WTMJ (AM)
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| City | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Milwaukee |
| Branding | Newsradio 620 WTMJ |
| Slogan | "Wisconsin's News, Talk, Weather and Traffic Station" |
| Frequency |
620 AM kHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Repeater(s) | WKTI-HD2, 94.5 MHz, Milwaukee |
| First air date | July 25, 1927 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 50,000 watts daytime 10,000 watts nighttime |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 74096 |
| Callsign meaning | We're The Milwaukee Journal (original name of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the newspaper which founded the station) |
| Former callsigns | WKAF (1927) |
| Former frequencies | 1020 AM (1927-1928) |
| Owner |
E.W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) |
| Sister stations | WTMJ-TV, WKTI |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.wtmj.com |
WTMJ is an AM radio station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin broadcasting at 620 kHz and at 94.5 FM HD-2. The station was the flagship radio station of the Journal Broadcast Group until April 2015, when it came under its current ownership of the E.W. Scripps Company. JBG also owned the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WTMJ-TV and sister radio station WKTI, along with other media assets across the U.S. (WTMJ remains owned with WTMJ-TV and WKTI, with the Journal Sentinel owned by the Journal Media Group spin-off until their April 2016 merger with Gannett). WTMJ 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), and its transmitter is located in Union Grove.
WTMJ Radio airs a format of news, talk & sports. The station also has served as the flagship outlet for Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Bucks and Milwaukee Brewers games for most of the teams' histories, with Packers broadcasts airing on WTMJ since 1929.
The station broadcasts a 50,000-watt signal during daytime hours, and 10,000 watts during nighttime hours. Due to its signal strength, as well as Wisconsin's flat land (with near-perfect ground conductivity) and its location near the bottom of the AM dial, WTMJ boasts one of the largest coverage areas in the nation. Its daytime "city-grade" signal reaches most of the eastern third of Wisconsin, including Madison and Green Bay, and it provides at least grade B coverage to most of the eastern two-thirds of the state. Additionally, the station provides at least grade B coverage to most of the Chicago area, as well as Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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