Some random stuff:MASON OUT: It doesn't seem like long ago that we were congratulating long-time WQMX/94.9 operations manager Kevin Mason on his new gig as VP/GM of a record company in Nashville.Unfortunately, it appears the volatile nature of the music business has left the former Akron country programmer without a job.AllAccess reports that Mason's new employer, Rust Records, is folding up its tent along Nashville's Music Row, leaving Mason and everyone else with the company out of work.Of … [Read more...]
More Les And More Rants
Posted on February 15, 2007 · Leave a Comment
These two items also revolve around local sports personality Les Levine and his two local TV shows, oddly enough.MORE LES: It's something we thought might happen in one of our earlier items.Levine announced on his "More Sports and Les Levine" show last night that the Time Warner Cable show will expand to the company's entire Cleveland/Akron/Canton footprint starting with tonight's program.Well, at least to the original Time Warner areas such as Akron/Canton, which were specifically mentioned. We … [Read more...]
It’s Lewis With Levine For Rants
Posted on February 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment
As hinted earlier, from even the same source, former WKNR sports talk host Kendall Lewis is "back on the airwaves". Well, the cable lines and satellite waves.Akron Beacon Journal sports media columnist George M. Thomas reports that Lewis will join FOX Sports Net Ohio's 2007 version of "Cleveland Rants", co-hosting with FSN Ohio's Les Levine. The show's new season starts March 5th.The show aired last year with Levine and WKNR/850's Neil Bender, but the 2007 version will not be simulcast on the … [Read more...]
Weather Or Not
Posted on February 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment
The local TV news operations in the Cleveland market rarely need help emphasizing bad weather. Most of 'em pull out all the stops even when moderate storms are forecast anywhere NEAR Cleveland, complete with flashy graphics, hyperactive and excited weather forecasters, and bundled up live reporters all over town.Give them a real storm, and they're off to the races.Local stations preempted such important programming as soap operas and popular syndicated talk shows for coverage of this winter … [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...]
Next On The WKNR List: Les Levine
Posted on February 9, 2007 · Leave a Comment
OMW hears that local sports talk veteran Les Levine is next up in the "Saturday Morning Sports Show" hopper at Good Karma sports WKNR/850, Saturday from 9 AM to noon.We're not sure if that means anything - if the presence of Levine in that time slot one week after WJW/8 "FOX 8" sports anchor Tony Rizzo means that new WKNR owner Craig Karmazin wants to hear a rotation of possible future WKNR hosts for himself.Or, it could be nothing more complicated than tapping some local sports media veterans … [Read more...]
Three Thursday Things
Posted on February 8, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Some stuff that's been hanging around and really, really needs to be freed:DIRECTOR'S CUT: As an OMW reader, you're probably used to a look "inside" various local radio and TV operations, usually involving talent moves or other station changes.You can't get any more "inside" one local TV station without showing up on their doorstep, thanks to a relatively new blog.WKYC/3 senior producer/director Frank Macek's "Director's Cut" is must reading for those who want to know all the details of why … [Read more...]
