Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100 and the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers have announced a 5-year renewal of their radio contract.The move is announced the same day the Cavaliers take on the Boston Celtics in game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals at Quicken Loans Arena.The press release is reprinted below.--------------CLEAR CHANNEL RADIO ANDTHE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS INK DEALMay 12, 2008, Cleveland, Ohio…Clear Channel Radio and The Cleveland Cavaliers have come to terms on a 5-year contract extension … [Read more...]
Rover About To Lose A Market?
Posted on May 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment
When he exited CBS Radio alt-rock WXRK/92.3 "K-Rock" in his home market of Cleveland, Shane "Rover" French's "Rover's Morning Glory" show retained two affiliates that were once owned by CBS, in Memphis and Rochester.The stations continued to broadcast repeats of "RMG" until the Rover Crew set up shop in an leased studio at their new Cleveland home, the Oak Tree compound housing their now-current flagship, Clear Channel rock WMMS/100.7, weeks before that station took over as Rover's Cleveland … [Read more...]
Loose Ends For A Friday
Posted on May 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Fridays seem like just the time to clear up loose ends before the weekend...so, here we are!NOT YET FOR ALL: Though it appears that Time Warner Cable has flipped around its digital cable channel lineups for the bulk of its Northeast Ohio customers, there are apparently some yet to be converted.We're basing this on our own anecdotal evidence, but the former Adelphia/Western Reserve cluster in northeast Summit County and nearby would appear to be doing without the digital channel realignment - … [Read more...]
THIS JUST IN: Bye, Bye, Bob and Tom
Posted on May 1, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Cleveland Clear Channel rocker WMMS/100.7 is "rocking again" in the middle of the day.The station has just announced that the midday placement of syndicated morning drive talk show "Bob and Tom" is history, as of today. Midday air personality Maria returns to her old time slot starting at 11 AM."Bob and Tom"'s recorded presence in middays was made necessary a month ago, when WMMS snagged the rights to Shane "Rover" French and his "Rover's Morning Glory" show - formerly heard on CBS Radio … [Read more...]
Realignment Hits Former Adelphia Areas
Posted on April 30, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The long-promised, long-awaited Time Warner Cable digital channel realignment appears to have officially spread to the former Adelphia systems based in Cleveland.At least it happened at OMW World Headquarters in the early morning hours of this Wednesday, April 30th...and we have heard scattered reports that we're not alone.There are still some glitches, at least in our personal experience. A couple of new channels listed aren't available, or are apparently not correctly aligned with whatever … [Read more...]
TWC Ex-Adelphia Changes Early Tuesday?
Posted on April 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 9:15 AM 4/22/08: There's a good reason there's a question mark on this item's title.As below, TWC did indeed move SportsTime Ohio's analog feed from 17 to 76 last night in the former Adelphia areas. There's now a screen up on 17 directing viewers to tune into 76.As far as we can tell from our vantage point, the rest of the alignment did not happen.We'll see if it happens tomorrow night.Our original item is below...-------------If you believe this notice on the front of SportsTime Ohio's … [Read more...]
TWC Digital Realignment Update
Posted on April 17, 2008 · Leave a Comment
An update to our earlier post/question about Time Warner Cable's local digital channel realignment...TWC's Bill Jasso tells OMW that the cable operator expects to complete the digital channel moves in the Greater Cleveland area by the end of this month.The cable operator has already put in the new digital lineup in the so-called "legacy" areas in the Akron/Canton region - the systems that the company previously operated before acquiring Adelphia and Comcast's Cleveland area subscribers.He also … [Read more...]
THIS JUST IN: WKYC/TWC Akron/Canton News Shutting Down
Posted on April 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment
WKYC and Time Warner Cable announced today that "Akron/Canton News", the WKYC-produced weekday news broadcast airing on Time Warner Cable's "NEON" local programming channel at 6:30 and 10 PM, will close up shop on May 30th.Channel 3 senior director and Friend of OMW Frank Macek has an item on the end of "ACN" on his "Director's Cut" blog this evening, with a quote from WKYC general manager Brooke Spectorsky. The station blames poor economic conditions for the end of the newscast.And the anchor … [Read more...]
Our Number One Asked Question
Posted on April 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment
We wouldn't say we get a flood of E-Mail, but even when we're away, we get a decent trickle.And the number one asked question of the past few days is:"When will Time Warner Cable complete their digital channel realignment?"Those asking the questions, as near as we can tell, are in TWC's "North/Cleveland" territory, otherwise known as the former Adelphia and Comcast system areas TWC acquired some time back. By all we've heard, the former "legacy" TWC systems in the Akron/Canton area have made … [Read more...]
Cleveland HD Locals On Dish Network
Posted on April 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment
It's official, according to a Dish Network press release: The company is offering HD "local-into-local" service for the Cleveland market.All of the market's "Big Four" network affiliates are being offered: WKYC/3 (NBC), WEWS/5 (ABC), WJW/8 (FOX) and WOIO/19 (CBS). For now, at least, the satellite provider won't offer either WUAB/43 (MyNetworkTV) or WBNX/55 (CW) in HD.Competitor DirecTV has offered HD locals in the Cleveland TV market for some time.OMW hears that HD locals on Dish Network, at … [Read more...]
