UPDATE 8/13/11 4:45 PM: Here's a good coverage map link for WOIO's new fill-in translator, courtesy of RabbitEars.Info's Trip Ericson. Use the standard Google map tools to zoom in and out, with solid green being the strongest coverage area... ---------- For many of those in the southern part of the Cleveland TV market, particularly in the Akron/Canton area, Raycom Media CBS affiliate WOIO/19 has largely been a cable/satellite-only channel since the digital transition. That, of course, is … [Read more...]
All That’s Not FM Sports
Posted on July 28, 2011 · 2 Comments
We've been spending quite a bit of time - and getting a lot of information - about CBS Radio's pending flip to an FM sports talk format in Cleveland. There are plenty of other items floating out there, so let's grab them... CURTIS HEADS SOUTH: Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 in Cleveland recently dispatched "Good Morning Cleveland" anchors Pete Kenworthy and Kimberly Gill off the show, as we've reported already. (Kenworthy returned to the station recently, in a short-term deal to do field … [Read more...]
The Lost Item
Posted on July 16, 2011 · 6 Comments
We were researching something we had just written here, and...couldn't find it. As it turned out, the post below was written early in the morning Thursday. On our computer. All ready to post here, but...we never got (all together now!) "a RoundTuit"...and your Primary Editorial Voice(tm) was the only one who could read it. Until now. Here it is! Take a long breakfast or lunch, it's a long one... ----------- PETE'S BACK, SORT OF: A week after Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 parted ways with … [Read more...]
Changes And Other Stuff
Posted on July 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
It's a changing world, but even more so in local media... THE CURIOUS CASE OF WINW...ER...WCER: When last we visited the world of Curtis A. Perry III, operator of gospel daytimer WINW/1520 Canton, he was basically drowning in water - radio wise. The station, which he claims to own through a time brokerage-to-purchase agreement (despite license transfer paperwork not being filed with the FCC), has been off the air since earlier this year. The FCC deleted WINW's license, saying the station … [Read more...]
Entering July
Posted on July 1, 2011 · 2 Comments
And we start the month with a long list of topics, some that have been sitting here a while, and others brand new... MATT'S LANDING: Like, for example, the word of the Houston landing place of Northeast Ohio-born-and-bred talker Matt Patrick. The former Clear Channel Akron market hot AC WKDD/98.1 and talk WHLO/640 host, who holds the 1-4 PM Saturday slot at Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100 Cleveland, is making a big splash at a huge Clear Channel station in Houston. Starting Tuesday, July 5th, … [Read more...]
The Friday Mix
Posted on June 24, 2011 · 3 Comments
UPDATE 6/26/11 1:30 AM: In sorting through the various awards recently handed out for Kent State University public radio outlet WKSU/89.7-and-its-simulcasters, we missed this individual award from the Ohio Professional Writers, Inc. (OPW), the state affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW). And we feel bad about missing it, as it mentions "one of our own", the woman who is the conduit of all information about WKSU, who happens to have a more important title than just the one … [Read more...]
That Long Delayed Update
Posted on June 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment
As regular readers know, Life Often Intervenes when it comes to the ability to update this blog. We're often able to put up brief updates on Twitter and Facebook, but not able to set aside the time for a full blog post. We have the time, so here we are... FREE BEER AND HOT WINGS: A Youngstown station is offering Free Beer and Hot Wings. No, don't start lining up at Cumulus classic rock WYFM/102.9 "Y103" hoping for no-cost booze and snacks. "Free Beer and Hot Wings" is the name of a morning … [Read more...]
Opening June
Posted on June 7, 2011 · 1 Comment
Some changes, some "comings and goings" and a reminder or two... COMINGS AND GOINGS: They're both at Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5, with a long-time "NewsChannel 5" name heading out the door, and a new Internet hire coming in. From a memo that floated out of 3001 Euclid, took the RTA HealthLine downtown and then made a few transfers to get to the OMW World Headquarters(tm): Alicia Booth will be leaving Channel 5 after nine and a half years effective June 23rd. Alicia wants to spend more … [Read more...]
Midock Exits WNIR, Health Reasons
Posted on June 4, 2011 · 1 Comment
Over the past few weeks, we've been asked several times..."why has WNIR's Jim Midock been gone for so long?" We now know why, and rather unfortunately, that absence will be permanent. The Akron market talker's morning show announced on-air early Friday that morning newsman Midock turned in his resignation, citing "health reasons related to his heart". Stan Piatt, Maggie Fuller and Midock's fill-in, afternoon anchor Phil Ferguson, expressed their sadness about losing Jim Midock on the show (we … [Read more...]
Clearing Out The Week
Posted on May 22, 2011 · 1 Comment
Some of this will seem familiar to you, if you follow our Twitter account. Some, won't, but the Twitter feed often turns into a place we can "take notes" on future topics. There will be no word on some persistent rumors, discussion of which will be found on our social media presence. Let's just say we're not a "Fan" of the chances of a certain rumor involving a major Cleveland FM station coming true any time soon... FOX 8 SPORTS: The sports department at Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8 is … [Read more...]
