Posted: March 29, 2007
  Tim Cuprisin |
He's not the biggest name in Milwaukee radio, but Tim Kretschmann has had a loyal following for 17 years as the host of one of a dwindling number of radio shows targeting European immigrants and their descendants.
Now, his "Stimmung Stunde" German music program is signing off for the last time after the 10 a.m. show Saturday on WJYI-AM (1340).
It's a sign of changing radio times, with one German music show remaining on WJYI - the half-century-old "Continental Showcase" at 1 p.m. Saturdays.
There's also Hartford's WTKM-FM (104.9), which airs 15 minutes of German music at 4:15 p.m. daily, and the "Hallo Deutschland" program at 10 p.m. Sundays.
But the assimilation of Americans whose family roots reach to European countries has cut into the audience for such programs. That's made it difficult for ethnic broadcasters, like Kretschmann, to support their passion for radio.
This is the local radio show I've done for the past 17 years. We received a nice article in Milwaukee's largest newspaper, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
TKPN
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