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Racine station causes waves as Scripps asserts ‘The Lake’ copyright

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The Lake is causing waves.

E. W. Scripps Company has contacted a Racine station that branded itself as The Lake to assert its copyright related to the nickname.

Scripps station WLWK-FM abandoned the slogan and changed formats last week.

The Racine station WMKQ-FM (92.1) confirmed that it had been contacted by Scripps about using The Lake and that “lawyers are involved.

Steve Wexler, vice president of radio for Scripps, had no comment. He previously said no lawsuit had been filed.

WLWK changed its call letters to WKTI-FM (94.5) and switched from adult pop music to country music last Friday.

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Milwaukee Media Notes: Curious case of WKTI/WLWK format change

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What is or will be the trickle down effect of the format and call letter change by the E. W. Scripps Company radio station in Milwaukee formerly known as WLWK-FM (94.5)?

The change at 10 a.m. last Friday came out of the blue for listeners and observers and the station, now playing country music, itself  seems a work in progress.

—-When asked how and by whom the music was being programmed, Tom Langmyer, vice president and general manager of Milwaukee radio operations for E. W. Scripps Company, replied in an email that he was programing the station himself.

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