WMKE-CA
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| Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| Channels | 7 (VHF) analog, no digital |
| Affiliations | America One |
| Owner | KM Communications |
| Founded | November 1985 on channel 8; moved to channel 7 in August 2000 |
| Call letters meaning | W MilwauKEe (also the airport code for General Mitchell International Airport) |
| Former callsigns | W08BY (1985-94), WMKE-LP (1994-2001) |
| Former affiliations | MuchMusic (1985-1990), The Box (1990 until 2001) MTV2 until 2006 |
WMKE-CA is the America One affiliate for Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the United States. It is owned by KM Communications, and broadcasts on VHF channel 7. The station's studios are located at 3974 South 27th St. in Milwaukee, with the station's transmitter and tower located atop the Hilton Milwaukee City Center in downtown Milwaukee; this was the same tower originally used by WCAN-TV, WXIX, WUHF, WVTV and WDJT before WVTV and WDJT moved to towers on Milwaukee's northeast side. The station's signal is directed north from that site to prevent interference with Chicago's WLS-TV (Channel 7).
The station began broadcasting in November 1985 on channel 8 and offered local programming, public domain movies and TV shows, and music videos, with the rest of the hours filled by the live feed of the Canadian music video channel MuchMusic in its first five years until 1990, when they would start airing programming from The Box. After the Box was acquired by Viacom in 2001, the station became the MTV2 affiliate. In August 2000 WMKE moved to channel 7 to make way for WMVS's digital signal on channel 8.
In 2006, WMKE-CA affiliated with America One full time, marking the network's second attempt in Milwaukee, as WMLW (Channel 41) and its forerunner low power channel W65BT had previously affiliated with the network until 2002.
Most people in the Brookfield, Elm Groove Area Cannot pick up this channel so you might want to consider purchesing a stronger antenna.
In 2006, WMKE-CA dropped their MTV2 and Korean programming and became a full-time America One affiliate.
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WTMJ 4 (NBC) - WITI 6 (FOX) - WMKE-CA 7 (A1) - WMVS 10 (PBS) - WISN 12 (ABC) - WVTV 18 (The CW) - WCGV 24 (MNTV) (The Tube on DT2) - WVCY 30 (FN) - WMVT 36 (PBS) - WBWT-LP 38 (AZA) - WMLW-CA 41 (Ind) - WJJA 49 (S@H/JTV) - WWRS 52 (TBN) - WPXE 55 (i) - WDJT 58 (CBS) - WYTU-LP 63 (TEL) |
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Religious Stations: WBIJ 4 (FamilyNet, Crandon) - W23BW 23 (3ABN, Madison)) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MNTV, NBC and PBS stations in Wisconsin | |
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