This update will hopefully clear out the ol' inbox for the weekend.We're not going on an official "hiatus" over the holiday weekend, and will update anything major (format changes, major personnel changes at local TV and radio outlets and the like). But since it will be a holiday weekend, we don't expect much...WJW MOVES COMING: We have no idea why, but we get at least a handful of E-Mails out of nowhere every single week asking us when FOX O&O WJW/8 "FOX 8" Cleveland will adopt the … [Read more...]
No Longer “Free”
Posted on May 24, 2007 · Leave a Comment
A format flip in New York City may have minor, or future, effects on Cleveland.CBS Radio talk WFNY/92.3 "Free FM" in the Big Apple has dumped the talk format. AllAccess reports that later today, the station will return to its old "K-Rock" slogan and rock format, focusing on 90's rock and "some currents and 80's titles".At least for now, morning drive team Opie & Anthony - normally shared with XM Satellite Radio - remain in the new "92.3 K-Rock" lineup...staying in mornings on the otherwise … [Read more...]
Tuesday Night Musings
Posted on May 22, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Some stuff to get out of the hopper, so we can work on other things...BLAME LEBRON: As OMW - thanks to an Orlando newspaper writer - reported back in April, Raycom Media CBS affiliate WOIO/19 "19 Action News" is losing weekend sports anchor/reporter David Pingalore to Orlando's WKMG/6, the CBS affiliate in that Florida city.Well, eventually.OMW hears via Orlando blogger Roger Simmons' TV blog - which quotes TV news/gossip site NewsBlues - that Mr. Pingalore hasn't left the North Coast yet for … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: WKYC Hires New Sports Reporter
Posted on May 21, 2007 · Leave a Comment
There's a new sports reporter joining up with a local TV station - but it's not the station which is down to the bare minimum in that department.WKYC/3 has announced that Joe Brown joins the "Channel 3 News" sports department alongside sports director Jim Donovan and reporter/anchor Brian Colleran. The first heads up, as usual, comes from WKYC senior director Frank Macek's "Director's Cut" blog.Brown has an extensive resume, but was most recently the studio pre-game/post-game host for Denver … [Read more...]
A Newsy, Newsy Week’s End
Posted on May 18, 2007 · Leave a Comment
(Our apologies for posting this without allowing comments...it's a mistake that has been corrected. Thanks! -- The Management)Local media news items are stacking up like so many planes trying to land, so we'll try to close them out as we close out the week. And since we've done a lot of TV items recently, let's start on the radio side...WERE, WJMO SWAP: Radio One, on the heels of selling off its Dayton stations (we'll revisit that below), has announced major changes in Cleveland involving its … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: Tom Meyer To WKYC
Posted on May 18, 2007 · Leave a Comment
An OMW reader just found this item on WKYC/3 senior director Frank Macek's excellent "Director's Cut" blog.Frank reports that WOIO/19 investigative reporter Tom Meyer will be coming to "Channel 3 News" as Chief Investigative Reporter.In the end, it basically amounts to a "trade" between the local NBC affiliate and CBS affiliate, if a bit removed.Former "Channel 3 News" investigative reporter Carl Monday left WKYC bound for "19 Action News", though he's had to sit off camera to wait out a … [Read more...]
Thursday Mix – Serious To Funny
Posted on May 17, 2007 · Leave a Comment
And therefore removing any doubt that items just fall together here, with no particular rhyme or reason...until they start running together coherently, as if by magic...BIG TEN, NOT YET: An OMW reader tipped us to this article on the "Bucknuts" site, which is an independent sports news site catering to All Things Athletic concerning The Ohio State University. (We hear there's a state law prohibiting one from referring to that big university in Columbus without using the article "The" in … [Read more...]
Midweek Teasers
Posted on May 16, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Well, mostly teasers, as it's a motley collection of semi-developed items and rumblings...with SOME very solid news...FAREWELL SOON: OMW was the very first place where the impending retirement of WJW/8 "FOX 8"'s Big Chuck and Lil John was reported in October 2006, much to the chagrin of, well, management on South Marginal Road.Just one day later, Plain Dealer entertainment/media writer Julie Washington talked to "Big Chuck" Schodowski, who told her that he was considering retirement...oh, right … [Read more...]
Closing The Week
Posted on May 11, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We've got a bunch of items just waiting to see air. Or, umm, pixels...NEWS DIRECTOR SHUFFLE: Cleveland has been one of the larger TV markets to have two news director openings at the same time.OMW hears noise that one of the two positions is all but filled, and the other has some strong candidates.We'll get to that one first.We're told by sources walking by South Marginal Road that two in-house candidates are among the top contenders for the job to replace Greg Easterly at FOX O&O WJW/8 - … [Read more...]
Thursday In-Box Clear Out
Posted on May 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Just some random stuff we've been sitting on for a while...FLYING ND: We catch up with a lot of news about Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC/3 without even having to contact anyone - by way of station senior director Frank Macek's "Director's Cut" blog.This time, Frank checks in with former WKYC news director Dick Moore, who left the station for a teaching job in the journalism school at the University of South Carolina.Moore is on a break from that teaching gig to fly around the country in a … [Read more...]
