WCAN-TV (channel 25) was a television station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, which operated from 1953 to 1955.

It was the second television station and first ultra high frequency (UHF) outlet in Milwaukee and was owned by Midwest Broadcasting Company.

[6] Tower work was bogged down by rain that prevented completion of the mast and delayed the station in broadcasting test patterns.

[8] By this time, Lou Poller had become the majority owner of Midwest Broadcasting Company, with the rest owned by Cy Blumenthal and Alex Rosenman.

[13] The Towne Hotel sued WCAN-TV at one point for usurping its lobby after a station program 200 teens to the second-floor studios.

[15] In an unusual complication, CBS paid Lou Poller $786,000 for the WCAN-TV physical plant atop the Schroeder Hotel and then was paid $286,000 for the WOKY-TV physical plant, including a new studio building, to which WCAN-TV would migrate.

[16] Meanwhile, WCAN radio was sold off when WEMP (1340 AM) purchased the entire transmitter facility and license to move to 1250.

[24] Field sought to rezone a parcel in Mequon to house a new 999-foot (304 m) tower and studio; the station would serve as a part-time rebroadcaster of WFLD to originate up to 25 percent of its own programs.