As promised in our Twitter update, here's the first of two items about radio newspeople.We wondered, when posting the "Help Wanted" ad put up by Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100 Cleveland, if news director Darren Toms would look to the outside in hiring a replacement for anchor/reporter Ted Klopp...who left the station on his own to pursue a job outside radio.It appears that outside hiring has happened.OMW hears that Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting talk WEOL/930 Elyria news reporter/anchor Colleen … [Read more...]
TWC Updates – Everyone
Posted on May 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We've been getting scattered reports from our readers about the Time Warner Cable HDTV situation in Northeast Ohio.Since we reported earlier that the company's latest wave of HD channels has been rolling out in some, but not all, of the Northeast Ohio footprint due to the implementation of SDV - "Switched Digital Video" - TWC has basically acknowledged that in its latest "Programming Notice" online, updated Tuesday afternoon.Quoting some of the important parts, first, in reference to the April … [Read more...]
Three Quick Hits
Posted on May 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We have been working on some things that aren't confirmed - or can't be printed, yet - so here's what we CAN bring you...THE DECLINE OF WOAC: OK, so most of our readers would say that Canton-licensed WOAC/67's decline began when the station dumped its Canton-focused secular independent programming for infomercials, home shopping and then, more infomercials.But we're getting an insight into the financial problems faced by the TV division of brokered ethnic radio king Arthur Liu's Multicultural … [Read more...]
Monday’s Breakfast Menu
Posted on May 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
So, we're a bit hungry, but are out of eggs...THERE'S A REASON THEY'RE LOOKING: Late last month, as we were swimming in news of Clear Channel's latest nationwide job cuts, we got a couple of interesting questions from readers.They'd spotted a relatively new "help wanted" ad placed on various trade websites by Clear Channel's Cleveland cluster on Oak Tree Boulevard in suburban Independence:News Anchor/Reporter - Cleveland, Ohio Newsradio WTAM 1100, Cleveland, Ohio has a full time opportunity in … [Read more...]
TWC’s Next HD Wave
Posted on May 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
OMW hears from Time Warner Cable locally that the wave of HDTV channels planned for addition in Northeast Ohio in late April is now showing up for local cable subscribers.A quick check of the HD DVR here at OMW World Headquarters shows that the channels are indeed available to your Primary Editorial Voice(tm).OMW hears that though the new HD channels are indeed rolling out, some TWC Northeast Ohio subscribers may not have them yet.We're told that the launch is indeed, as we've already speculated … [Read more...]
Odder Mix Than Usual
Posted on May 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
And mostly items on the fringe of our usual OMW coverage area wrap up this Friday.But we'll start in Cleveland, and to our friends on South Marginal Road...thank you for the Twitter Shout-Out! Quoting:-----A special Fox 8 Twitter shout-out to Ohio Media Watch. Glad you're enjoying our tweets! Stay tuned, more to come-----We don't know who handles the Twitter account at Cleveland Fox affiliate WJW/8 "Fox 8". We suspect it's one of those Additional Duties added to a newscast producer's already … [Read more...]
Thursday’s Mixed Bag
Posted on May 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Try as we might, we can't get our daily updates to always fit into a neat, tidy little bag...THIS IS A TEST, OR WILL BE: Say, what are you doing on May 21st, at 7:30 AM, 12:30 PM or 7:30 PM?If you're watching over-air analog TV that day, anywhere in the nation, you could be watching a national DTV test.The Wall Street Journal reports this week that the FCC is working on a plan that would ask TV stations across the United States to, quoting the article, "suspend regular programming and instead … [Read more...]
Embargoed Until Wednesday Morning
Posted on May 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We're just picking up random items here in midweek, with mostly a TV theme...THE CLEVELAND (NON-)EMBARGO: As it turned out, in the end, nothing apparently happened.But there was a lot of behind the scenes intrigue in the past couple of days about a story "you saw first on 19 Action News at 10 on My43 WUAB" on Monday night's show.We hear that the 10 PM show that night on the MyNetwork TV outlet told viewers that the Cleveland Clinic's face transplant patient would make an appearance in front of … [Read more...]
Regrouping On Monday
Posted on May 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We're back for a Monday morning update, with some new stuff, and not one direct mention of Something Else that's been kicking around the local media world recently. But this update appears to be All About Clear Channel...like most of last week...A CLEVELAND VALENTINE: OMW reported last week that Los Angeles-based Sean Valentine, he of the one-named "Valentine in the Morning", would be once again expanding his empire to Cleveland.The hot AC KBIG/104.3 "My 104.3" host's syndicated offering was … [Read more...]
Time Warner Cable HD Express Unscheduled Stop
Posted on April 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment
In a well-planned and deliberate effort to add 30 new HDTV channels for its Northeast Ohio customers, Time Warner Cable's HDTV Express has to make an unscheduled stop.The next group of seven new HD channels to be offered in the TWC NEO footprint did not meet an intended April 29th launch on Wednesday, and we don't have any indication when that group of channels will launch.But OMW hears that the company is still working on the second wave of new HD channels, and will let us know when the new … [Read more...]
