Items for a Monday...MAGGIE'S AUDITION: OMW has nailed down, thanks to an anonymous tip, details on the upcoming week-long audition by former Akron market talker WNIR/100.1 morning co-host Maggie Fuller on another Northern Ohio station.Maggie will be on the air one week from today (August 20th) on Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting talk WEOL/930 Elyria, alongside Les Sekely on his "Les in the Morning" show in morning drive.As we hinted in our earlier item, the Elyria station is actually a lot closer … [Read more...]
A Nice Monday Mix
Posted on July 23, 2007 · Leave a Comment
...and our apologies for being a bit late, since we were "on the road".We're back, with at least one item we believe to be an exclusive...YET ANOTHER NEW SPORTS REPORTER: If we told you a Cleveland station was hiring a new sports reporter, you'd probably guess it would be ABC affiliate WEWS/5, right?We mean, after all, "NewsChannel 5" has but two sports anchors/reporters on staff, and station veteran Sue Ann Robak is the only one who's working full-time...with Andy Baskin still doing … [Read more...]
Final Update This Week
Posted on June 29, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Barring any major Northeast Ohio media news, this will be our last update until (approximately) Monday morning. But...We just had to update one earlier item, which we believe was an exclusive - thanks to RadioInsight.com's Lance Venta.As expected, Clear Channel advice talker WSAI/1360 "1360thesource.com" Cincinnati won't be providing advice to Southwest Ohio listeners starting Monday.Clear Channel Cincinnati has confirmed to AllAccess that it launches "Cincinnati's ESPN 1360" that same day. … [Read more...]
And It’s Friday
Posted on June 29, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We'll finish off the week, and note that we're probably not going to be 'round these parts until Monday or Tuesday.So...let's have at it...leading from the outer reaches of the OMW Empire for once...NO MORE "SOURCE"?: A tip of the OMW hat to Radio-Insight.com's Lance Venta and his Internet domain name snooping on this one.Lance tells us that Clear Channel scooped up the domain name 1360espn.com on Monday, and followed with two more - bengalstream.com and bearcatstream.com.Lance also notes that … [Read more...]
Thursday In-Box Clear Out
Posted on May 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Just some random stuff we've been sitting on for a while...FLYING ND: We catch up with a lot of news about Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC/3 without even having to contact anyone - by way of station senior director Frank Macek's "Director's Cut" blog.This time, Frank checks in with former WKYC news director Dick Moore, who left the station for a teaching job in the journalism school at the University of South Carolina.Moore is on a break from that teaching gig to fly around the country in a … [Read more...]
Living On The Air In The DVD Section
Posted on April 24, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Countless local radio types credit one thing for their career in the business - the late 70's-early 80's TV show "WKRP in Cincinnati".And it only seems that we've been waiting that long for the DVD version of the show, the first season of which is released in stores today.Not only is there that inspiration, there's also the Ohio connection...the southwest Ohio city which served as the home of the fictional radio station in the CBS sitcom.As would befit a newspaper headquartered in the Queen … [Read more...]
Tuesday’s Here
Posted on April 17, 2007 · Leave a Comment
And a note from your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm): Real life intrudes again, and our updates may not be as regular this week as we'd like. But we'll try to check in...MAD DASH TO BLACKSBURG: As America got really familiar with a college campus in Southwest Virginia really quick, coverage of the largest shooting massacre in American history overtook local airwaves as well.All local TV stations, that we saw, dipped in and out of coverage of the mass murder at Virginia Tech on Monday afternoon, … [Read more...]
Not WKRP in Cincinnati
Posted on April 2, 2007 · Leave a Comment
As the entire editorial staff of your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) awaits the release of the "WKRP in Cincinnati" DVD later this month - even with a long list of necessary-to-make-it-affordable music substitutions - we electronically revisit the Queen City.There's a wholebuncha stuff we have to put up that we haven't gotten to yet. And you can find details on all of the below items at Cincinnati Enquirer TV/radio guru John Kiesewetter's blog...YES, HE'S GONE: Cincinnati radio legend Jim LaBarbara, … [Read more...]
Random Tuesday Fodder
Posted on March 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment
NOTE TO KEN AND KITTY FANS: We appreciate your reading this article, which has apparently been linked to their website.However, Ohio Media Watch is not connected to either the show, or to the former radio home of the show. We are an independent online media publication that owns no broadcast facilities.If you wish to reach Ken and Kitty, please hit the BACK button on your browser and contact them directly via their website.Thank you!--The Management-------------We've got some flotsam and … [Read more...]
A Few Random Items, AllAccess Style
Posted on March 22, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Here are some local quickies, courtesy of AllAccess:WHBC IS FOX: With a nod to our ongoing coverage of the move of NextMedia oldies WHBC/1480 Canton to talk, AllAccess reports another piece of that puzzle is complete.As rumored here for a long, long time, WHBC is indeed turning to a sports network to fill its non-game-night evening hours. FOX Sports Radio will begin airing on 1480 starting next Monday, from 7 PM to midnight and "around the clock" on weekends.We presume WHBC will keep its … [Read more...]
