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{{Short description|ESPN Radio affiliate in Milwaukee}}
{{for|the Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, television station that held the call sign WKTI-CA or WKTI-CD on channel 22 from 2012 to 2015|WLWK-CD}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WKTI
| logo             = ESPN Milwaukee.png
| logo_size        = 200px
| city             = [[Milwaukee|Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]
| country          = US
| area             = [[Milwaukee metropolitan area]]
| branding         = 94.5 ESPN
| frequency        = 94.5 [[Megahertz|MHz]] {{HD Radio}}
| airdate          = {{start date and age|1959|6|1}} (as WTMJ-FM)
| format           = [[Sports radio|Sports]]
| subchannels      = HD2: [[Talk radio|News/talk]] ([[WTMJ (AM)|WTMJ]] simulcast)
| erp              = 14,000 [[watt]]s
| haat             = {{convert|291|m|sp=us}}
| coordinates      = {{nowrap|{{coord|43.091|N|87.902|W|type:landmark_region:US-WI_source:FCC|display=inline,title}}}}
| class            = B
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| facility_id      = 74095
| callsign_meaning = named after Kate, the wife of a onetime sales manager; also meant to highlight the original "[[Interstate 94 in Wisconsin|I-94]]" branding
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WTMJ-FM (1959&ndash;1974)|WKTI-FM (1974&ndash;2008)|WLWK-FM (2008&ndash;2015)|WKTI-FM (2015)}}
| affiliations     = [[ESPN Radio]]
| owner            = [[Good Karma Brands]]
| licensee         = Good Karma Broadcasting, L.L.C.
| sister_stations  = [[WGKB]], [[WTMJ (AM)|WTMJ]]
| webcast          = {{listenlive|https://www.espn.com/radio/play/_/s/wkti-fm}}
| website          = {{url|espn.com/milwaukee/}}
}}
'''WKTI''' (94.5 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) – branded '''94.5 ESPN Milwaukee''' – is a commercial [[Sports radio|sports]] [[radio station]] licensed to [[Milwaukee|Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], serving the [[Milwaukee metropolitan area]]. Owned by [[Good Karma Brands]], WKTI is an affiliate for [[ESPN Radio]].  WKTI is known as '''ESPN Milwaukee'''; also jointly identified as '''ESPN Wisconsin''' alongside [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]]-based sister station [[WTLX]], which simulcasts much of WKTI's local programming. WKTI also serves as the [[flagship station]] for the [[Marquette Golden Eagles]]; and the radio home of [[Mark Chmura]], [[Mark Tauscher]], [[Tony Smith (basketball)|Tony Smith]] and Steve True. WKTI shares its transmitter and tower facility with WTMJ-TV from its former studio located off of [[Wisconsin Highway 190|Capitol Drive (Wisconsin Highway 190)]] in Milwaukee, an [[Art Deco]] facility known as "Radio City", in tribute to the [[NBC Radio City Studios|New York complex of the same name]]. WTMJ radio, WKTI and WGKB moved to a new studio within the [[The Avenue (Milwaukee)|Third Street Market Hall]] in downtown Milwaukee at the end of 2022.
In addition to a standard [[analog transmission]], WKTI broadcasts in [[HD Radio]] and rebroadcasts their AM sister station on its second subchannel.
==History==
===Earlier stations (1922–1950)===
The owner of the ''[[Milwaukee Journal]]'', in addition to publishing a daily newspaper, was a pioneer of broadcasting.  It acquired [[WTMJ (AM)|WTMJ]] in 1927, after it had been on the air since 1922, among the earliest AM radio stations in Wisconsin. On February 23, 1940, an experimental FM station, W9XAO, started broadcasting in the [[Apex (radio band)|Apex radio band]] (roughly between 25 and 44&nbsp;MHz), as the first FM station west of the Allegheny mountains.<ref name=history>[https://archive.org/details/broadcasting292unse/page/n976/mode/1up "WMFM Changes Its Call Letters For Fourth Time"],''Broadcasting'', December 3, 1945, page 83.</ref> In May 1940, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) announced the establishment, effective January 1, 1941, of an FM band operating on 40 channels spanning 42–50&nbsp;MHz.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112059131711&view=1up&seq=767 "FCC Order No. 67"], ''Federal Register'', May 25, 1940, page 2011.</ref> The [[List of the initial commercial FM station assignments issued by the Federal Communications Commission on October 31, 1940|first fifteen commercial FM station]] construction permits were issued on October 31, 1940, including one to the Milwaukee Journal Company for 45.5&nbsp;MHz,<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/broadcasting19unse#page/n1074/mode/1up "New FM Call Letters Proposed"], ''Broadcasting'', November 15, 1940, page 77.</ref> which was issued the call sign W55M.<ref>The initial call sign policy for commercial FM stations included an initial "W" for stations located east of the Mississippi River, followed by the last two digits of a station's frequency assignment, "55" in this case, and closing with a one or two character city identifier, which for Milwaukee stations was "M".</ref> This facility had a 50&nbsp;kW transmitter located in [[Richfield, Washington County, Wisconsin|Richfield, Wisconsin]], and primarily simulcast WTMJ's programming.
Effective November 1, 1943, the FCC modified its policy for FM call letters,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mwwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT6 "Standard Broadcast Station Call Letters for All Outlets Starting Nov. 1, FCC Rule"], ''The Billboard'', September 4, 1943, page 7.</ref> and the station's call letters were changed to WMFM. The station call letters became [[WTMJ-FM]] on December 1, 1945.<ref name=history/> It began running [[classical music]] for some hours of the day; one of the announcers was WTMJ's Jonathan Green, who utilized a more sophisticated voice and name as J. Bradley Green for his work with the FM side. The company began to focus on its new television station, [[WTMJ-TV]], which signed on in 1947. This original WTMJ-FM, along with co-owned WSAU-FM in Wausau, ended operations on April 2, 1950, with their licenses turned in to the FCC for cancellation.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/broadcasting38unse_0/page/n85/mode/1up "WTMJ Drops FM"], ''Broadcasting'', April 3, 1950, page 80.</ref>
===Beautiful music (1959–1974)===
[[File:WTMJ Radio City.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Radio City on Milwaukee's east side, which served as the studios for WTMJ-FM/WLWK/WKTI from 1942 until 2022.]]
A second WTMJ-FM, predecessor of the current station, commenced operations on June 1, 1959, at 94.5 FM, and ran [[beautiful music]] programming for the next 15 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1960/B%202%20Radio%20Yearbook%201960.pdf|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1960 page A-253|website=americanradiohistory.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Towers from the North Country: The Big Trip, 2005 Part VII: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, round one | website=Fybush.com | date=24 March 2006 | url=http://www.fybush.com/sites/2006/site-060324.html | access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>
===Top 40 (1974–1989)===
In 1974, the station changed to a separately programmed automated [[contemporary hit radio|Top 40]] format, using the branding "I-94" (named after [[Interstate 94 in Wisconsin|Interstate 94]], 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 the airstaff was not comfortable about using the tongue-twisting call letters on-air. A sales manager suggested two letters from "Katie", his wife's name; the call sign was thus changed to WKTI.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1975/C%202%201975%20Radio.pdf|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1975 page C-212|website=americanradiohistory.com}}</ref> I-94 was an automated station promoted as "Nonstop Stereo Rock."
In 1981, live disc jockeys were employed. The next year, [[Bob Reitman]] began hosting WKTI's morning show. The program director, Dallas Cole, added Gene Mueller to the morning show in mid-1982. Lips LaBelle later became the afternoon DJ and promotions director. In late 1982, Danny Clayton became the night DJ and music director. These people worked as a team at WKTI for the next fifteen years. The station experienced steady ratings and growth.
=== Hot adult contemporary (1989–2008) ===
Between 1989 and 1990, WKTI gradually evolved to a [[hot adult contemporary]] format, as the station decided to target a more adult audience. This left [[WLUM-FM]] as the only CHR station in Milwaukee for a time. By around 1999, [[WXSS-FM]] began to compete for WKTI's predominantly female audience with music from younger artists. WKTI had a long-standing popular morning show, and the station did not make changes in response to the competition. However, slow adjustments were made to WKTI's playlist, changing to an [[Adult Top 40]] format to attract new and younger listeners. The changes included contests and a Friday playlist called ''Flashback Friday,'' which featured music from the 1980s.
In September 2006, apart from the legal station identification, WKTI DJs no longer voiced the "W" in its call sign.  The branding changed to ''94-5 'KTI, Milwaukee's Hit Music Channel.'' In late 2006, [[Bob Reitman]] semi-retired, moving on to a weekly program on local [[public broadcasting|public]] radio station [[WUWM]]. Gene Mueller continued the morning show with Amy Taylor and Gino Salamone as "Gene, Amy and Gino," until Taylor resigned in April 2007.  On May 15, 2007, Gene Mueller left WKTI after 25 years to host WTMJ's "Wisconsin Morning News." A new show, ''Mathew Blades in the Morning'', with Blades, Erin Austin, and AJ, was then launched on WKTI. The station's evening lineup was also changing. Cindy Huber hosted the evening program for two years, but then left the station in a reshuffle and moved to [[WLDB]]. The station then began carrying [[John Tesh]]'s ''Intelligence for Your Life'' show.
In September 2008, WKTI broadcast play-by-play coverage for teams normally on WTMJ, while the AM station was carrying a different sport. For example, the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] Sunday broadcasts moved to WKTI to allow [[Green Bay Packers]] radio play-by-play reports to air on WTMJ. On September 28, 2008, for the first time in Milwaukee FM radio history, WKTI aired a [[Green Bay Packers]] game (versus the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]).<ref>[https://www.tmj4.com/news Local news] Today's tmj4</ref> On July 22, 2010, WLWK aired a Brewers game to allow WTMJ's coverage of a sudden flash flood emergency.<ref>{{cite web|author=Duane Dudek| title=Brewers Move To WLWK | website=archive.jsonline.com | url=https://archive.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/99068294.html/ | access-date=13 August 2023}}</ref>
===Adult hits (2008–2015)===
At 12:12&nbsp;p.m. on November 6, 2008, after playing "[[Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover]]" by [[Sophie B. Hawkins]] and "[[Hello, Goodbye]]" by [[The Beatles]], Journal Broadcast Group general manager Steve Wexler went on WKTI to introduce listeners to a complete makeover for 94.5 FM. The station launched a new [[adult hits]] format, branded as "The New 94.5 Lake FM" (in reference to Milwaukee's location on the western shoreline of [[Lake Michigan]]).  [[Chicago (group)|Chicago's]] "[[Beginnings (Chicago song)|Beginnings]]" was the first song to be broadcast. With the exception of Matthew Blades, the station's entire air staff was released with the change.<ref>[http://www.jsonline.com/newswatch/34034189.html "Newswatch"] JS online.</ref><ref>[http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/tvradio/35583144.html "Blades will slip some chat into a sea of music on 'The Lake'"] ''Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel'', December 5, 2008</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Cuprisin | first=Tim| title=Format flip: The last and the first | website=archive.jsonline.com | url=https://archive.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/34034524.html/ | access-date=13 August 2023}}</ref>
On November 13, 2008, WKTI officially changed call letters to WLWK-FM. Journal warehoused the WKTI call sign at its [[adult standards]] [[WJBE (AM)|station in]] [[Powell, Tennessee]] (serving the [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]] market) until Journal's sale of the station to local interests in December 2012. The WKTI call sign then moved to the [[Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin|Sturgeon Bay]]/[[Door County, Wisconsin|Door County]] channel 22 translator for [[WGBA-TV]] in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]].
From July 8, 2009 to October 1, 2011, WTMJ-TV's third [[digital subchannel]] carried the music network [[TheCoolTV]]; the affiliation was co-branded with Lake FM. In 2012, WLWK re-branded as "94.5 The Lake."
Journal Communications and the [[E. W. Scripps Company]] announced on July 30, 2014 that the two companies would merge to create a new broadcast company under the E.W. Scripps Company name. The two companies' broadcast properties would be combined, including WLWK-FM, WTMJ, and WTMJ-TV. The deal would separate WLWK from the Journal-Sentinel for the first time in its history, as the two companies' newspapers were to be spun off into a separate company under the [[Journal Media Group]] name. The transaction was completed on April 1, 2015.<ref name=tvnc-journalscripps>{{cite news|title=E.W. Scripps, Journal Merging Broadcast Ops|url= https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/e-w-scripps-journal-merging-broadcast-ops|access-date=August 30, 2024|work=TVNewsCheck|date=July 30, 2014}}</ref>
=== Country (2015–2018) ===
[[File:WKTI 94.5KTICountry logo.png|200px|thumb|WKTI logo as "94.5 KTI Country"]]
On May 29, 2015, at 9 a.m., after playing "[[Pinball Wizard]]" by [[The Who]] and going into a commercial break, WLWK began playing [[The Beatles]]' album "[[Abbey Road (album)|Abbey Road]]" in its entirety. An announcement followed the end of Side 1 from Scripps Milwaukee Radio's Vice President and General Manager [[Tom Langmyer]] thanking listeners of The Lake (and revealing the "Abbey Road" move was intended as a tribute to how the station launched) and notifying them about a forthcoming format change.  Then, Side 2 was played, ending the "Lake" format with the final song on the album, "[[The End (The Beatles song)|The End]]." At 10 a.m., WLWK flipped to [[Country music]], resurrecting the WKTI-FM call sign as "94.5 KTI Country",<ref>{{cite news|last=Foran|first=Chris|url=http://archive.jsonline.com/entertainment/tvradio/wkti-is-back-on-milwaukee-radio--this-time-its-country-b99509517z1-305491881.html|title=WKTI is back on Milwaukee radio - this time, it's country|date=May 29, 2015|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel|access-date=October 7, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/93141/scripps-launches-kti-country-milwaukee/|title=Scripps Launches KTI Country Milwaukee|date=2015-05-29|website=RadioInsight|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref> while the Sturgeon Bay translator for WGBA changed calls from WKTI-CD to WLWK-CD, effectively switching the calls. The [[Federal Communications Commission]] officially made the changes on June 8, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=74095&Callsign=WKTI-FM|title=WKTI-FM Call Sign History|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=9 June 2015}}</ref> (The "FM" suffix was dropped a week later as the call letters became simply "WKTI.") The first song on the relaunched "KTI" was "[[Bartender (Lady Antebellum song)|Bartender]]" by [[Lady Antebellum]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://formatchange.com/94-5-the-lake-becomes-kti-country/|title=94.5 The Lake Becomes KTI Country|date=2015-05-29|website=Format Change Archive|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref>
The station became the second FM Country outlet in Milwaukee with a full-power signal, taking on [[iHeartMedia]]'s heritage country outlet [[WMIL-FM]]. It was WMIL's first head-to-head battle since 1987, when it pushed then-rival [[WHQG|WBCS]] out of the format.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1980s/1987/RR-1987-02-06.pdf|title=WBCS-FM Drops Country, Now AOR ‘Laser 103’ WLZR|work=Radio & Records|date=February 6, 1987|access-date=August 30, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1980s/1987/RR-1987-02-20.pdf|title=Country: Fall ‘86 Scoreboard|work=Radio & Records|date=February 20, 1987 |access-date=August 30, 2024}}</ref> In November 2017, after only two-and-a-half years, WKTI surpassed WMIL to become the [[media market|radio market]]'s top-rated country station with listeners 6+ according to the [[Nielsen Audio|Nielsen Ratings]]. In December 2017, WKTI also beat WMIL-FM with listeners ages 25–54, and became the #2 station with listeners 18-34 among all radio stations in Milwaukee.<ref>{{cite news|last=Foran|first=Chris|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/television-radio/2017/12/04/writ-no-1-again-among-overall-milwaukee-radio-listeners-even-without-jingle-bells/921207001/|title=WRIT No. 1 again among overall Milwaukee radio listeners, even without 'Jingle Bells'|date=December 4, 2017|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel|access-date=October 7, 2018}}</ref> Since then, WKTI often led in the country ratings, with WMIL pulling ahead at other times;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb043 |title = Nielsen Audio Ratings}}</ref>  but the victory ended after Scripps announced the sale of WKTI and all other company-owned radio stations. Most of WKTI’s personalities left, Langmyer’s upcoming departure was announced and his replacement was named. All promotion ended and the station became mostly automated.
With the announcement of Good Karma’s acquisition of the station, the conversion to an all-sports format was virtually guaranteed. With that, WKTI was put into a holding pattern for several months, awaiting the closing of the sale. At that point, with the competition no longer presenting a challenge, WMIL returned to its previous default leadership position, albeit with lower ratings than it had before WKTI became a country station.
With WKTI in extended lame-duck status, in its last ratings book released before the sale, the station dropped to a 3.5 share while WMIL, losing its competitor, rebounded with a 5.6 share.
Before the sale was announced, WKTI, with a more visible, aggressive live and local approach, versus WMIL’s predominantly out-of-town, voice-tracked announcers, was noticed in the industry as being unusual and highly successful. WKTI was a country start-up station beginning with no audience, before eclipsing WMIL, the market leader, within a very short period of time. This was a rare feat in modern-day radio.
=== Sports (2018–present) ===
[[File:ESPN Milwaukee Logo.svg|thumb|right|Logo when simulcasting with WAUK.]]
On July 27, 2018, Scripps announced the sale of WKTI and WTMJ to [[Good Karma Brands]] as part of its exit from radio broadcasting, becoming part of a cluster with [[WAUK]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rbr.com/good-karma-pays-off-for-craig-karmazin/|title=Good Karma Pays Off For Craig Karmazin |website=Radio & Television Business Report|date=27 July 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-27}}</ref> Good Karma then announced that, upon closure of the sale on November 1, WKTI would switch to a [[sports radio]] format, featuring programming from [[ESPN Radio]]; Good Karma also moved the operations of WAUK to Radio City, and continue to lease the existing WTMJ and WKTI studios and offices in the building from Scripps.<ref name="ri-wktiespn">{{Cite news|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/171551/wkti-milwaukee-to-flip-to-sports-94-5-espn/|title=WKTI Milwaukee To Flip To Sports "94.5 ESPN"|date=2018-10-26|work=RadioInsight|access-date=2018-11-24|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/television-radio/2018/10/26/wkti-fm-move-country-music-sports-under-new-owner-good-karma-espn-radio-milwaukee/1774328002/|title=WKTI-FM to move from country music to sports under new owner, Good Karma|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|access-date=2018-11-24|language=en}}</ref>
In anticipation of the flip, [[Racine, Wisconsin|Racine]]-based [[WVTY]] flipped to country on October 30, 2018, imitating WKTI's previous logo and branding as ''92.1 VTY Country''; WVTY's owner Magnum Communications also purchased advertising time on WKTI through November 2 to promote WVTY and its other co-owned country station in the area, [[WMBZ (FM)|WMBZ]] in [[West Bend, Wisconsin|West Bend]], under a more receptive arrangement with Good Karma.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/171645/wvty-goes-country-ahead-of-wkti-flip/|title=WVTY Goes Country Ahead Of WKTI Flip|date=2018-10-31|website=RadioInsight|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-09}}</ref> WVTY had flipped from country to an adult hits format in May 2015 in response to 94.5's format change to country, and used WLWK's former ''Lake'' branding until an objection from WKTI's Scripps management at the time led to a rebranding as ''The Shore''.<ref name="mjs-wvtycountry">{{cite news |last1=Foran |first1=Chris |title=Radio station switches back to country after WKTI makes move to an all-sports format |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/television-radio/2018/10/31/radio-station-switches-back-country-after-wkti-shifts-all-sports/1836041002/ |date=October 31, 2018 |access-date=November 1, 2018 |work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] |language=en}}</ref>
WKTI initially operated as a simulcast of WAUK, but by June 4, 2019, WKTI shifted towards a mostly-local schedule, and WAUK became mostly a pass-through for the national ESPN Radio schedule.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/176775/espn-milwaukee-to-expand-local-programming/|title=ESPN Milwaukee To Expand Local Programming|date=2019-05-13|website=RadioInsight|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.insideradio.com/free/espn-milwaukee-adds-talent-at-wkti-limits-commercials-on-wauk/article_cc98f322-7687-11e9-8891-975016a6c580.html|title=ESPN Milwaukee Adds Talent At WKTI, Limits Commercials On WAUK.|website=Insideradio.com|date=14 May 2019 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-09}}</ref>
==== Programming ====
Local weekday programming on WKTI includes: ''Jen, Gabe & Chewy'' hosted by [[Jen Lada]], Gabe Neitzel, and former [[NFL]] player [[Mark Chmura]] in morning drive;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/television-radio/2020/08/17/jen-lada-joining-mark-chmura-gabe-neitzel-espn-milwaukee-radio/3385960001/|title=Sports reporter Jen Lada is joining Mark Chmura and Gabe Neitzel on ESPN Milwaukee radio|last=Foran|first=Chris|date=August 17, 2020|work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|access-date=April 13, 2023}}</ref> ''Wilde and Tausch'' hosted by Jason Wilde and former [[NFL]] player [[Mark Tauscher]] in late mornings; Power Lunch with Greg Matzek and ''TBD'' hosted by [[Tony Smith (basketball)|Tony Smith]] & Bryan Dee, both in middays; ''Homer and Gabe'' hosted by Steve True and Gabe Neitzel in afternoon drive; and Doug Russell in early evenings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2019/05/13/sports-talk-wkti-fm-goes-local-with-hosts-greg.html|title=Sports-talk WKTI-FM goes local with hosts Greg Matzek, Mark Chmura, Tony Smith|last=Kirchen|first=Rich|date=May 13, 2019|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=January 8, 2020}}</ref>
Syndicated weekday programs include ''[[Golic and Wingo]]'' in morning drive, and various other [[ESPN Radio]] programs throughout the evening and overnight hours. WKTI also airs ESPN Radio's coverage of [[MLB on ESPN Radio|MLB]], [[NBA on ESPN Radio|the NBA]], [[NFL on ESPN Radio|the NFL]], and NCAA football, and is the flagship station for the [[Marquette University]] [[Marquette Golden Eagles|Golden Eagles]] [[college football]] and [[basketball]] teams.
As of September 2023, WKTI was ranked 19th in the Milwaukee-Racine Market in the Nielsen Radio ratings. WRNW, an iHeartMedia station, is the market’s leading all-sports station.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.espn.com/milwaukee/}}
*{{FM station data|74095|WKTI}}
{{Milwaukee Radio}}
{{Sports Radio Stations in Wisconsin}}
{{Good Karma Broadcasting}}
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