Two departures, and one return of someone who "left the building" a lot. Well, at least a return in recorded form...CHRIS MILLER'S EXIT: Today is WEWS/5 sports director Chris Miller's last day at the Cleveland ABC affiliate.And the "NewsChannel 5" sports anchor is doing a farewell tour of sorts, if you count his appearance this morning on WKNR/850 "ESPN 850"'s mid-morning talk show with competitor-until-now Tony Rizzo.Miller, who joins Washington DC-based Comcast SportsNet as its main sports … [Read more...]
Weekend Grab Bag
Posted on February 25, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Just some stuff to occupy our weekend:DR. LAURA'S RETURN: We don't know how we missed this, but former Premiere syndicated host Dr. Laura Schlessinger has been making her way back onto major market stations as of late.Dr. Laura's show disappeared from the dial a year or two ago in virtually all major Ohio markets, mostly a result of lesser interest in the show by Premiere - the syndicator owned by Clear Channel.The show left a number of Clear Channel stations, in Cleveland, Columbus and … [Read more...]
Monday Night Mix
Posted on February 19, 2007 · Leave a Comment
A whole buncha stuff tonight, mostly updates:TIME WARNER REDUX: We're glad to provide a source of amusement to the fine folks over at Time Warner Cable. No, really, we are!This time, it was our item/speculation about the presence of "Time Warner One", a new channel showing up on cable position 1 on the Akron/Canton-based TWC cable system.It's showing instructional videos right now, and we wondered aloud if Time Warner would mount a new local programming channel there.OK, so we're wrong...again. … [Read more...]
Saturday Stuff
Posted on February 17, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Three items, including two semi-related, maybe. Or maybe not:MORE LES STILL: At this rate, we're going to have to start charging local sports media personality Les Levine for ad space.But we can't help it if the fast moving developments in local sports radio and TV lately all seem to involve him, for whatever reason.This time, it's Mr. Levine's second straight appearance on the "Saturday Morning Sports Show" on Good Karma sports talker WKNR/850 this morning. But unlike last week, where Les … [Read more...]
Starting The Week With TV Stuff
Posted on February 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment
For whatever reason, all the stuff in our "hold file" has to do with local television...so, let's turn on the Virtual OMW Tube:TWC AKRON/CANTON CHANGES: This one, oddly enough, comes from one of the newest additions to our left-hand side links section...WKYC/3's "Director's Cut" blog, brought to you with care by WKYC News senior producer/director Frank Macek.Frank tells us that WKYC's "Akron/Canton News" returns to Time Warner Cable's cable channel 23, after being bounced around to channel 17 … [Read more...]
Ex-WHBCer Back Doing Talk On 1480
Posted on February 11, 2007 · Leave a Comment
This is an odd one for at least two reasons.We got a tip that this Sunday night, NextMedia oldies WHBC/1480 Canton is airing a three hour local call-in talk show, from 7-10 PM.Not only that, the host of this evening's show may surprise you: Brady Russell.Yes, the same Brady Russell who was let go from sister AC outlet WHBC-FM/94.1 "Mix 94.1"'s afternoon drive show just over two years ago for his on-air comments related to protesters at the second inauguration for President Bush.Quoting Russell … [Read more...]
Children’s Hospital Radiothon
Posted on February 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment
It's that time of year again for the folks at Clear Channel's WKDD/98.1.The Akron/Canton hot AC outlet undertakes the 8th Annual "Have a Heart - Do Your Part" radiothon for Akron's Children's Hospital, this weekend.It actually started Friday, and continues with pledge lines open (866-543-0981) this Saturday and Sunday from 7 AM to 9 PM. You can also donate online at the station's website.We hear that new this year, the radiothon becomes almost a telethon, or maybe you can call it a … [Read more...]
