As promised a week ago, Ohio Media Watch is now officially at its new home: http://ohiomediawatch.wordpress.com/ The original Blogger version of OMW will no longer be updated, and all future posts will be found on the WordPress site. You will still be able to find old posts at ohiomedia.blogspot.com, but no new content. The ohiomediawatch.com domain will now redirect to the WordPress site. That's a change we just put in, and it may take a while to make its way through the Internet. As a … [Read more...]
We’re Moving
Posted on May 1, 2010 · 1 Comment
OMW is in the process of moving to a new home. We're setting up on the WordPress blogging system, after nearly 5 years on Google's Blogger platform. The address is as simple as our Blogspot address: ohiomediawatch.wordpress.com (Please note that unlike on Blogger, the full name of the blog is in the URL.) We have imported all of our existing posts. We will continue to publish on Blogger for another week or so, maybe sooner, then the old blog will remain "as is" from that point on. … [Read more...]
Welcome to 2010
Posted on January 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Yes, your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) (and your Primary Editorial Voice[tm]) have made it into 2010.It was close, and touch-and-go for a while, but here we are.This is just a placeholder announcement. Due to circumstances beyond our control, our ability to update this report will vary widely over the next few weeks.We'll try to keep track of the "big stuff" and major changes, as soon as we can.But the updates will be sporadic for some time to come. We'll try to keep a regular presence here.One sad … [Read more...]
The Dreaded H-Word
Posted on December 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Officially: OMW will be on hiatus until further notice. We have no idea when we may return, and we may be gone the rest of the year.Don't worry about your Primary Editorial Voice(tm)....we're fine, and will be back and raring to drive the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) at some point.But unlike most of our World Famous Hiatuses, it will take something pretty big to put an update here in the next while. And as last we checked, Dick Goddard and Joe Tait aren't going to call it a career any time soon. … [Read more...]
Quick Update: There She Goes, Here We Are
Posted on December 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We're around, though still attending to vital, off-blog business for a while. We've got a couple of items kicking around for a more general update by Friday morning, more than likely.In case you missed our Twitter update on the status of now-former Local TV Cleveland Fox affiliate WJW/8 morning/weekend meterologist Melissa Mack:WJW's Melissa Mack to CBS O&O WBZ/4 Boston as weekend meteorologist and environmental reporter starting 1/2010The primary reporting on this came from the blog Boston … [Read more...]
Gone Fishing
Posted on October 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Yes, it's that time again.OMW is now officially on hiatus until the middle of next week, likely Tuesday or Wednesday.As usual on hiatus, we will try to pass along at least short updates on any major breaking media news stories that we hear about, especially in our core area of Northeast Ohio. That includes, but is not limited to, major radio or TV personality changes, radio format changes, station ownership changes or anything of that nature.We may occasionally pop in via our Twitter feed, but … [Read more...]
Mini Hiatus
Posted on September 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Yes, we have some items to put up, but not enough time with a busy schedule.Thus, OMW will be on a hiatus at least until Tuesday, and maybe a day or two more. Hang in there! … [Read more...]
Site Issues: Comment Moderation
Posted on August 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Effective immediately, all comments will be subject to moderation by your Primary Editorial Voice(tm). They will not be posted until they are specifically approved.No, it's nothing you said.You can blame "Vince", or "Julie", or whatever name our resident comment spammer has been going by this week. He/she/they/it have/has been leaving roughly a half-dozen to a dozen comment spams each morning, pushing some sort of scam linked in the signature file of the messages.And it's now added "spam … [Read more...]
NEON, Mr. Kent, And We Own No Stations
Posted on July 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Oh, and add "Freq" to that list...a little later...NEW NEON SITE: Time Warner Cable local programming channel "NEON" (Northeast Ohio Network) is unveiling a new website.It's actually an upgrade for the site at twcneon.com. From a press release about the revamp:The new NEON website has a fresh look and offers a simple way to find information about the network. Each show now has a dedicated page on the website with photos, videos and past and upcoming episode information. The schedule page … [Read more...]
Joining the Twitter World
Posted on February 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment
OMW has been continuously updated since June 2005 (give or take a short hiatus or ten), so if you're new here, you're forgiven if you think we've been around forever.In fact, when announcing the start of OMW on one of the various message boards, we joked that we were "the last on earth to start a blog", and wondered if some household pets had beaten us to the blogging punch.Fast forward to today, and we wonder if we're the last on earth to Twitter.Starting our Twitter account today, we think we … [Read more...]
