WKTI

WKTI ("94.5 KTI Country") is a 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.

History

1940s and 1950s

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. 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.