'A veritable potpourri' of interesting news items gathered throughout the weekend: FSO AND DAN PATRICK: Dayton native Dan Patrick's satellite TV simulcast of his late-morning sports radio show will soon be available to non-satellite subscribers. Yesterday morning, DirectTV, which produces the show for radio and television, announced a syndication agreement with the regional sports network service Fox Sports Net that takes the show over to basic cable, expanding the show's reach to more than 85 … [Read more...]
That Columbus Blue Jackets FM Flagship Shuffle
Posted on October 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Ever since Dispatch/RadiOhio sports WBNS/1460 began simulcasting on their sister 97.1 frequency back in January 2009, the longtime OSU and Columbus Blue Jackets flagship station was never able to make it a full-time simulcast. This was due to Fun With Radio Columbus market alt-rock WWCD/101.1 having been the team's FM flagship since the team's 2000 inception - and as a result, "97.1 The Fan" would have to break away from their AM counterpart to run ESPN Radio whenever the team's coverage … [Read more...]
WKDD’s Krissy Taylor to leave the “Keith and Krissy” show
Posted on September 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The joys of becoming a new mother were enough to get hot AC WKDD/98.1 morning co-host Krissy Taylor to leave the morning show grind behind. Her announcement to leave the "Keith and Krissy" show was made yesterday morning (listen to it here) and with a companion post on her bio page. And as she reiterates here, it's not a total exit from WKDD, as she's agreed to stick around for weekend duty: I never thought that I would become that woman that would want to stay at home with her … [Read more...]
WINW Off The Air
Posted on September 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Daytimer gospel WINW/1520 Canton wasn't able to turn on their transmitter at all back on Friday morning, and was off the air for several days thereafter, the victim of copper thievery. The Canton Repository's police blotter noted that at some point between Thursday night and Friday morning, someone broke into their transmitter facility at 4100 Martindale Road, cut several tower cables and stole the copper from the transmitter building. Naturally, "Joy 1520" was not able to broadcast throughout … [Read more...]
New Starts, Part Two
Posted on August 27, 2010 · 4 Comments
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 Followup
Posted on August 18, 2010 · 7 Comments
As usual when major media news breaks here, we spend time afterwards sorting it all out... MANTEL'S EXIT: It's the day after long-time WGAR/99.5 morning man Jim Mantel was shown the door at the Clear Channel Cleveland country outlet, and instead of being behind the microphones at Oak Tree, he's communicating with his fans via social media. Mantel noted on his Twitter account: "Probably heard that I'm no longer on the air at wgar. Was lucky to do morning in my hometown for 18 1/2 yrs. On 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...]
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...]
