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WOKY
Mighty 92 logo
Broadcast area	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Branding	"AM920 WOKY", "Mighty 92"
Slogan	"Top 40 Hits of the 60's and 70's"
Frequency	920 (kHz)
Format	Oldies
Power	5,000 watts (day), 1,000 watts (night)
Class	B
Callsign meaning	"MILWOKY"
Owner	Clear Channel Communications
Sister stations	WISN, WKKV, WMIL, WQBW, WRIT
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.mighty92.com

WOKY (920 AM) is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, radio station, known as "Mighty 92". They broadcast an oldies music format emphasizing hit songs from the '60s and '70s. WOKY is owned by Clear Channel Communications, with sister stations WRIT-FM, WQBW, WKKV, WMIL-FM and WISN-AM.

History

WOKY is legendary in Milwaukee. It began in 1950 and served as the city's premier Top 40 station during most of the 1960s and early 1970s, and was known as the "Mighty 92". Due to competition from FM stations, WOKY shifted to an adult standards format in the early 1980s.

WOKY is famous for pioneering marathons of Christmas music beginning on Thanksgiving Day and continuing through the holiday season, beginning in 1993. The idea subsequently spread to other stations, and after September 11, 2001, many more stations (chiefly Adult Contemporary in format) around the country picked up on the idea of all holiday music. The Dial Global standards format heard on WOKY during non-local dayparts also shifts to 100% Christmas music between Thanksgiving and the day after Christmas.

To keep up with demographic trends, WOKY tweaked their format over the years, gradually shifting to a middle of the road/oldies hybrid that mixed uptempo 1950s-1970s oldies with classic and current adult contemporary music, with artists such as Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond and The Carpenters being mainstays of the format. On Fridays, starting in 2005, WOKY began programming oldies for the entire day, complete with old jingles and other elements. For many years, WOKY was a success in the ratings, though many of its listeners were older than the demographics that many advertisers actively seek.

On January 2, 2007, after concluding their Christmas holiday programming, WOKY came back with a new approach, an oldies format emphasizing hit songs from the 1960s and 1970s. The "Mighty 92" name returned full-time, as did many of the classic jingles the station played in its Top 40 heyday. On nights and weekends, the station uses Dial Global's satellite-delivered "Oldies Channel" service.

WOKY was briefly the Milwaukee outlet for the syndicated Delilah love songs show, previously heard on the late WLTQ 97.3 FM (now WQBW). Delilah is now heard in Milwaukee on WMYX-FM.

The station was also the home for Milwaukee Panthers basketball game broadcasts from 2003 to 2007.

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WATT

City of license Cadillac, Michigan
Broadcast area [1]
Branding NewsTalk 1240
First air date 1945
Frequency 1240 kHz
Format News-Talk-Sports
Power 1,000 watts
Class C
Owner MacDonald Garber Broadcasting
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Clear Channel Communications

Public (NYSE: CCU )
Founded 1972
Headquarters San Antonio, TX

Key people Mark Mays, CEO & President
Industry Entertainment, Advertising
Products radio, billboards, television
Revenue $2.
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WISN-AM

City of license Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Broadcast area Southeastern Wisconsin
Branding News/Talk 1130 WISN
First air date October 23, 1922
Frequency 1130 kHz
Format News/Talk
Power 50,000 watts daytime
10,000 watts nighttime

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WMIL

Broadcast area Waukesha, Wisconsin (Milwaukee Area)
Branding "FM 106.1"
Slogan "Continuous Country Favorites"
Frequency 106.1 (MHz) (Also on HD Radio)
Format Country
ERP 12,000 watts
Class B
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WQBW

Broadcast area Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Branding "97.3 The Brew"
Slogan "The Biggest Variety of Rock Hits"
Frequency 97.3 (MHz) (Also on HD Radio)
Format 80s classic rock
ERP 15,500 watts
HAAT 278 m
Class B
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WRIT

Broadcast area Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Branding "My 95-7"
Slogan "My Music, My Station"
Frequency 95.7 (MHz)
Format Classic Hits, All Christmas starting Late November
ERP 34,000 watts
Class B
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