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Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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{{Infobox City | official_name = Milwaukee, Wisconsin | nickname = The City of Festivals, The Brew City, The Cream City, The Nation's Watering Hole| image_skyline = milwaukee_historic.jpg | image_flag = Milwaukeeflag.jpg | image_seal = Milseal.gif | image_map = Milwaukee_Milwaukee.png | map_caption = Location of Milwaukee in
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin | subdivision_type = County | subdivision_name = Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Milwaukee | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Tom Barrett (politician) Tom Barrett | area_magnitude = 1 E9 | area_total = 251.0 | area_land = 248.8 | area_water = 2.2 | population_as_of = 2004 | population_metro = 1,708,738 | population_total = 583,624 | population_density = 2399.5 | timezone = Central Standard Time Zone CST | utc_offset = -6 | timezone_DST = Central Daylight Time CDT | utc_offset_DST = -5 | latd = 43 | latm = 03 | lats = 00 | latNS = N | longd = 87 | longm = 57 | longs = 00 | longEW = W | website = http://www.city.milwaukee.gov www.city.milwaukee.gov | footnotes = | }} '''Milwaukee''' is the largest city within the state of Wisconsin and 22nd-largest in the United States United States. The city is the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Milwaukee County, located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, and is about 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Chicago, Illinois Chicago. As of the 2004 U.S. Census estimate, Milwaukee had a population of 583,624. The city is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee metropolitan area Milwaukee–Waukesha–West Allis metropolitan area with a population of 1.5 million in four counties. [http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metropop/table01.xls Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, "Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2004 (CBSA-EST2004-01)".] URL accessed March 21, 2006 The first Europeans to pass through the area were French missionaries and traders. In 1818, Frenchman Solomon Juneau settled in the area, and in 1846 Juneau's town combined with two neighboring towns to incorporate as the City of Milwaukee. Large numbers of German and other immigrants helped increase the city's population during the 1840s and the following decades. Milwaukee is known as "The City of Festivals" for its great number of ethnic and musical festivals, the largest of which is Summerfest. It has also been called "the nation's watering hole," having more bars per capita than any other large city in the country. Milwaukee residents are known as ''List of Milwaukeeans Milwaukeeans''. Milwaukeeans often comment that Milwaukee feels like "a big small town."

History
The Milwaukee area was originally inhabited by the Fox (Native American) Fox, Mascouten, Potawatomi, and Winnebago Indian tribes. French missionaries and traders first passed through the area in the late 1600s and 1700s. The first white Fur trade fur trader to settle in Milwaukee was French Canadian Jacques Vieau Jacques Vieaux, who established a fur trading post near the Menomonee River on the Chicago-Green Bay trail, where Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory Mitchell Park is today. He married the granddaughter of an Indian chief and had 13 children. Vieaux's daughter, Josetta, would later marry Solomon Juneau. Milwaukee has three "founding fathers", but it was Frenchman Solomon Juneau who settled first, in 1818. Juneau bought out Vieaux's (his father-in-law's) fur trading business, and in 1833 he founded a town on the east side of the Milwaukee River. Juneau's Side, or Juneau Town, as it was variously known, grew extensively. Byron Kilbourn was the "west side" builder. In competition with Juneau, he established Kilbourntown west of the Milwaukee River, and "saw to it that the streets running toward the river did not join with those on the East Side." This accounts for the large number of crooked bridges that still exist in Milwaukee today. Kilbourn also distributed maps of the area which only showed Kilbourntown, implying that Juneautown did not exist. Anyone just seeing the map would think that area was uninhabited and thus unattractive to settlers. The third builder was George H. Walker. He claimed land to the south of the Milwaukee River and Juneau Town. He built a log house there in 1834. This area grew and became known as Walker's Point. By the 1840s the three towns had grown to such an extent that on 31 January 1846 they combined to incorporate as the City of Milwaukee. Juneau became Milwaukee's first mayor. A great number of Germany German immigrants helped increase the city's population during the 1840s and the following decades. Milwaukee was even called "Deutsch Athen" (German Athens), and at one point there were more German speakers than English speakers in the city. Milwaukee, like many northern industrial cities, continued to grow tremendously until the late 1950s. Milwaukee was home to immigrants from Ireland, Germany, Hungary, Poland and other central European nations, as well as the northward migration of African-Americans from southern United States U.S. states. This helped make Milwaukee one of the 15 largest cities in the nation, and by the mid-1960s, its population reached nearly 750,000. Starting in the late 1960s, like many cities in the Great Lakes "rust belt," Milwaukee saw its population start to decline due to various factors, ranging from the loss of blue collar jobs to the phenomenon of "white flight." However, in recent years the city began to make strides in improving its economy, neighborhoods, and image, resulting in the revitalization of neighborhoods such as the Third Ward, east side, and more recently, Bay View, along with attracting new businesses to its downtown area. While the city still faces a shrinking population [http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jun05/337561.asp City drops out of top 20], Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jun. 30, 2005. it continues to make plans for increasing its future revitalization through various projects. Largely due to its efforts to preserve its history, in 2006 Milwaukee was named one of the "Dozen Distinctive Destinations" by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. [http://www.nationaltrust.org/dozen_distinctive_destinations/2006/milwaukee.html Dozen Distinctive Destinations - Milwaukee], National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2006. The city is also home to the Milwaukee Bar Association, the fourth oldest of such organizations in the United States. It was founded in 1858, and now has over 2,600 members.

Milwaukee's name
Milwaukee received its name from the Indian word ''Millioke'' which means "The Good Land", or "Gathering place by the water." Another interpretation is "beautiful or pleasant lands". Bruce, William George (1936). A Short History of Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Bruch Publishing Company. LLCN 36010193. Pp. 15. Early explorers called the Milwaukee River and surrounding lands various names: Melleorki, Milwacky, Mahn-a-waukie, Milwarck, and Milwaucki. For many years, printed records gave the name as "Milwaukie". ''A Short History of Milwaukee'' by William George Bruce gives the story of Milwaukee's final name: :''[O]ne day during the thirties of the last century a newspaper calmly changed the name to Milwaukee, and Milwaukee it has remained until this day." Bruce, William George (1936). A Short History of Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Bruch Publishing Company. LLCN 36010193. Pp. 15-16.

Geography and climate
Image:Milwaukee_river.jpg thumb|View of the Milwaukee River from downtown. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 251.0 square kilometre km² (96.9 square miles). 248.8 km² (96.1 square miles) of it is land and 2.2 km² (0.9 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.88% water.

Cityscape
Milwaukee lies along the shores and bluffs of Lake Michigan at the confluence of three rivers: the Menomonee River Menomonee, the Kinnickinnic River Kinnickinnic and the Milwaukee River Milwaukee. Smaller rivers, such as the Root River and Lincoln Creek also run throughout the city. The city runs largely on the grid system, although in the far northwest and southwest corners of the city, the grid pattern gives way to a more suburban-style streetscape. North-south streets are numbered, and east-west streets are named. The north-south numbering line is along the Memomonee River (east of Hawley Road) and Fairview Avenue (west of Hawley Road), with the east-west numbering line defined along 1st Street (north of Oklahoma Avenue) and S. Howell Avenue (south of Oklahoma Avenue). It is crossed by Interstate 43 and Interstate 94, which come together downtown at the Marquette Interchange, which is currently under extensive construction project set to be completed in 2008. The cost of the reconstruction will be around $810 million dollars. Milwaukee's terrain is relatively flat, except for the steep, dramatic bluffs that begin about one half mile north and one mile south of the downtown. These bluffs give it a topographic quality distinct from that of Chicago.

Climate
Milwaukee's location in the Midwestern United States Midwest means that it often has rapidly changing weather, and the city experiences the full range of the seasons throughout the year. The warmest month of the year is July, when the average high temperaure is 79°F (26°C), with overnight low tempeartures averaging 62°F (17°C). January is the coldest month, with high temperatures averaging only 26°F (-4°C), with the overnight low temperatures around 11°F (-12°C). Milwaukee's all-time record high temperature is 105°F (41°C) set on July 17, 1995. The coldest temperature ever experienced by the city was -26°F (-32°C) on both January 17, 1982 and February 4, 1996. The 1982 event, also known as Cold Sunday, featured temperatures as low as -40°F (-40°C) in some of the suburbs as little as 10 miles (16km) to the north of Milwaukee, although the city itself did not approach such cold temperatures. In Milwaukee, the wettest month is August, due to frequent thunderstorms. These can at time be dangerous and damaging, bringing hail, high winds, and the occasional tornado. However, almost all summer rainfall in the city is brought by these storms. In Spring and Fall, longer events of prolonged, lighter rain bring most of the precipitation. Snow falls regularly in the city from early November until the middle of March, although it has been recorded as early as September 23, and as late as May 31. The city receives 47.0 in of snow in an average Winter, but this number is highly variable. In 2000, 49.5 in of snow fall solely in the month of December. Milwaukee's proximity to Lake Michigan causes a convection current to form mid-afternoon, resulting in the so-called ''lake effect'', causing the temperatures to be warmer in the Winter, and cooler in the Summer. "Cooler by the lake" is practically boilerplate language for local meteorologists during the Spring and Summer. Also, more snow falls in Milwaukee than surrounding areas, due to Lake effect snow the lake. Again due to the lake, the relative humidity in the Summer is far higher than that of comparable cities at the same latitude, meaning that it feels hotter than it really is.

Demographics
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left:15px;" |align=center colspan=2| '''City of Milwaukee
Population by year [http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027.html]''' |- | align=center | 1850 - 20,061
1860 - 45,246
1870 - 71,440
1880 - 115,587
1890 - 204,468
1900 - 285,315
1910 - 373,857
1920 - 457,147
1930 - 578,249
1940 - 587,472
1950 - 637,392
1960 - 741,324
1970 - 717,099
1980 - 636,212
1990 - 628,088
2000 - 596,974
2005 - 592,765
|}

Population
As of the census estimate of 2004, there are 583,624 people residing in Milwaukee. As of 2000, there were 232,188 households, and 135,133 families residing in the city. The population density is 2,399.5/km² (6,214.3 per square mile). There are 249,225 housing units at an average density of 1,001.7/km² (2,594.4 per square mile). There are 232,188 households out of which 30.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.2% are Marriage married couples living together, 21.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 41.8% are non-families. 33.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.50 and the average family size is 3.25. In the city the population is spread out with 28.6% under the age of 18, 12.2% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 18.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.2 males. The median income for a household in the city is $32,216, and the median income for a family is $37,879. Males have a median income of $32,244 versus $26,013 for females. The per capita income for the city is $16,181. 21.3% of the population and 17.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 31.6% of those under the age of 18 and 11.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

Race and ethnicity
In the 2000 census, over a third (38 percent) of Milwaukeeans reported that they were of German descent. Other large population groups include Polish (12.7%), Irish (10%), English (5.1%), Italian (4.4%), French (3.9%), and Hispanic origin totaled 6.3%. The racial makeup of the city is 49.98% White (U.S. Census) White, 37.34% African American (U.S. Census) African American, 0.87% Native American (U.S. Census) Native American, 2.94% Asian (U.S. Census) Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander (U.S. Census) Pacific Islander, 6.10% from Race (U.S. Census) other races, and 2.71% from two or more races. 12.00% of the population are Hispanic (U.S. Census) Hispanic or Latino (U.S. Census) Latino of any race. Within the city of Milwaukee, race is frequently a contentious issue, and the city is frequently cited as "the most segregated city in America." {{fact}} Crime disproportionately effects the city's racial minorites, as they tend to live in high-crime, low-income neighborhoods characterized by robust gang activity and a strong illegal drug trade drug trade, as well as a large percentage of residents who live on welfare (financial aid)#Welfare in the United States welfare. Other issues, such as an underperforming school district and accusations of racially motivated discrimination on the part of the police make race a perennially contentious issue in the city. For example, when Arthur Jones became the first African-American police chief of Milwaukee in 1996, there were accusations that he only received the job because of his race. However, Jones was fired from the department by the city council in 2003 after years of escalating crime. He sued the city for racial discrimination after his firing, but lost. His replacement, sparking another controversy, was white. In recent years, Milwaukee has received national attention for several brutal and seemingly senseless beatings, particularly on the northwest side. The first and most publicized incident came in 2002 when a group of 10- to 18-year-old males beat Charlie Young, a 26-year-old handyman, to death using baseball bats, egg crates, sticks, bottles, shovels and even a baby stroller. Weeks later, a 50-year-old mentally-challenged man was beaten to death by a group of youths only blocks away. Several more "mob beatings" occurred between then and 2006. The most recent of these was the beating of Sam McClain, who was beaten by a group of youths.

Religion
In 2000, the [http://www.thearda.com American Religion Data Archive] reported Milwaukee's religious composition as 58% Catholic, 23% Lutheran, 3% Methodist and 2.5% Jewish. The remaining 13.5% are largely members of protestant denominations. Milwaukee is home of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, the List of ELCA synods Greater Milwaukee Synod of the ELCA and the headquarters of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.

Transportation
Milwaukee drivers use interstate highways for their main transportation. Interstate 94 I-94 comes north from Chicago to enter Milwaukee and continues west to Madison. I-43 enters Milwaukee from the southwest and continues north to Green Bay, Wisconsin Green Bay. Milwaukee has two branch interstate highways, I-894 which is a bypass extending from the western suburbs to the southern subarbs (thereby bypassing downtown), and I-794 which extends east from the I-94/I-43 interchange to Lake Michigan, and then south over the Hoan Bridge toward the General Mitchell International Airport airport (turning into State Highway 794 along the way). The Milwaukee area is also served by two US highways, US-41 and US-45, which both provide north-south freeway transportation on the western side of the city. The Milwaukee County Transit System provides an extensive bus transit system. The city is also served by the Hiawatha (Amtrak) Hiawatha Amtrak express service between Milwaukee and Chicago. In addition, Milwaukee is home to two airports, General Mitchell International Airport on the southern edge of the city, and the smaller Timmerman Field on the north side. The Milwaukee Connector (a tram system) is currently in the planning stages. Metra is also being expanded from Kenosha up to Milwaukee.

Economy
Although most people associate Milwaukee with beer, today companies like Miller Brewing employ less than one percent of the city's workers. Milwaukee's reputation as a blue collar town is more accurate, however, with 22 percent of the workforce involved in manufacturing, second only to San Jose, California San Jose, CA and far higher than the national average of 16.5%. Service and managerial jobs are the fastest growing segments of the Milwaukee economy, and healthcare makes up 27% of all service jobs in the city. Milwaukee is headquarters to six Fortune 1000 manufacturers and six Fortune 1000 service companies. Among these are Briggs & Stratton, Harley-Davidson, Johnson Controls, Manpower Inc., Marshall & Ilsley, Northwestern Mutual, Rockwell Automation, Roundy's Supermarkets, Metavante, Kohl's, and Wisconsin Energy. The Milwaukee area ranked number five in the nation when measuring the number of Fortune 500 companies as a share of the population, just behind the number four Minneapolis-St. Paul region. Milwaukee also has a large number of financial service firms, particularly those specializing in mutual funds and transaction processing systems, and a disproportionate number of publishing and printing companies, including Quad/Graphics. Milwaukee is also the headquarters of the Koss Corporation and Master Lock.

Culture and sports

Museums
Image:Milwakee Art Museum.jpg thumb|300px|right|The Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee's most visually prominent cultural attraction is the Milwaukee Art Museum, especially its new $100 million wing designed by Santiago Calatrava in his first American commission. The museum includes a "brise soleil," a moving sunscreen that quite literally unfolds like the wing of a bird. The Milwaukee Public Museum, Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory and Milwaukee County Zoo are also notable public attractions.

Performing Arts
Milwaukee is home to the Florentine Opera, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Ballet, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Skylight Opera Theatre, First Stage Children's Theater, Milwaukee Youth Theatre, and a number of other arts organizations. Additionally, Milwaukee is home to artistic performance venues such as the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Pabst Theater, Riverside Theatre, and Milwaukee Theatre. The Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, a first-of-its-kind Arts-in-education facility, is a national model.

Social Life
Milwaukee, "A Great Place on a Great Lake" and "Genuine American," has also advertised itself as the "City of Festivals," emphasizing an annual lakefront fair called Summerfest. Listed in the ''Guinness Book of Records Guinness Book of World Records'' as the largest List of music festivals music festival in the world, Summerfest attracts around 900,000 visitors a year to its twelve stages. Smaller festivals througout the year celebrate the city's German, Native American, African-American, Festa Italiana Italian, Milwaukee Irish Fest Irish, Asian, Arab, and Polish heritage. Due in large part to its Brewery brewery history, the city has been called "the nation's watering hole" with more Bar (establishment) bars per capita than any other large city in the country (one bar for every 1600 people or approximately 375 bars, four bars for every square mile). Along the same lines, the tradition of tailgating (for almost any event, but especially Milwaukee Brewers Brewers games), where copious amounts of beer and other potent potables are ceremoniously consumed, is deeply ingrained in the culture of the city and its residents both young and old.

Music
Milwaukee has a long history of musical activity. The first organized musical society, called "Milwaukee Beethoven Society" formed in 1843, three years before the city was incorporated. This was later replaced with the Milwaukee Musical Society. The large concentrations of German immigrants contributed to the musical character of the city. Sängerfest Saengerbund festivals were held regularly. Also notable is the founding of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in 1899. More recently, Milwaukee has a vibrant history of rock (music) rock, blues, punk rock punk, ska, industrial music, goth and pop music bands. A range of musicians have called Milwaukee home, including Hildegarde, Woody Herman, Liberace, blues giant Hubert Sumlin, the BoDeans, Violent Femmes, Citizen King, The Gufs, The Promise Ring, Little Blue Crunchy Things, Cincere, Eric Bénet, Al Jarreau, and Oil Tasters, among others. Local hip-hop acts include Rusty Ps and Black Elephant. Coo Coo Cal gave Milwaukee a national foothold in the hip-hop market with his hit single "My Projects". Beer City Records, a local punk rock label, is home to Dirty Rotten Imbeciles DRI and Millions of Dead Cops. Venues such as Pabst Theater, Marcus Amphitheater and The Rave frequently bring internationally-known and critically acclaimed acts to Milwaukee. Milwaukee is also home to a thriving club scene booking regular international DJs such as Richie Hawtin, LTJ Bukem, Mark Farina, Derrick Carter and others. In the early 1990s, the city was home to a vibrant rave scene, especially fostering hardcore techno, thanks to Drop Bass; but the scene moved south to Chicago after reaction by city authorities. Milwaukee was also a center of the breakcore scene in early 2000s with labels like Addict Records and Zod Records.

Sports
Milwaukee has a long history of involvement in professional and nonprofessional sports. {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Club !! Sport !! Founded !! League !! Stadium !! Logo |- |Milwaukee Brewers |Baseball |1969 |Major League Baseball—National League |Miller Park |Image:MilwaukeeBrewers_100.png 30px |- |Milwaukee Bucks |Basketball |1968 |National Basketball Association |Bradley Center |Image:MilwaukeeBucks_100.png 30px |- |Milwaukee Admirals |Ice hockey Hockey |1970 |American Hockey League |Bradley Center |Image:Milwaukee admirals 200x200.png 30px |- |Milwaukee Wave |Soccer |1984 |Major Indoor Soccer League |U.S. Cellular Arena |Image:Wave.gif 30px |} The Milwaukee Mile auto racing facility, the oldest active auto race track in the United States, is located on the Wisconsin State Fair Park Wisconsin State Fair Grounds in West Allis. Also located on the State Fair Grounds is the Pettit National Ice Center, a U.S. Olympic Team training facility. Previous sports teams to play in Milwaukee have included: {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Club !! Sport !! Played from !! League !! Stadium |- |Milwaukee Badgers |Football |1922-1926 |National Football League NFL |- |Milwaukee Brewers minor league Milwaukee Brewers |Minor League Baseball Baseball |1902-1952 |American Association 20th century American Association |Borchert Field |- |Milwaukee Hawks |Basketball |1951-1955 |National Basketball Association NBA |Milwaukee Arena |- |Milwaukee Braves |Baseball |1953-1965 |Major League Baseball MLB |Milwaukee County Stadium |- |Milwaukee Does |Basketball |1978-1980 |Women's Pro Basketball League |MECCA Arena |- |Milwaukee Mustangs |Arena football |1994-2001 |Arena Football League |Bradley Center |- |Milwaukee Rampage |Football Soccer |1994-2002 |USL First Division | |- |Milwaukee Wave United |Football Soccer |2003 |USL First Division | |} The Milwaukee Braves won the National League pennant in 1957 and 1958, and won the World Series in 1957. For many years, the Green Bay Packers played a portion of their home schedule in Milwaukee: * Borchert Field, 1933 * Wisconsin State Fair Park, 1934-51 * Marquette Stadium, 1952 * Milwaukee County Stadium, 1953-1994 (The 1939 Championship between the Packers and the New York Giants was played at State Fair Park. The Packers won, 27-0.) The Packers maintain two separate season ticket plans, reflecting their time spent in Milwaukee: ''Gold'' package holders, made up primarily of former Milwaukee season ticket holders, have a three-game package consisting of the annual Midwest Shrine preseason contest plus the second and fifth regular-season home games each year; ''Green'' package holders (made up of original Green Bay ticket holders) attend the annual Bishop's Charities preseason game and the remaining six regular-season contests.

Education
Of persons aged 25 and above, 84.5% have a high school diploma, and 27% have a Bachelor's degree or higher. (2000) [http://www.mmac.org/display/router.asp?docid=237 Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, "Metro Milwaukee Demographics"], URL accessed March 21, 2006. Milwaukee maintains Milwaukee Public Schools, the largest school district in Wisconsin and List of the largest school districts in the United States by enrollment one of the largest in the nation. As of 2006, it has an enrollment of 95,600 students and employs 6,100 full-time and substitute teachers in 223 schools. Numerous parochial schools also exist. Higher education is dominated by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Marquette University, both located near downtown. Milwaukee is also served by Alverno College, Cardinal Stritch University, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Mount Mary College, and Wisconsin Lutheran College. ''See also'': List of high schools in Wisconsin#Milwaukee County List of High Schools in Milwaukee County

Media
Milwaukee's leading newspaper is the ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. The most prominent weekly is ''Shepherd Express'', a free publication. The ''Journal'' has a reputation for being Liberal, while the ''Shepherd'' is known for its leftist writing. Other local newspapers and magazines with large distributions include ''Milwaukee Magazine'', ''[http://www.mkeonline.com MKE (magazine)]'', ''[http://www.marquettetribune.org Marquette Tribune]'', ''[http://www.uwmleader.com The Leader]'', ''[http://www.uwmpost.com UWM Post]'', and ''[http://www.vitalsourcemag.com/ Vital Source Magazine]''. Milwaukee is well served by local television and radio. Milwaukee's major network television affiliates are WTMJ-TV WTMJ 4 (NBC), WITI-TV WITI 6 (Fox Broadcasting Company FOX), WISN 12 (American Broadcasting Company ABC), WCGV 24 (UPN), and WDJT-TV WDJT 58 (CBS). Spanish language programming is on WYTU-LP 63 (Telemundo). Milwaukee's PBS public broadcasting stations are WMVS-TV WMVS 10 and WMVT-TV WMVT 36. There are numerous radio stations throughout Milwaukee and the surrounding area. The local NPR affiliate is WUWM-FM 89.7, run by UW-Milwaukee. ''See also:'' *List of television stations in Wisconsin#Milwaukee and area List of Milwaukee area television stations *List of radio stations in Wisconsin#Milwaukee-Racine List of Milwaukee area radio stations

Sister Cities
* Galway, Republic of Ireland * Mulhouse, France * Nuevitas, Cuba * Omsk, Russia * Parma, Italy * Queenstown, South Africa * Schwerin, Germany * Ticuantepe, Nicaragua

Colloquialisms
*One well known colloquialism common to Milwaukee and the surrounding area is the word "bubbler," which refers to a drinking fountain. *It is also common for people to refer to Automated teller machine ATMs as a "Tyme Machine," referring to the former name of the dominant debit card/ATM network in Wisconsin, which was taken over and renamed by Pulse (interbank network) Pulse in 2004; however the Tyme name remains in common use.

See also
*List of mayors of Milwaukee *List of Milwaukeeans *List of Milwaukee neighborhoods *Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee *Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee

References

External links
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- VISIT Milwaukee website
- City Of Milwaukee website
- Metro Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce
- Milwaukee Information from about.com
- OnMilwaukee.com
- MilwaukeeWorld.com
- Milwaukee Beer Museum {{Mapit-US-cityscale|43.052162|-87.955910}} {{Milwaukee, Wisconsin}} {{Wisconsin}}
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