- WMKE-CA
Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WMKE-CA
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =
analog = 7 (VHF)
digital = no
affiliations =America One
founded = November1985 on channel 8; moved to channel 7 inAugust 2000
location =Milwaukee, Wisconsin
callsign_meaning = W MilwauKEe (also the airport code forGeneral Mitchell International Airport )
owner =KM Communications
former_callsigns = W08BY (1985-94),
WMKE-LP (1994-2001)
former_affiliations =MuchMusic (1985-1990),The Box (1990 until 2001)MTV2 until 2006
effective_radiated_power =
homepage =WMKE-CA is the
America One affiliate forMilwaukee, Wisconsin in the United States. It is owned byKM 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 theHilton Milwaukee City Center in downtown Milwaukee; this was the same tower originally used by WCAN-TV,WXIX ,WUHF ,WVTV andWDJT 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'sWLS-TV (Channel 7), and is localized to within Milwaukee County.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 channelMuchMusic in its first five years until1990 , when they would start airing programming from The Box. After the Box was acquired by Viacom in 2001, the station became theMTV2 affiliate. In August2000 WMKE moved to channel 7 to make way forWMVS 's digital signal on channel 8.In 2006, WMKE-CA dropped their MTV2 and Korean programming and became a full-time America One affiliate. This marked 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.External links
*TVQ|WMKE-CA
* [http://www.milwaukee-horror-hosts.com/MilwTV.html History of Milwaukee television]
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