Milwaukee Radio: WKTI Lands Karen Dalessandro For PM Drive

Longtime Milwaukee personality Karen Dalessandro has a new radio home.  She's joining Scripps Country WTKI 94.5 FM as PM Drive and Music Director duties, starting Wednesday.

In making the announcement on the WKTI wesbite, Dalessandro stated,  "It’s for REAL! 94.5 KTI Country is my new radio home and my new shift is 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., which means no alarm clock! Jake will get you to work in the morning and I’ll be there for your ride home."

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The move come following 19-years as morning cohost in iHeartMedia's WMIL 106.1 FM.  She 'retired' in March 2017.  According to Dalessandro, "saying goodbye earlier this year was not easy for me. Country music fans all over Milwaukee had become friends.  We spent our mornings together for almost 20 years ... saw each other all over town, partied at tons of concerts, vacationed in Nashville and Mexico., took shopping trips, ate fish frys and celebrated holidays with one another.'

She began her career at 19-years-of-age, as midday host at WSDS-AM/Ypsilanti, MI. She eventually landed mornings at WYCD in Detroit, then afternoons at crosstown WWWW.

In 1998, Dallesandro shifted to WMIL/MILWAUKEE for mornings, co-hosting the “Karen, Scott & Radar” morning show. In 2001, the show was honored with a CMA Broadcast Personality of the Year award.