Aside from our own time issues, we sometimes aren't here because there's nothing to publish. That certainly isn't the case this early Tuesday morning...ANNOUNCEMENT FEVER: Why do at least two local radio stations find Tuesday morning a good time to announce things?That's what Good Karma sports WKNR/850 "ESPN 850"'s "Rizzo on the Radio", and Akron market talker WNIR/100.1 "The Talk of Akron" have done...picked the late Tuesday morning time slot to make on-air announcements.WNIR's, which we … [Read more...]
Post-Holiday Fill
Posted on July 5, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Some other stuff that's popped up, and we're getting around to adding on this Thursday:REPOSITORY MANAGING EDITOR TO WKSU: We actually saw the headline on one of the local news websites, about Canton Repository managing editor M.L. Schultze leaving the paper - recently purchased by GateHouse.What we didn't know is her destination.The Repository itself reports that Schultze is leaving the newspaper later this month to become news director of Kent-based NPR outlet WKSU/89.7.The article on her … [Read more...]
Quick Hits
Posted on July 3, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We hinted at this earlier, but we're still in "sporadic/as we can" mode when it comes to updating this report. We'll continue to be on that schedule until further notice, but we apologize for being away since late last week.Some quick hits to hold you over...OVERNIGHT CHANGES: If you're up in the middle of the night, you'll have one less spot on the radio dial to hear George Noory, host of Premiere Radio's ubitquous overnight show "Coast to Coast AM".Clear Channel talk WHLO/640 Akron has … [Read more...]
WNIR Morning Co-Host Steps Down
Posted on June 29, 2007 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 6/29/07 10:07 PM: We've updated and changed some of this item, as some of the circumstances surrounding Maggie Fuller's departure from WNIR become clearer.Maggie's website contains this message, which was copied by AllAccess earlier this afternoon:Maggie really did quit!Yes, I need a life. I will miss everyone and it makes me sad but life is too short to work Monday through Saturday and every other holiday. I have no retirement and need to find a job with a plan. I will miss everyone. … [Read more...]
New Technology Wednesday
Posted on June 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment
For whatever reason, today's items all have a fresh, new technology bent to them...WNEO/WEAO HD LIT UP AGAIN: Kent-based public broadcasters WNEO/45 Alliance-WEAO/49 Akron ("PBS 45 & 49") have turned on PBS HD programming again, as of Tuesday, on their digital outlets.The stations had been running the 24/7 PBS HD feed for some time, until various equipment and financial issues got in the way and forced the end of the feed. Then, until Tuesday, the digital versions of 45/49 ran the PBS … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: Clear Channel Flipping Ohio Stations Into Trust
Posted on June 22, 2007 · Leave a Comment
It looks like four big Clear Channel FM stations in the Cleveland market, and a number of other stations in three other Ohio markets, are being spun off to a trust to satisfy FCC regulatory caps, in connection with the ongoing effort to spin Clear Channel itself off to private equity firms.The four Cleveland stations would be: country WGAR/99.5, rock WMMS/100.7, oldies WMJI/105.7 and hot AC WMVX/106.5. They'd go to Aloha Station Trust LLC.Also on the list of 71 stations - a large number in … [Read more...]
The Media Circus
Posted on June 21, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Forgive us for treating it like, well, the elephant in the middle of the room...but we have yet to comment on the Northeast Ohio Media Circus.That is, the fact that much of the national media has descended upon Canton and nearby areas concerning the disappearance of a certain pregnant mother, 26 year-old Jessie Marie Davis, from her home in North Canton.A virtual media village has set up at the Stark County Sheriff's Department, and national network and cable news reporters have made the area … [Read more...]
THIS JUST IN: Golden Flashes Back To WNIR
Posted on June 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment
AllAccess reports this afternoon that Kent State University sports will air on MediaCom talk WNIR/100.1 Kent-Akron starting this fall."The Talk of Akron" reportedly signed a five-year deal to once again become the Home of the Golden Flashes, airing the team's football and men's basketball games.Most recently, the KSU games aired on Clear Channel talk WHLO/640, along with Cleveland affiliate Salem talk WHK/1420, and sister Youngstown market outlet WHKZ/1440 Warren, which otherwise simulcasts … [Read more...]
Through The Weekend
Posted on June 15, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Clearing out the ol' Inbox again, with some non-connected stuff from various trade sites and our own reporting...LATEST FM HD RADIO OUTLET: We hinted at it earlier, and now it's official - Clear Channel has lit up another Northeast Ohio station with HD Radio.Not long after hot AC WMXY/98.9 "Mix 98.9" in Youngstown turned on the digital bits, its sister hot AC station about 40 miles to the west has also done so.Akron/Canton hot AC WKDD/98.1 is new to the digital radio game, as of Friday morning. … [Read more...]
Tuesday Update
Posted on June 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Well, now that we've brought forth a station swap and killed it within two items, let's try something else...AP AWARDS: The list is far too long to mention here, but a number of Northeast Ohio stations have picked up yearly broadcast awards from the Ohio Associated Press.TV-wise, Cleveland's WKYC-TV nabbed top prize for outstanding large market news operation...it was Clear Channel talk WLW/700 Cincinnati on the radio side.Akron's WAKR/1590 (along with Rubber City Radio sisters WQMX/94.9 and … [Read more...]
