WTLX (100.5 FM "100.5 FM ESPN") is a commercial

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and serving the

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metropolitan area. The station is owned by Good Karma Broadcasting, LLC, and runs a

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as a

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, sharing most programming with

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based

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identifying jointly on air as ESPN Wisconsin. Studios and offices were on North Pinckney Street in Madison for 5.5 years from mid-2016 to the end of 2021. Jason Wilde stated on December 21, 2021 during an episode of Wilde & Tausch that the show that day was the last show from that studio as the radio station was going to be moving to a new location. The

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is off Tower Road, using an antenna on the water tower at the

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in Madison.

Programming

WTLX's schedule includes programming from ESPN Radio as well as Wisconsin-based shows also airing on

-area

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. Local programming includes ''Scalzo & Brust'' with Greg Scalzo and

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, ''Rutledge and Hamilton'' with Jim Rutledge and Olympic Gold medalist Matt Hamilton, and ''Wilde & Tausch'', hosted by three-time Wisconsin sportswriter of the year Jason Wilde and former Wisconsin Badger and Green Bay Packer

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. Weekday ESPN Radio programming on the station includes ''Keyshawn, JWill, & Max'' with

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, Jay Williams, and

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, and Greeny with

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. Local weekday and speciality programming includes ''Thursday Night Drive'', The Pat Richter Show, Wisconsin College GameDay, and Prep Mania. Live sports programming on WTLX features

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basketball and some select local high school sports play-by-play. The station also carries national sports play-by-play from ESPN Radio, including NBA basketball,

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, and college

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History

The station first

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in 1989 as WWAM. In 1990 it changed

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to WYKY, airing an

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format as "Key 100.5." Then in 1998, it changed to WTLX, airing a "hot talk" format as "100X." The 100X schedule included the

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and Don & Mike shows, along with sports programming from

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and later

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. By the mid-2000s, the station would morph into an all-sports format, with both national and Wisconsin-based programming. On January 1, 2009, WTLX became a

, whose programming had been airing in Madison on rival station 1070

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. Along with that affiliation change, WTLX's

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moved from

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, 27 miles northeast of Madison, to the Madison suburb of Monona. According to Jason Wilde on an episode of Wilde & Tausch from December 21, 2021, the radio studio when he joined ESPN Madison was located on Regent Street under the Regent Apartments at 1402 Regent Street in Madison a block east of

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. The same episode of Wilde & Tausch also mentions that previous to Pinckney Street the radio studio had been located at the

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studios at 7025 Raymond Road on the southwest side of Madison. Since January of 2022, the station has operated out of the

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SPARK Building located on E. Washington Ave in downtown Madison.

References

External links

WTLX official website
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Radio stations established in 2001