Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network

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Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network
Type Radio Network
BrandingBrewers Radio Network
Country
Headquarters Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Broadcast area
Wisconsin (32 stations)
Michigan (1 station)
Owner Good Karma Brands
Parent Milwaukee Brewers
Affiliation(s) Major League Baseball
Affiliates 33
Official website
Brewers Radio Network

The Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network (branded as the Brewers Radio Network, with a "presented by" sponsorship by American Family Insurance) is a 33-station radio network in Wisconsin and Michigan that broadcasts baseball games and related programming for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball, and is operated in lieu of the Brewers by Good Karma Brands. The network's flagship is WTMJ/620 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which was purchased by Good Karma Brands in 2018. [1] WTMJ served as the flagship station for the network for all but three years of the Brewers' existence (the exceptions being WEMP in 1970 and WISN in 1981 and 1982). [2]

Contents

Announcers

Hall of Fame member Bob Uecker has been part of the Brewers Radio Network since 1971. Jeff Levering has been part of the Brewers Radio Network since 2015. Lane Grindle has been part of the Brewers Radio Network since 2016. [3] Josh Maurer joined the team to do road games in 2022.

Programming

Pre-game

The pre-game show is entitled as the On-Deck Show Built By Menards .

Post-game

The post-game show is entitled the Sartori Cheese Post Game Show, which is usually done by either by Levering or Grindle.

Stations

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Affiliates (33 stations)

Wisconsin

CityCallsignFrequency
Antigo WACD 106.1 FM
Appleton WHBY 1150 AM
103.5/106.3 FM
Beaver Dam WBEV 1430 AM
95.3 FM
Berlin WISS 1100 AM
98.3 FM
Black River Falls WWIS 99.7 FM
Eagle River WRJO 94.5 FM
Eau Claire WAYY [4] 790 AM
105.1 FM
Fond du Lac KFIZ 1450 AM
Green Bay WTAQ 1360 AM
97.5 FM
Hayward WRLS 92.3 FM
Iron River WNXR 107.3 FM
Janesville WCLO 1230 AM
92.7 FM
La Crosse WKTY 580 AM
96.7 FM
Madison WOZN [4] 1670 AM
96.7 FM
Manitowoc WOMT 1240 AM
107.9 FM
Marinette WMAM 570 AM
104.5 FM
Medford WIGM 1490 AM
107.1 FM
Milwaukee [lower-alpha 1] WTMJ 620 AM
103.3 FM
Park Falls WCQM 98.3 FM
Platteville WPVL 1590 AM
Prairie du Chien WQPC 94.3 FM
Reedsburg WRDB 1400 AM
97.3 FM
Rice Lake WJMC 1240 AM
Richland Center WRCE 1450 AM
107.7 FM
River Falls WEVR 1550 AM
106.3 FM
Shawano WTCH 960 AM
96.1 FM
Sheboygan WHBL 1330 AM
101.5 FM
Stevens Point WSAU 99.9 FM
Sturgeon Bay WDOR 93.9 FM
Waupaca WDUX 92.7 FM
Wausau WSAU 550 AM
95.1 FM
  1. A feed of the network without satellite delay is available on 88.5 FM within the American Family Field campus. [5]

Michigan

CityCallsignFrequency
Iron Mountain WHTO 106.7 FM
Ironwood WJMS 590 AM

Bold denotes the Flagship station.

Source: [6]

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  2. "Brewers, WTMJ radio a winning combination". October 11, 2011.
  3. "Brewers Broadcasters". MLB.com .
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