And we're back for a Two-Fer Tuesday!(OK, so we never have said that phrase, ever, on-air or off...there's a first time for everything! And we do have two items, and it is Tuesday as we write this...)APARTMENT FIRE KILLS MAN, AND...: One of Cleveland's top news stories this Tuesday morning was the fire at a downtown Cleveland apartment building, which killed the resident of one apartment.WOIO/19's "19 Action News" reports that the fire was contained to the 13th floor apartment of the victim, 27 … [Read more...]
Thursday Menu
Posted on August 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment
And this time, we have one item that makes our use of the word "menu" in the title of this - literally...NEW SUMMIT MUSIC DIRECTOR: There's word that Akron Public Schools-owned AAA WAPS/91.3 "The Summit" has brought in a new music director.She's Liz Mozzocco, who's been programming Cumulus AAA outlet KBXR in Columbia, MO, along with co-hosting the station's morning show. Various trade reports say Mozzocco has been at the Columbia station for 13 years.Liz also coming in to cover the on-air … [Read more...]
Another Kiss Update
Posted on August 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment
An addition to Monday's item on WAKS/96.5 "Kiss FM"'s lineup change, which we haven't had time to add...96.5 is also adding the syndicated "On Air with Ryan Seacrest" from 12-3 PM weekdays. Seacrest starts Monday. The previously announced Elvis Duran morning show starts August 25th.The addition squeezes Michelle Taylor's voicetracked midday shift down to 10 AM to noon... … [Read more...]
Monday Menu
Posted on August 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 8:46 AM 8/11/08: It turns out our reader was onto something about the absence of "Valentine" from the WAKS/96.5 "Kiss FM" website.The station is now promoting its new morning show, set to begin airing August 25th. "Elvis Duran and the Kiss FM Morning Show" will air from its home base at Clear Channel top 40 WHTZ/100.3 in the New York City market - the legendary "Z100" - part of its mounting syndication effort.Duran first expanded his reach when Miami's "Y100" picked up the show...which … [Read more...]
Capping The Week
Posted on August 8, 2008 · Leave a Comment
We'll be again more sporadic in our updates for the next few days, though we will still post any "breaking news" about local media that crosses The OMW News Desk...so, keep checking!But here's our closeout for the week:"LOVE" IN THE EVENING: Clear Channel rocker WMMS/100.7 has added one more talk show to its roster.It's Westwood One syndicated relationship advice show "Loveline", which 'MMS is adding to the schedule Sunday-Thursday from 10 PM to midnight.The spicy show is a staple of the … [Read more...]
Followups And Other Stuff
Posted on August 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 9:01 AM 8/7/08: OMW has confirmed that WJW "FOX 8 News" Columbus bureau reporter John Damschroder is a victim of the station's recent round of layoffs, as the station is closing the bureau entirely at the end of the month.We hear out of South Marginal that the bureau's existing photographer will head back to home base in Cleveland.With the WJW bureau closing, will anyone come in and take over a ready-made TV news bureau in the State Capital?We don't know if there's any interest out of … [Read more...]
Some Quick Hits
Posted on August 5, 2008 · Leave a Comment
In the "we don't know much, haven't confirmed many details, but here's what we know" file...FOX 8 LAYOFFS?: We're still working this one, but here are the sketchy details so far.OMW hears that the Local TV LLC era at "Cleveland's Own" WJW/8 "FOX 8" is starting off with a bumpy ride for employees, with a number of layoffs of support and off-air staffers last Friday.We say "a number" because we haven't confirmed the actual number. Last time we went down this path a few weeks ago, we had been … [Read more...]
WAKS Tabbed For Clear Channel Trust, Sale
Posted on August 5, 2008 · Leave a Comment
We know it's been kicked around before, but the newly privatized Clear Channel is now officially listing one of the company's big FM signals in Cleveland to be sold due to regulatory concerns.As expected, top 40 WAKS/96.5 Akron "Kiss FM" is on the list being moved into the Aloha Station Trust, where it and over 50 other stations nationwide will be set up for sale or trade.WAKS was listed many months back by trade magazines as being a likely target for sale, figuring out that the privatization of … [Read more...]
We’re Back
Posted on August 4, 2008 · Leave a Comment
And this time, it wasn't just our hectic behind-the-scenes life that kept us away.Every so often, the Blogger computers automatically scan the service's blogs to make sure that automatically-posted unsolicited marketing blogs (think "canned luncheon meat by Hormel") aren't clogging up the system.Late Friday, we were told that we were "flagged" by this process, which was clearly an error. (A human-posted news-oriented blog that's been around for over three years?) That "flag" - while keeping … [Read more...]
The New And The Former
Posted on July 31, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Today's items both involve a news director post at a Cleveland market TV station...one, with an incoming person to take the role, and the other, about a former local news director...SHE CATCHES 5: New WEWS/5 VP/general manager Victoria Regan has tapped a new news director for the station.She is Jill Manuel, who joins the Scripps Cleveland ABC affiliate from the news director's post at Tribune-owned CLTV in Chicago, that city's 24-hour cable news outlet. The Chicago Tribune's Phil Rosenthal and … [Read more...]
