There's nothing particularly "breaking" going on, at least that we know of, in local media. But we managed to cobble together a few items to fill a Monday morning update...NEON SWITCH: A couple of OMW readers checked in over the weekend to ask a question... "Did you know that Time Warner Cable has switched its local programming channel to channel 23?"That switch has been made in the former Adelphia areas of greater Cleveland - including here at the OMW World Headquarters - where the "Northeast … [Read more...]
On The Fringes
Posted on July 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment
A trio of recent items that are on the fringes of our coverage area, have some links to Ohio or are otherwise used to fill this next update:ABC FOR THE OHIO VALLEY: The Wheeling/Steubenville market is about to get what it has never, ever had - a full-time, in-market ABC affiliate station.The folks at TVNewsday report that West Virginia Media CBS affiliate WTRF/7 Wheeling will launch a new ABC affiliate for the Ohio Valley on August 1, with a digital subchannel on WTRF-DT. That'd have to be, as … [Read more...]
Midweek Drop In
Posted on July 9, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Just checking in...and some of these items have been sitting around for a while...THREE EXIT, ONE RETURNS: We've gotten some inquiries about some of these recent local radio departures, and a former local radio mainstay is coming back to this area to take one of the openings.AllAccess reports that NextMedia AC WHBC-FM 94.1 "Mix 94.1" Canton program director and afternoon driver Hunter Scott is out, confirming rumblings we've heard the past week.And the trade site reports today that his … [Read more...]
After The Holiday
Posted on July 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 11:20 PM 7/7/08: AllAccess confirms, as do our own sources within WNCX, that the below moves on the WNCX Morning Show are permanent. It's indeed "Miller, Mihalik and Mike" now, and yes, that is former WDOK programmer Scott Miller aboard at 98.5...he's been in the chair since last week.The artist known solely as "Mud" on the show is no longer with WNCX.And we don't feel as bad now for mangling the spelling of Kim Mihalik's last name in previous items. At least we didn't use a "C" like … [Read more...]
WOIO/WUAB Cuts Off-Air Staffers
Posted on July 1, 2008 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 7:47 PM 7/1/08: We've gotten some new, very credible information on this, and it appears the total number of layoffs between the two areas mentioned is 6, with another couple of employees moving to part-time status.We wanted to clarify this quickly, to make sure those who are still employed are not concerned that additional layoffs (beyond the 6) are coming. As far as we know, this is it for now.The original item below did say "as many as 13", due to a little uncertainty to the exact … [Read more...]
WNWV Names New PD
Posted on June 30, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Various trade websites report that Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting has picked its replacement for long-time smooth jazz WNWV/107.3 program director Bernie Kimble.She's Angie Handa, who comes to "The Wave" from a stint as assistant program director/music director of Clear Channel's Phoenix smooth jazz outlet, KYOT. Her resume includes a gig at a another smooth jazz station in Phoenix, and other earlier experience at AC and Hot AC outlets.Phoenix is a good market for smooth jazz (or "smooth AC", or … [Read more...]
Stopping By For A Visit
Posted on June 28, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Our infrequent update schedule had one formerly regular reader assuming that we're gone for good!No, we're not.Your Primary Editorial Voice(tm) has been out of town and busy, for one, and we're about to leave Northeast Ohio for a while again.In the past, that's triggered something in the space-time-media continuum, but we're not sure our exit from the region still results in major changes. One of our vacations a couple of years ago ended up with even Cleveland Browns GM Phil Savage scrambling … [Read more...]
Random Weekend Cleanup
Posted on June 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Come to think of it, we have some early summer cleaning to do at the Palatial OMW World Headquarters as well...JUNE 20TH: We did not note it here beforehand, but Friday was a busy day at the Clear Channel World Domination HQ compound on Oak Tree.Cleveland talker WTAM/1100 morning host Bill Wills celebrated his 10th anniversary at the Northern Ohio version of "The Big One". He joined 'TAM on June 20, 1998 - from the original "Big One", co-owned WLW/700 Cincinnati."Wills and Snyder" is a pretty … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: WNVW PD Out
Posted on June 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment
AllAccess reports that long-time WNWV/107.3 program director Bernie Kimble is out after a 16 year run at the Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting-owned station, most of that in the PD chair at the Cleveland market smooth jazz outlet known as "The Wave".There's no word on any successor, or Kimble's next move... … [Read more...]
Love Him Or Hate Him
Posted on June 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Raycom Media CBS/MyNet combo WOIO/19-WUAB/43 general manager Bill Applegate gets a profile treatment in Broadcasting & Cable magazine this week, and also lets forth a bit of news.The Cleveland market's most controversial TV executive makes no apologies for his style in the article titled "Bold and Brash Is Good News for Applegate":Love it or loathe it, a Bill Applegate newscast is like no other. It's fast, hard-hitting, brash and—to the profound chagrin of news purists—loaded with opinion. … [Read more...]
