the benefit of the school system.
The Committee received only one proposal, and that was from the nonprofit
"Friends of WYMS" organization. The Committee recommended to the School Board
that they accept the Friends proposal, but the Board would not agree.

The School board remains divided. WYMS still is broadcasting contracted
programming. The Friends are still struggling to bring community-based
programming back to Milwaukee.

It seems to me that this comes down to an issue of control. There are
certain people on the School Board who feel they must be in control of this
radio station. It doesn't matter that this station had award winning children's
programming, or that the station was largely supported by community contributions
and run with volunteer help. Certain people on the School Board were not
in control, and they couldn't stand it.

Thursday, March 14. Radiodoomed.

February 24, 2007; we are witnessing the birth of Radio Milwaukee. Right now they are playing promotional programming, but it sounds good. They will go live Monday, February 26.

The Friends of WYMs have sent their members a
letter explaining that they
have declined to respond to the latest request by the School Board for a
proposal to run the station. This leaves the door open for Jeff Sherman's
group (see below) to take over the station.

OnMilwaukee.com
co-owner and Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM) president Jeff
Sherman is forming a group that is now emerging with a vision for the station
to program a mix of alternative, jazz and other under-represented forms of
music, particularly focusing on the local music scene.

The Milwaukee School Board releases it's revised Requests for Proposal to
run radio station WYMS. This document is