Milwaukee Radio: Goodbye Martini, Hello To The Party

WZTI 1290 AM /100.3 T-FM switched to a new rhythmic oldies at The Party at 5 p.m. Thursday, more than seven weeks after the stations shelved their adult-standards Martini Radio format in favor of Christmas music.

In a statement, the station says "rhythmic oldies" will draw from a "wide variety of artists from the '60s to the '90s and aimed at adults 35-54." Staple artists in the format include Diana Ross and the Supremes, The Bee Gees, Barry White, Donna Summer, KC and the Sunshine Band, Earth, Wind & Fire, Michael Jackson, Madonna and more.

The stations kicked off the new format Thursday with Prince's "1999" (as in "Tonight we're going to party like it's...").

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The stations, part of the Milwaukee Radio Alliance, were the first in Milwaukee to switch to all-Christmas music this year, on Nov. 1, as "The Elf." At that time, program director Stan Atkinson said the stations planned to revert to Martini mode after Christmas.