There's nothing particularly pressing, right now...we just wanted to clear the Friday deck:WNEO: We have yet to check in with the folks at Western Reserve PBS, so we're just putting this item up as a placeholder until we're able to get with them for an update on the newly-returned WNEO-DT/45 Alliance signal.But our own observations - far afield from the WNEO transmitter in Salem - saw the WNEO digital signal lighting up on and off over the weekend, but not quite locking a signal from OMW World … [Read more...]
THIS JUST IN: WKNR, OSU Re-Up Through 2012
Posted on November 20, 2008 · Leave a Comment
As Buckeye Nation concentrates on this weekend's big football game with the Michigan Wolverines, the Ohio State Radio Network's Cleveland affiliate is crowing about the future.Good Karma sports WKNR/850 "ESPN 850 WKNR" has announced a renewal of the station's contract to carry Buckeyes football and basketball in the Cleveland market. The new deal lasts through the year 2012.Quoting a WKNR release:"Given the enthusiasm that exists in Cleveland and the surrounding area for Ohio State football and … [Read more...]
The New Way To Cover News
Posted on November 20, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Rest assured, given the current economic conditions and the flagging fortunes of media outlets, this'll be here soon enough.But right now, a joint "news coverage sharing" venture between NBC and FOX is being implemented in markets where the two entities actually own stations. This USA Today story from last week has details.Basically, the NBC and FOX-owned stations in those markets will create a shared assignment desk, with some camera crews from each station devoted to staffing it. The goal, … [Read more...]
I Love Ya, Cleveland (Magazine)
Posted on November 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Since we don't usually buy Cleveland Magazine, we didn't know that a prominent local sports media personality is featured this month until we saw Bruce Drennan on the magazine's cover at a local newsstand.Sure enough, the very interesting tale of the sportscaster's recent fall - and rise - is featured in a story titled "The Reconstruction of Bruce Drennan", which can be read online here.The magazine also offers a podcast featuring the Drennan story.The basics of the story are well known to OMW … [Read more...]
WNEO Analog Shutoff
Posted on November 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The second Northeast Ohio full-power analog signal to leave the airwaves is about to do so.As scheduled, Western Reserve PBS' WNEO/45 Alliance, the Youngstown market half of the Kent-based public TV operation, will shut down the analog Channel 45 transmitter on Wednesday morning - for good - to prepare for an upgrade to the digital WNEO signal, which will move from digital channel 46 to digital channel 45.OMW hears from our friends at Western Reserve PBS that the analog 45 signal will go dark at … [Read more...]
Out Of The Chute
Posted on November 17, 2008 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 11/17/08 9:50 PM: Two alert readers with the ability to pick up Youngstown market stations tell us that Clear Channel classic hits WBBG/106.1 Niles "Big 106.1" flipped to holiday tunes late last week. We've confirmed the switch by going to the station's website, and listening online.The station is now positioning for the season as "Youngstown-Warren's Christmas Music Channel"...-----------...for a Monday, with some newsy and some random items. Or maybe the title should be "Down The … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: WSTB Back
Posted on November 13, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Exactly one month after it was pulled off the air, Streetsboro City Schools station WSTB/88.9 Streetsboro has returned to the airwaves.OMW hears that WSTB went back on the air late Thursday afternoon, and a quick check of the radio confirms its return, with the regular alt-rock "AlterNation" format that airs Monday through Saturday on the station operated out of Streetsboro High School.OMW also hears that the return of WSTB does also mean the return of the station's "Sunday Oldies Jukebox" … [Read more...]
CBS Radio Cleveland Changes
Posted on November 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Some interesting changes are afoot among CBS Radio's four Cleveland stations.The first involves AC WDOK/102.1 "Soft Rock 102.1" and hot AC WQAL/104.1 "Q104" program director Dave Popovich, as he takes on the additional role of director of programming for the entire CBS Radio cluster in Cleveland - which also puts alt-rock WKRK/92.3 "K-Rock" and classic rock WNCX/98.5 under his oversight.There's no word at this time what this means for the existing PDs at "K-Rock" ("Nard") and WNCX (Bill … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: Herb Score Dies
Posted on November 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The man whose voice carried the sounds of Cleveland Indians baseball to generations of Northeast Ohio radio listeners has passed away.The Cleveland Indians confirm that Herb Score, who called the Indians' games on radio (and initially, on TV) from 1964 through Game 7 of the 1997 World Series, died this morning at his Rocky River home at the age of 75 after a long illness.The Cleveland Plain Dealer has a detailed obituary for Score here.The team expressed its condolences in a statement by team … [Read more...]
Less Than 100 Days
Posted on November 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment
"100 days" is a popular measuring stick for a number of things in our modern world.Here, we're not talking about the progress of presidential administrations. We're talking digital TV...as we're less than 100 days from the mid-February day where every full-power TV station in the country will be forced to shut down that old analog transmitter, and solely broadcast its new digital signal.Well, give or take a few stations shutting analog down early...among them, Northeast Ohio's own WNEO/45 … [Read more...]
