WTKM is an oldies

Oldies

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 radio station

Radio station

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 located in Hartford, Wisconsin

Hartford, Wisconsin

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, and serving the northwestern part of the Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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 metropolitan area. WTKM and WTKM-FM

WTKM-FM

WTKM-FM is a full service radio station located in Hartford, Wisconsin, and serving the Milwaukee metropolitan area. They are the only stations owned by Kettle Moraine Broadcasting Company, and broadcast a community-oriented format consisting of polka music, classic country and local news/talk...

 are the only stations owned by Kettle Moraine Broadcasting Company.

WTKM is a daytime-only station which is off the air

Off-the-air

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 during night

Night

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time hours because it shares the same frequency as "clear channel" station KXEL

KXEL

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 in Waterloo, Iowa

Waterloo, Iowa

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.

As A Full Service Station

WTKM (AM) began broadcasting in 1951, and also has an FM sister station at 104.9 Mhz, which began broadcasting in the 1970s. Both stations ran a polka

Polka

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 and full service format for most of their existence. Most of WTKM's programming was a simulcast with the FM, although it aired separate German Language

German language

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 and music programming on Sunday afternoons called "The Voice Of Germany" and "The Rosary

Rosary

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" weekday afternoons.

As Crusin' 1540

On December 1, 2009, the AM station launched an oldies format, as "Cruisin' 1540", no longer simulcasting WTKM-FM's programming. Branding itself as "Good Time Rock 'N Roll" the station airs a mixture of 50s-70s oldies.

Airstaff

In January 2010, WTKM-AM introduced its airstaff. Mark Stevens hosts mornings until noon and Rattlesnake Jake is on until signoff. Chris Davis hosts an airshift on Saturday afternoons.

External links

• WTKM-AM Website