Otis, Katie & Nick See The Light Of Day

• It’s a story we’ve been following for the past six months, and now, finally, the conclusion is in sight — Monday, June 10 is the date when longtime Green Bay-Appleton-Oshkosh morning radio vets Katie Schurk and Nick Vitrano will be free of their non-compete and able to formally join the all-new Kiss FM Mornings With Otis, Katie & Nick on Woodward Community Media Top 40 WKSZ (95.9 Kiss FM). (Pictured, l-r): Katie, Otis & Nick.

To review… again… Schurk (left) and Vitrano (right) co-hosted the morning show over on Midwest Communications’ Top 40 rival WIXX for many years alongside market legend Jim Murphy, who retired last November after 32 years. Shortly thereafter, Schurk and Vitrano announced their departure, and in early January, Woodward announced that Schurk and Vitrano would be joining former longtime WIXX vet Otis Day in mornings on Kiss FM; however, the pair’s pesky six-month non-compete remained firmly in effect, barring Schurk and Vitrano from formally cracking the mic… until today.

“I just can’t wait to get back to doing something that I love, with people that I love,” said Schurk. “We can not thank everyone enough for the support through these frustrating six months, but it’s go time. It’s time to laugh with each other again, and we’ve got a lot of things to cover from these last six months off air. Monday morning at 5am cannot come soon enough.” Vitrano remarked, “I’m a grab bag of adjectives — excited, ecstatic, thrilled, elated, giddy. It’s kind of ironic, actually — I feel like there isn’t much left to be said. It’s just time to go, and I can’t wait!”

Otis Day (left), who has been hosted the show solo and with a rotating cast of guest hosts, exclaimed, “Work isn’t work when your friends are with you. I can’t wait for my friends to finally be free. I, along with most of NE Wisconsin, have been waiting for this day for six long months. The wait is over. The fun starts soon! Let’s go!”