Milwaukee Radio: Tom Langmyer To EXIT WTMJ, WKTI

Longtime Milwaukee radio veteran Steve Wexler will be returning to be general manager of News/Talk WTMJ-620 AM and Country WKTI 94.5 FM after the two stations are sold to Milwaukee-based ESPN radio station owner Craig Karmazin later this year, according to the Business-Journal.

Steve Wexler

Wexler, currently radio vice president for E.W. Scripps Co., will take over the leadership of the stations likely in October or November replacing current general manager Tom Langmyer, who has been in that position for five years. Langmyer announced his departure Thursday in a memo to WTMJ and WKTI employees.

"It’s been a true honor to lead our group over these past 5 years," Langmyer wrote. "I’m extremely proud of our terrific team - and honored to have had the opportunity to work with you. I will leave Radio City with a fond place in my heart for you and these terrific stations. I'll continue to be a cheerleader for the team and for you, individually, for more chapters of personal and group success."

Langmyer did not say what his future plans were.

Tom Langmyer

Karmazin’s company, Good Karma Brands, announced in late July that it was buying iconic Milwaukee news-talk-sports station WTMJ and its sister station country WKTI-FM for $16 million.

Wexler, 57, began his broadcast career in 1977 as an intern at WTMJ which was then owned by Journal Communications. He hosted on-air programs on both WTMJ and WKTI in the late 1970s and early 1980s before leaving the company to become an on-air talent and program manager at Hearst Broadcasting’s WISN 1130 AM in 1985.

In 2007, he returned home to Milwaukee as vice president and general manager of WTMJ-TV, WTMJ-AM and WKTI-FM in addition to his corporate regional role, overseeing television and radio operations in several Journal markets. In 2014, he stepped away from day-to-day general manager duties to head Journal’s radio division, leading the company’s 34-station group across eight markets. He continues this role today as vice president of radio for Scripps, following the merger of Journal and Scripps in 2015.