1959 (as WTMJ-FM) |
| Format | FM/HD1: Country HD2: News/Talk (WTMJ simulcast) |
| ERP | 14,000 watts |
| HAAT | 291 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 74095 |
| Callsign meaning | KaTIe |
| Former callsigns | WTMJ-FM (1959-1974) WKTI-FM (1982-2008, 2015) WLWK (2008-2015) |
| Owner |
E.W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) |
| Sister stations | WTMJ, WTMJ-TV |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WKTI ("94.5 KTI Country") is a Country Music radio station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin broadcasting at 94.5 MHz. The station is owned by the E.W. Scripps Company. The company owns WTMJ (AM) and WTMJ-TV. WKTI maintains studio facilities located on Capitol Drive in Milwaukee (this Art Deco facility is known as "Radio City" in tribute to the New York complex of the same name). WKTI's transmitter, located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north of downtown Milwaukee, broadcasts a HD radio signal, with the station airing a simulcast of its talk radio sister station, WTMJ, on its HD2 subchannel.
The owner of the Milwaukee Journal was a pioneer of FM broadcasting. In early 1940, an experimental station, W9XAO started broadcasting. In 1942, the station was called W55M. It broadcast from a 50 kW transmitter located in Richfield, Wisconsin. It was a classical music station for while. One of its announcers was J Bradley Green, actually WTMJ's Johnathon Green who used a more sophisticated voice. For a short time in the mid 40s, the station was known as WMFM. After World War II, the station was renamed WTMJ-FM and it moved to the 88-108 MHz band. Initially, WTMJ-FM used the 102.1 FM frequency but struggled for many years, especially when the company began to focus on its new television station. In 1950, the station stopped broadcasting. It returned in 1959 at 94.5 FM, running automated programming for many years.
In 1974, the station changed to a stand-alone automated Top 40 format with the nickname, "I-94" (named after the main east-west interstate highway that runs through Milwaukee). To support the new brand, the owner wanted to change the station's call sign but could not decide on the two middle letters of a new name. The station manager, Jack Lee, proposed WWWI, but DJs were not comfortable about using the tongue-twisting call letters on-air. A sales manager suggested two letters from Katie, his wife's name and so, the call sign was changed to WKTI. I-94 was an automated station promoted as "nonstop stereo rock."
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