94.5 Lake FM (formerly WKTI)

[bork]

It will be interesting to see where Lips Labelle surfaces. I'm sure some other station will grab him.

[Godspeed]

I hate radio in general but I love 88.9. Very eclectic and original.

 

As for the new 94.5, they can be all the random they want, but if they're still just recycling the same old crappy songs, it doesn't do much for me.

[ewizabeff]

patrick, we do have radio milwaukee 88.9, its not all rock, but its a good variety of songs.

 

http://radiomilwaukee.org/playlist.asp

Wow...I had no idea. I'm guessing that it's less than 3 years old (I purchased XM about 3 years ago).

 

If I remember correctly, Radio Milwaukee started about 12 - 18 months ago.

[patrickgpe]

it was about the time i canceled xm, so i am thinking closer to 2 years ago, anyway its really the only radio station i listen to besides occasionally 102.1. Problem is with that station is just like the others, you start hearing songs over and over and it ruins them for you.

[Invader3K]

I'm thinking about canceling my XM. I actually do like it (especially the MLB channel), but the sound quality sucks, and doesn't look to improve with Mel "Let's push Howard Stern and nothing else" Karmazin at the helm of the new XM/Sirius company. They've already cut a couple channels I liked, too.

 

I just need some kind of decent alternative, as most of the radio stations in the area are abysmal as far as music selection.

[Bikeage77]

I'm gonna miss WKTI in the fact that really bad songs would be played so much they'd become my "jams" and my friends would laugh at me. How am I gonna keep up with my studnets taste in music anymore?

[sveumrules]

I'm gonna miss WKTI in the fact that really bad songs would be played so much they'd become my "jams" and my friends would laugh at me. How am I gonna keep up with my studnets taste in music anymore?

 

baumer, i know exactly what you mean. they had it on all day at work and as much as i hated the dozen songs they ever played they were complete backwards jams.

 

its too late to 'pologize. its tooo laaaaate.

[trwi7]

Just thought I'd bump this back up and let everybody know that they're playing 'Sunglasses at Night' right now. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[fondybrewfan]

On the Milwaukee radio topic, I noticed last week that some Mil station is already playing Christmas music. 95.something I think. That is a little ridiculous

[Invader3K]

95.7 started playing Christmas music right after Halloween. November 1st I believe, they were already playing Christmas music. It's almost become a running gag in Milwaukee radio to see who can start holiday music the earliest, it seems.

[DatHoser]

99.1 (MYX) also started on Halloween day.

 

I bet if we all started a petition to a radio station, we could get somebody to start Christmas music on Labor Day.

 

I'm kidding, of course. I almost put the above line in blue, but sadly it's probably true if we actually tried it.

 

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

[Invader3K]

Like I said earlier, junk like this keeps me from cancelling my XM subscription, even though the new XM/Sirius product is not much better at this point. At least you can get some real variety in music on there.

[dogs with bees in their mo]

If this is similar to 93.1 The Lake in Madison, it's a good move.

93.1 actually just went out of business. Who would've ever thought the classic rock market could get too crowded? That's probably good for the new "lake" though, because otherwise some people in the western Milwaukee metro area could have picked up 3 different "lakes" with 94.5, 93.1 and 96.1 from Lake Geneva all having the same name.

[paul253]

I personally think FM radio in Milwaukee sucks. within the last 10 years, 95.7, 102.9, 102.1, and now 94.5 have all changed formats. While the first 3 are somwhat similar, they all play less of what i like to listen to. I used to be able to turn on 102.1 and listen to whatever song was on. They had a lot more new stuff. Now they still play new stuff, but its mixed with a lot of late 90's early '00s crap. 95.7 got rid of all the cool "oldies" songs from the 50's and replaced them with songs from the 70's. Its seems like the only thing musics stations play around here anymore are songs from the 70's, 80's and 90's, which, oddly enough, is what 94.5 is switching to isnt it? They you have 99.1 AND 95.7 playing Christmas music in October....give me a break. I hardly even listen to FM anymore.

[strawbossisevil]

As long as we have 104.7 La Grande, do we really need any other options?

 

I mean once you get a taste of latin men rocking out on accordians and tubas, you never go back.

[DHonks]

With 94.5 changing, is there really any true pop/rock station? In high school they were the only true pop station, although 99.1 had moments of pop. It seemed most were switching to alt rock, hip hop, and rap (103.7, 106.9, 102.1, 102.9, etc). I guess that's why I shifted to country, because I felt the best variation on 90s pop music was actually country.