WLKN
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| City | Cleveland, Wisconsin |
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| Broadcast area | Sheboygan/Manitowoc, Wisconsin |
| Branding | Lake 98.1 |
| Frequency | 98.1 MHz |
| First air date | 1985 (as WKTT at 103.1) |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| ERP | 5,800 watts |
| HAAT | 89 meters (292 feet) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 67716 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°59′03″N 87°45′55″W / 43.98417°N 87.76528°W |
| Callsign meaning | W-LaKe Ninety-eight |
| Former callsigns | WKTT (1984-2003) |
| Former frequencies | 103.1 MHz (1985-1993) |
| Owner | Seehafer Broadcasting Corporation (Seehafer Broadcasting Corporation) |
| Sister stations | WCUB, WEMP, WLTU, WOMT, WQTC |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wlkn.com |
WLKN (98.1 FM, "Lake 98.1") is a radio station licensed to Cleveland, Wisconsin with an adult contemporary format consisting mainly of music from the 1980s until the current day, serving the lakeshore cities of Sheboygan and Manitowoc/Two Rivers, Wisconsin, along with Manitowoc and Sheboygan Counties in general. The station's studio is located in Manitowoc, and the station is owned by Seehafter Broadcasting. The station's transmitter is located north of Cleveland, in the Town of Newton.
The station was formerly WKTT "Kat Country" prior to a format change in 2003, and had been at 103.1 before a frequency change in 1993 in conjunction with WWJR in Sheboygan from 97.7 to 93.7 to facilitate the launch of Kaukauna's WOGB on 103.1. There were more than six FM's affected by the frequency switch, at the time.
On October 9, 2009 after a sale for $600,000 and a four-year consulting fee of $25,000 annually from former owner Radio K-T, Inc. headed by former Clear Channel programmer Jack Taddeo, the station came under the ownership of Seehafer Broadcasting, a locally-run company based in Manitowoc which has owned WOMT (1240) and WQTC-FM (102.3) for decades. Seehafer continues to base WLKN at their Cleveland offices, along with utilizing the station's web provider to create a more state-of-the-art website presence for the latter stations under WLKN's existing Internet technology agreement. Beyond usual staff turnover, WLKN's programming format, which is female orientated and schedule have remained unchanged since the sale, though overflow local high school basketball games are carried on WLKN, especially during the playoff season. Since the WLKN conversion the station airs an all-Christmas music format through the holidays from Thanksgiving Day to December 26.
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