In which we finally tell you the local TV item we've been hinting about for weeks...the appointment of a new news director in Cleveland. In what could be the very definition of a "long awaited announcement", as expected by This Corner and everyone in local TV news, Tribune Fox affiliate WJW/8 "Fox 8" has officially named assistant news director Andy Fishman as its new news director. No, not "acting" news director or "interim" news director...that happened a ways back. The Plain Dealer's … [Read more...]
Moves, Both Good And Tragic
Posted on November 12, 2014 · 1 Comment
UPDATE: A sad update to our second story...from Rover's GoFundMe site: UPDATE 11-12-2014: Unfortunately little Serena has succumbed to her injuries. She passed away this morning. Sarah and Ben remain hospitalized in serious condition. Please keep Rob and his family in your thoughts. Our original item is below... --- When life situations call for a move, changes that result can be both good...and end up in tragedy... BOURQUIN MOVES NORTH: When Digity talk WHBC/1480 Canton brought aboard … [Read more...]
Items From All Over
Posted on October 28, 2014 · 2 Comments
Our collection is from all over, but there's a Northeast Ohio connection for each one... TSJ BUYS COLUMBUS: In speculation about the fate of for-sale Radio Disney O&O WWMK/1260 Cleveland, we wondered if Cincinnati-based TSJ Media would buy the station. TSJ operates "La Mega 87.7", the Spanish-language station being leased from Tom Wilson's Murray Hill Broadcasting, and known to the FCC as LPTV outlet WLFM-LP/6, recently given a temporary and possibly permanent reprieve as a "radio station" … [Read more...]
Off And On
Posted on October 22, 2014 · Leave a Comment
From signals off to court humor on, here we are... UPDATE: As if by magic, the moment we posted this item, WEAO/49's over-air signal returned. Read on for news of program rescheduling to make up for the outage... 49 OFF AGAIN: Western Reserve PBS' Akron signal is off the air again. This time, it's the wait for a needed part replacement that has kept WEAO/49 from area over-air tuners since an equipment failure that happened Sunday morning. Western Reserve PBS communications coordinator and … [Read more...]
New Starts
Posted on October 20, 2014 · 5 Comments
Some changes, and some observations... RODA TO WHBC: Veteran Cleveland sports talk radio host Kenny Roda has found a landing spot...a good ways down I-77 from his long-time radio home in Cleveland. Starting October 27th, the former afternoon drive host at Good Karma sports WKNR/850 "ESPN 850" takes over afternoon drive at Digity talk WHBC/1480 Canton, taking over the 3-7 PM slot from WHBC sports director Sam Bourquin. Bourquin remains sports director, and moves his daily on-air presence … [Read more...]
A Flood Of Items
Posted on October 14, 2014 · 4 Comments
From radio to TV, to TV passing off as radio, we're bailing out the water here... LA MEGA STAYING?: If we've said it once, we've said it a thousand times...or maybe it only SEEMS like a thousand times. We have frequently cautioned fans of first, alt-rock "87.7 Cleveland's Sound" and then, Spanish-language CHR "La Mega 87.7", not to become too attached to a radio signal at 87.7 on the FM dial. Just one example, from our item when it was announced that "La Mega" would be displacing … [Read more...]
More Sports And Radio, Plus TV
Posted on October 7, 2014 · 1 Comment
The influence of LeBron James continues to affect local media... CAVS TO FM: There'll be less music on iHeart[/former Clear Channel] rock/talk WMMS/100.7 in Cleveland, and more balls. That's because WMMS has become the FM flagship of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. You know, that little team at Quicken Loans Arena that may actually win a lot more games because of the return of hometown superstar LeBron James this year. The announcement was tweeted by Erika Lauren, of the station's afternoon … [Read more...]
Kevin Metheny Is Dead
Posted on October 4, 2014 · 2 Comments
A man who once held a high-level radio programming job in Cleveland has passed away. All Access had first confirmation that former Clear Channel Cleveland cluster programmer and regional programming VP Kevin Metheny died suddenly on Friday afternoon: Tragic news out of the BAY AREA: Sources confirm to ALL ACCESS that CUMULUS Talk KGO-A and KSFO/SAN FRANCISCO OM KEVIN METHENY has passed away from an apparent heart attack. Our content partners at RadioInsight passed along this from … [Read more...]
This Is (Still) CBS
Posted on October 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The folks at the Halle Building, and at other large-but-not-major market CBS Radio clusters, must feel like they're on a roller coaster at Cedar Point, and that coaster has taken another sharp dip. After repeatedly signaling that it wants out of sub-major markets, and wants to concentrate on the biggest markets, CBS Radio took the first big step* in that direction on Thursday. CBS will flip its significant clusters in Charlotte and Tampa to Florida-based Beasley, which in turn will bolster … [Read more...]
Gone And Staying
Posted on September 29, 2014 · 2 Comments
Some random items while waiting for proverbial footwear to drop...and we're talking large shoes here... RADIO DISNEY IS STILL ALL EARS: You were supposed to be hearing the Sounds of Silence on Radio Disney stations like WWMK/1260 Cleveland by now, and no, not the Simon & Garfunkel hit. But instead of silencing 23 signals nationwide (all AM except for one FM in the Indianapolis market), the Mouse House decided at the last minute to keep them operating at Friday's previously announced … [Read more...]
