As usually happens when we go "on hiatus" here at your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm), media news happens. It's an indisputable Law of OMW...if we push away the keyboard, the flood comes in, and that's already the case this time around.So, though we're still trying to "stay away", let's briefly expand on the two items that we've popped onto our Twitter feed.And again, you don't even have to access our page directly...they show up over there to the left of the main scroll here. Just keep watching that … [Read more...]
Danny Lands New Gig
Posted on October 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Veteran Cleveland radio personality Danny Wright is returning to nationally syndicated radio, and with the help of some other Clevelanders.Yes, it's Beachwood-based Envision Radio Networks that has officially announced Danny's latest gig - a syndicated weekend show called "The Live Ride". From a press release by the locally-based syndicator:Envision Radio Networks® is pleased to announce the launch of The Live Ride, a new weekly radio show hosted by country radio veteran Danny Wright.The Live … [Read more...]
Outside Our Area, But…
Posted on October 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Occasionally, we feature items from outside the main OMW Coverage Area...but with comments relating the items to things that could happen here. This is one of those collections...SMOOTH JAZZ LOSES ANOTHER: The ailing smooth jazz format has lost another big city outlet.This time, it's CBS Radio's WVMV/98.7 Detroit, which stopped playing smooth jazz Friday. After a bit of weekend stunting, it's carrying one of CBS' current pet formats - top 40, under the moniker "98.7 AMP Radio".That's the same … [Read more...]
Turning Blue, Folks
Posted on October 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Especially if you're an adult, there are a few cultural touchstones that are universal in Northeast Ohio...and many of them revolve around local television.At some point, just about everyone in this region has been touched by what you could call the "Ghoulardi Franchise".If you weren't old enough to remember Ernie Anderson's iconic 1960's "Ghoulardi" character on WJW/8 (then the market's CBS affiliate), you certainly knew, and probably watched, his direct successors with late night comedy … [Read more...]
Monday Followup
Posted on October 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We're back, and there's not really any earth-shattering news about media in our coverage area...Yet.While we throw that out there, let's pick up the pieces on this Monday...MORE ON THE HD SIDE: We sifted through Time Warner Cable Northeast Ohio's "Programming Notices" page last month, informing you of new additions the company has to publicize as part of legal notices it runs in area newspapers.There's another wave there now, listed for next month:The following changes are planned on or after … [Read more...]
Time Warner Northeast Ohio “Starts Over”
Posted on October 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
No, our subject header isn't meant to imply that Northeast Ohio's cable TV giant is tearing out the cable and rewiring.The local Time Warner systems are getting ready to mount "Start Over", a new feature for digital cable users that lets them join already started programs "in progress", returning to the beginning of the show they caught in the middle.From a TWC press release:Start Over is enabled by a software upgrade to the existing video on demand (VOD) platform and to the installed base of … [Read more...]
We’re Still Here
Posted on September 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment
A combination of Other Stuff and Life Intervening, along with some Unscheduled Turbulence, has kept us away from the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) for longer than we'd expected.Not all of that has gone away, but for now, we're back...THE ALL HD CAVALIERS: It wasn't that long ago that viewers hoping to see HDTV broadcasts of local sports teams had to sift through a small list of selected games.And the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers were showing as few as 7 games in HD format via Fox Sports Ohio as recently as … [Read more...]
CVNP Gets The TV Treatment
Posted on September 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
One of Northeast Ohio's most vital natural resources is getting the full TV treatment in a new documentary premiering this weekend on Western Reserve PBS (WNEO/45 Alliance - WEAO/49 Akron)...called "Generations: Cuyahoga Valley National Park".A description of the show from its website:Discover the story of Ohio’s only national park when Western Reserve PBS presents its new one-hour documentary, Generations: Cuyahoga Valley National Park.Generations tells the story of the park’s natural wonders … [Read more...]
Grab A Snack, It’s A Big Stack
Posted on September 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment
When we "come back" from a hiatus, even if it's only a brief one lasting just a couple of days, we find out what anyone coming back from vacation learns. The work continues to pile up, and doesn't go away because you're not minding the inbox.So, with that in mind...here we go...."THE BSK" RECOVERING: Our sincere, best wishes for a speedy recovery for a long-time Cleveland sports media personality.OMW hears that Kendall Lewis, the former WKNR sports talker also known as "The Big Sports Kahuna" … [Read more...]
Si, V-me
Posted on September 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment
No, you're not imagining it if you're an over-air digital TV viewer...the folks at Kent-based public TV outlet Western Reserve PBS have grown another digital subchannel. For now, at least.Now airing on WEAO/49.4 Akron (and we assume WNEO/45.4 Alliance) is "V-me", a Spanish-language channel. We'll let the "V-me" folks explain it in English:V-me (pronounced veh-meh), is the first national Spanish-language television network presented by public television stations. V-me, a 24-hour digital … [Read more...]
