Note: The Blogger interface sometimes munges URL links with ampersands in them.If any of the below links don't work, go to the FCC's TV Query page, put in any of the below call letters, and when you get a station's information returned, click on "Application List" anywhere it appears. You'll be able to find the proper documents there...look for the ones filed this past week.------------Less than one year from now, all those big, analog signals that have fed Northeast Ohio TV sets our local … [Read more...]
A Rover Update
Posted on February 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment
More news this afternoon out of Camp Rover, soon to be based at Clear Channel's Oak Tree World Domination HQ in suburban Cleveland.OMW hears that while former WKRK/92.3 "K-Rock" morning chien Shane "Rover" French and his gang won't be heard on "Rover's Morning Glory's" new home, rock WMMS/100.7, until April 1st... Rover and his minions will start doing live shows again on Monday.Sources tell us that from Monday until the show's Cleveland return, "RMG" will be heard live on the syndicated … [Read more...]
And Even More Silent
Posted on February 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment
There's still no confirmation of what we reported here earlier - the move of now-former WKRK/92.3 "K-Rock" morning host Shane "Rover" French to Clear Channel rock WMMS/100.7, scheduled to start on April 1st.We haven't heard much in the past day or so, aside from rumblings from within Clear Channel's Oak Tree World Domination HQ that engineers are busy - reconfiguring the WMMS studio to Rover's specifications.But there is one more small thing.The note put up by Rover the other day on … [Read more...]
Peter Brown’s NE Ohio Radio Return – Well, Sort Of
Posted on February 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Local sports radio fans with long memories certainly recall the controversial days of Peter Brown, who kicked up a lot of dust when he did the afternoon drive show on then-Cablevision-owned WKNR, then "SportsRadio 1220".After leaving for network radio, Mr. Brown ended up doing afternoons on Entercom sports talk WSSP/1250 in Milwaukee - until being let go a while back.At least temporarily, Northeast Ohio sports radio listeners will get a taste of Peter Brown's voice again.AllAccess reports that … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: WEWS ND Exits For Florida
Posted on February 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 2:39 PM 2/21/08: Hal Boedeker, TV writer for the "Orlando Sentinel", reports the Hyvonen hiring in Orlando on his "TV Guy" blog...---------------------OMW hears that Steve Hyvonen, news director of Scripps Cleveland ABC affiliate WEWS/5, has announced his resignation today from "NewsChannel 5".We hear from sources at 3001 Euclid that Hyvonen has accepted a new job in Florida, where he has numerous family ties, and has worked in the past. He'll become news director of Orlando market CBS … [Read more...]
Sources: WMMS Getting Rover
Posted on February 20, 2008 · Leave a Comment
OMW hears from reliable sources that Clear Channel Cleveland is trumpeting the move of former WKRK/92.3 "K-Rock" morning star Shane "Rover" French, and his "Rover's Morning Glory" show, to the company's Cleveland rock outlet - WMMS/100.7.We hear that advertising clients are being notified of the move, which is scheduled to take place on April 1st. (And no, we don't believe it's an April Fool's joke.) The notification says the WMMS deal with French and his show was finalized late Tuesday … [Read more...]
SportsTime Ohio Going 24/7 HD
Posted on February 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Lost amid all of the Radio Canine News of the past couple of days...Cleveland-based regional sports network SportsTime Ohio has announced the upcoming launch of a 24/7 HDTV channel.The full-time HD channel, complete with local studio productions done in HD, is set to launch April 1st... just in time for the Cleveland Indians' regular season. STO had already announced that all Indians games, home and away, will be in HD for the regular season.Now, who will carry it?"We are pleased to announce … [Read more...]
More Barking From Rover
Posted on February 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Now-former CBS Radio alt-rock WKRK/92.3 "K-Rock" morning host Shane "Rover" French is saying a LITTLE more about his situation with the station's owner, CBS Radio, on his website.But...not much more.In a blog post titled "Uncharacteristically Quiet", the host known to his family as Shane French says he can't talk about the ongoing situation between the show and CBS Radio for one big reason.At this time the show is still under contract to CBS. They've told us we can't talk about it, nor can we … [Read more...]
Your Rover Update
Posted on February 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment
As promised, more on what we're hearing about the apparent departure of WKRK/92.3 "K-Rock" morning doggie Shane "Rover" French from his perch at the CBS Radio Cleveland alt-rocker.We've heard unconfirmed, but strongly sourced rumblings, that Rover has accepted an offer from a competing station. We don't understand the exact situation, but apparently, Mr. French wasn't under the provisions of a non-compete - as the folks at CBS hoped to sign him to a new contract.Our "rumblings" are seemingly … [Read more...]
Rover Out At “K-Rock”?
Posted on February 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment
We know nothing about it yet, but...An OMW reader alerts us that CBS Radio Cleveland alt-rocker WKRK/92.3 "K-Rock" is playing syndicated Opie & Anthony this morning - normally in afternoon drive - in place of "Rover's Morning Glory".And "K-Rock's" website appears to have been cleansed of any mention of the station's long-time morning show, hosted by Shane "Rover" French.We don't see anything on the "Rover's Morning Glory" site that would indicate the end of the show on WKRK.More as we hear … [Read more...]
