A week ending update of some new starts...some temporary, some permanent... FILL-INS: Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 has gone to some experienced freelance sports help while it awaits the legal resolution of the case of weekend sports anchor Terry Brooks. The station is turning to former WKYC/3 weekend sports anchor Mike Cairns to fill-in on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Since leaving WKYC, Cairns has physically gone - well, not far at all - as he's been freelancing on various shows for SportsTime … [Read more...]
The WKSU Item
Posted on August 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Kent State University's WKSU/89.7 has been so busy lately...we've talked with the station's Ann VerWiebe the past few days more than we've talked with some of our relatives. But...there's been a lot to talk about on East Summit Street...so, let's get started... THE SOUND OF REGINA: Plain Dealer columnist Regina Brett makes her local public radio return with a new weekly show on WKSU. The former Friday host of Ideastream WCPN/90.3's "The Sound of Ideas" launches her own program on the … [Read more...]
The Big Flood
Posted on August 10, 2010 · 4 Comments
UPDATED 8/10/10 10:45 PM: Oops! There's one more item we forgot to mention, which you can read by scrolling down to the bottom if you read this when it came out... --------- We don't know why we bother to go on hiatus, no matter how busy life beyond the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) may be. Items tend to write themselves, anyway, and basically demand to be put up...and there's another flood we have to deal with... WCLV MOVE: Classical mainstay WCLV in Cleveland has already made one big move in the … [Read more...]
Starting With Beginnings
Posted on July 28, 2010 · 1 Comment
Since we started with life ending in our last update, let's start with life beginning... NOT VOICETRACKING...YET: A new baby with quite a local radio "head start" entered the world over the weekend. Katherine Ann, born Saturday morning (7 pounds, 20.5 inches), is the brand new daughter born to a couple of local Clear Channel stars... top 40 WAKS/96.5 "Kiss FM" assistant program director/music director/afternoon driver/OMW reader Kasper and his wife, hot AC WKDD/98.1 morning co-host Krissy … [Read more...]
Making Up For It
Posted on July 25, 2010 · 1 Comment
Life for your Primary Editorial Voice(tm) has been busy, and unfortunately, the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) has been on the back burner. Somewhat more important, crucial items have been dominating our time. That means we haven't gotten some items we promised we'd put up, or planned to put up...but we'll try to make it up here somehow... THE FILL-IN PARADE PART 1: A former Cleveland morning radio host will get some morning radio time again this week. Brian Fowler (ex-"Brian and Joe" co-host) will … [Read more...]
Columbus, Akron And Youngstown
Posted on July 19, 2010 · 12 Comments
Our news this time around comes from the above-mentioned areas, and we start off with a shock, unfortunately... PROGRAMMER DIES: Columbus alt-rocker WWCD/101.1 Grove City "CD101" is going through a lot lately. As reported here, the station is in the midst of a move to the more powerful 102.5/Baltimore frequency, where it's simulcasting now...and will become "CD102.5" when The Ohio State University moves its classical music to the 101.1 frequency. The station's long-time programmer won't be … [Read more...]
Talking About Thursday
Posted on July 15, 2010 · 3 Comments
ZIPS RE-UP, EXPAND: The University of Akron has agreed to a contract extension that'll keep Zips football broadcasts on Clear Channel sports WARF/1350 Akron through the 2012-2013 athletic season. And the Zips are also expanding to the north and west east (sorry, our compass got spun around for some reason!). A new deal also puts University of Akron football broadcasts on Salem talk WHK/1420 Cleveland, and sister religious/brokered WHKZ/1440 Warren, according to a university press … [Read more...]
Not Just LeBron
Posted on July 11, 2010 · 1 Comment
We have plenty of items that have nothing to do with a talented young athlete choosing to throw a ball into a hoop in a different city. But since LeBron James has dominated the media both here and outside of here, we'll start off this item with the obvious... LESOUTH BEACH: The now-former Cleveland Cavaliers star was Topic 1, 2 and 3 even before he scraped Northeast Ohio off of his shoe in an hour-long ESPN special on Thursday. That special, by the way, was the highest rated TV show Thursday … [Read more...]
Closure Is Coming
Posted on July 7, 2010 · 3 Comments
Closure is coming about a number of items we've talked about in the past few days... with new information and updates on nearly all of them... LBJ'S BIG NIGHT: The sports world and pretty much all of Northeast Ohio will be glued to ESPN in about 24 hours, as NBA superstar and Bath Township resident LeBron James announces if he's staying with the Cleveland Cavaliers, or headed to New York, New Jersey, Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, Shanghai or London. (Well, we guess those last two would be … [Read more...]
Hot Holiday News
Posted on July 5, 2010 · 2 Comments
UPDATE 7/5/10 1:05 PM: If you went to this item shortly after we posted it, scroll down...we've added and changed a few things... --------- It's been a hot July 4th holiday, and we're not just talking about the weather. Now, some of the fireworks...and no, we're not going to nearly cover them with large, static graphics...we're talking about you, Reserve Square... THE 7 PM BATTLE: Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8's "Fox 8 News" is expanding into a new time slot, and setting up a new local news … [Read more...]
