When WKTI (94.5 FM) switched formats last week, the station didn't offer up a ton of information. It launched a basic Web site announcing the "New 94.5 Lake FM," and its DJs and morning show disappeared from the airwaves.
Like an accountant during tax season, a snow plow driver after a blizzard or a retail store manager the day after Thanksgiving, Gousha -- who is a special contributing anchor / reporter at Channel 12, where he hosts "UPFRONT with Mike Gousha," and a Distinguished Fellow in Law and Public Policy at Marquette University Law School -- has been busy covering the upcoming election.
Ben Tracy was born in St. Paul, Minn., but he graduated from Marquette University and worked as a reporter at WISN-TV and a public relations professional at his alma mater, too. We caught up with him recently to talk shop, L.A. and Milwaukee.
It was exactly 10 years ago today when we flipped the switch and launched OnMilwaukee.com. Over the years, I've gone back and looked at what we presented to Milwaukee in 1998, and I usually roll my eyes, shake my head ... and smile.
Milwaukee sports reporter/anchor Jen Lada pushes herself rather hard. Maybe she has to -- at just 27, she's not only the youngest sports anchor in this market, she is also expected to cover a wide breadth of topics with just two colleagues.
A long time ago, we used the word "redesign" to describe our frequent changes and upgrades to OnMilwaukee.com. But when we found ourselves redesigning the redesign every week, we realized we needed a different phrase.
I've learned to embrace the mobile Web. It's far, far from perfect, but when dining alone, it certainly beats staring at the ceiling. It's also the perfect tool for settling bar bets, keeping tabs on my favorite teams and checking the weather on the fly.