And let's start with the rumblings first... CBS SALE?: The folks at the Halle Building are probably used to it by now...their big boss is once again making noises about leaving below major market radio, selling off its stations in even large markets like Cleveland. But will it ever happen? Cleveland would certainly be a candidate, if CBS boss Les Moonves is looking to concentrate solely on markets like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, and wants to exit markets below, say, the top 15 … [Read more...]
Changes And Lawsuits
Posted on September 18, 2014 · 6 Comments
Let's start with the legal action first... MAGGIE SUES: It was no surprise that former Media-Com talk WNIR/100.1 "The Talk of Akron" morning co-host Maggie Fuller was going to file a sexual harrassment lawsuit against her former employers. We just didn't know when. Welcome to When. The suit against Media-Com and its family owners, brothers Bill and Bob Klaus, was filed Tuesday in Summit County Common Pleas Court. Here, we'll let the Beacon Journal's Paula Schleis do the heavy … [Read more...]
Chilly Catchup
Posted on September 15, 2014 · Leave a Comment
As we write this, temperatures are pushing close to 40 degrees in the early morning hours. Time to grab a space heater... CHICAGO SPECULATION: Former Cleveland radio personality Maxwell is out of a job in Chicago. The former Clear Channel rock/talk WMMS/100.7 afternoon driver, who had a cup of coffee in mornings at CBS Radio classic rock WNCX/98.5, is no longer hosting mornings at Cumulus classic rock WLUP/97.9 "The Loop" in Chicago. Chicago media reporting guru Robert Feder has details … [Read more...]
Answering Your Browns Questions
Posted on September 7, 2014 · 2 Comments
UPDATE 9/7/14 6:05 PM: As you probably know by now, WOIO/19 returned to local DirecTV subscribers at around noon Sunday, an hour before the Browns/Steelers game...as both sides say they reached an "agreement in principle"... ----- As of this writing, at about 10 AM on Sunday, DirecTV and Raycom Media haven't solved their dispute which has Raycom's WOIO/19 here off the satellite service. That means unless it's solved before kickoff, today's NFL season opener between the Cleveland Browns and … [Read more...]
All Bets Are Really Off
Posted on September 5, 2014 · 5 Comments
When SportsTime Ohio successfully pursued veteran sportscaster Bruce Drennan for a TV sports talk show, he was coming out of federal prison after being convicted of tax charges related to sports betting. Thus, the name of his new show, "All Bets Are Off", must have seemed clever to someone at the network owned at the time by Dolan family (owners of the Cleveland Indians). It, and the "Vegas sign theme" logo, never was all that clever, and finally, it's gone from the show airing on today's … [Read more...]
Carucci Exits Browns, Returns To Buffalo
Posted on September 4, 2014 · 6 Comments
As we write this, it's just three days from the Cleveland Browns opening day game against the Pittsburgh Steelers...and Cleveland Browns senior editor/"Cleveland Browns Daily" co-host Vic Carucci is getting ready to head out of town. Carucci is leaving the local NFL team, bound for his old hometown of Buffalo and the job he held a few years before coming to Cleveland...covering the Buffalo Bills for the Buffalo News. The newspaper writes: Carucci steps in for Mark Gaughan, who requested a … [Read more...]
New Leader, New Job
Posted on August 29, 2014 · Leave a Comment
WEWS BRINGS HOME NEW ND: It's been just over five months since Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 "NewsChannel 5" news director Jill Manuel left the station for "bigger opportunties in another market" (Chicago), as a station memo said at the time. Her replacement will have no trouble finding his way around Cleveland, or even 3001 Euclid Avenue. Jeff Harris has been news director at Scripps' sister ABC station in Denver, KMGH/7...but heads back to Cleveland to take over the news reins at WEWS. … [Read more...]
The Gone And The Now
Posted on August 27, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Another Cleveland TV news personality is heading for the Big Apple, and another TV type is incoming from a smaller market... NEW YORK STATE OF MIND: We watched as former "Fox 8 News" anchor Stacey Bell left the anchor desk at Tribune Fox affiliate WJW/8 for Long Island NY, where she joined Cablevision all-news channel "News 12"...then later, made the big jump to New York City's NBC O&O, WNBC/4. She'll be joined on the air in New York soon by a fast-rising Cleveland TV news star who is … [Read more...]
Sports And People
Posted on August 23, 2014 · 2 Comments
And let's start with a helpful item for sports fans tonight... BROWNS VS. GLADIATORS: No, the NFL's Cleveland Browns won't be tangling with the Arena Football League's Cleveland Gladiators in downtown Cleveland tonight. But on the radio dial, even with the Gladiators going for a league crown, the Browns obviously win that battle. CBS Radio sports WKRK/92.3 "The Fan" is the arena football team's flagship radio station, and has been carrying Gladiators games all season long, with Doug … [Read more...]
Want To Buy A Cleveland Radio Station?
Posted on August 14, 2014 · 25 Comments
Full market Cleveland radio stations don't go on the block every day, but one's now for sale. Radio Disney is all but getting out of the over-air radio business, as it was revealed Wednesday that Disney is selling 23 of its 24 owned-and-operated Radio Disney outlets, including Cleveland's WWMK/1260. Broadcasting & Cable had first word. The Wrap has the full memo to staff by the chain's general manager, Phil Guerini. The company is keeping Radio Disney flagship KDIS/1110 Los Angeles as … [Read more...]
