We're still consulting the OMW Medical Staff, and getting used to our "new normal", for now. But we didn't have to put a lot of effort into these items, so here we go...BLACKOUT AVERTED: Fans of the NFL's Cleveland Browns are rejoicing...they're partying in the streets...they're...OK, maybe they're not partying or rejoicing.Northeast Ohio's sorry excuse for a "professional football team" will make their only prime-time TV appearance on ESPN's "Monday Night Football" this coming Monday, and … [Read more...]
No, You Can’t Get The Flu From Us
Posted on November 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Like a lot of other Northeast Ohioans, your Primary Editorial Voice(tm) is forced to admit that we have SOME sort of illness.We've slept most of the past two days, and have invoked the OMW Medical Staff to help figure this out for us.We know that the usual instructions involve plenty of rest, and plenty of liquids, but don't usually outline plenty of updates to a blog...so, we've been tending to Offline Life(tm) most of the time.As far as we know, we do NOT have the H1N1 or "swine" flu - that … [Read more...]
Out Of The Box On Tuesday
Posted on October 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Yeah, we've hung onto a lot of items, though our Twitter feed has previewed one of them...A SUNNY EXIT, AND ENTRANCE: Word spread quickly on Friday that Saga Columbus OM/PD Tony Florentino's contract was not being renewed, and sure enough, he exited the building shortly thereafter.As it turns out, someone was waiting to take the job at the "Columbus Radio Group" stations, including AC powerhouse WSNY/94.7 "Sunny 95"...Cincinnati radio vet T.J. Holland heads up I-71 to take the Saga Columbus … [Read more...]
Returning With A Full Basket
Posted on October 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment
As we officially exit from our latest hiatus (is there a ceremony we have to do or something?), news from every corner of our media world is breaking out. And if there's breaking media news, we're here to fix it...RATINGS CURRENCY: We've heard for a few weeks now that Arbitron's Portable People Meters, the electronic future of radio audience measurement, were filtering into the Cleveland market.And we've heard for months that the PPMs will basically "change everything" when it comes to radio … [Read more...]
Monday Followup
Posted on October 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We're back, and there's not really any earth-shattering news about media in our coverage area...Yet.While we throw that out there, let's pick up the pieces on this Monday...MORE ON THE HD SIDE: We sifted through Time Warner Cable Northeast Ohio's "Programming Notices" page last month, informing you of new additions the company has to publicize as part of legal notices it runs in area newspapers.There's another wave there now, listed for next month:The following changes are planned on or after … [Read more...]
Disjointed, But Here
Posted on October 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
You may notice that we're trying out some new things, and new ways of updating the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm).Just bear with us...as we're testing how these new methods work in practice. For the nonce, you could well see Twitter-style mini-updates in the main OMW stream for a while...like below...HAILING COLUMBUS: OMW hears that the new Central Ohio 102.5 signal, licensed to Baltimore OH, has apparently made its move to the new facility intended on serving the Columbus market.An OMW reader on … [Read more...]
Thursday’s Oddities
Posted on August 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Aside from our breaking news a little earlier (see item below), Thursday's list is just as mixed up as our last entry on Wednesday...ARE YOU READY FOR SOME HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL?: As we've noted, Northeast Ohio's high school football season kicks off this week...and in fact, tonight.(Back in the Dark Ages, when your Primary Editorial Voice[tm] was in high school, teams didn't play on Thursday nights...but now, they do.)We've kept track of the TV side of high school football coverage, but haven't … [Read more...]
Midweek Potpourri
Posted on July 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Here we go, again...as our list of items continues to grow...C-BUS TO DETROIT: OMW hears that Clear Channel Columbus top 40 WNCI/97.9-AC WLZT/93.3 program director Michael McCoy is heading to Michigan, and not to watch the Buckeyes play the Wolverines.McCoy is heading for a new job at Clear Channel sister top 40 outlet WKQI/95.5 "Channel 95-5" in Detroit. We hear his last day will be this Friday.Back in Columbus, OMW hears about the temporary shuffle to fill-in for the exiting McCoy, which … [Read more...]
Weather And Storms
Posted on July 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment
And the latter part of our title, this time, isn't necessarily about thunderstorms...it's about economic storms, again. But first...MCSHEA RETURNS: OMW hears that former Cleveland Gannett NBC affiliate WKYC/3 meteorologist and "Good Company" co-host Eileen McShea is about to return to local TV, but not at 13th and Lakeside.Instead, she'll be doing weather on Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 "NewsChannel 5"'s weekend newscasts...at least for now.The folks at 3001 Euclid are "down one" weather … [Read more...]
ODTV: Some Hope For WJW Signal?
Posted on July 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We're not sure we're releasing the balloons and celebrating just yet, but an OMW/ODTV reader is sharing what could be good news for those over-air digital viewers struggling to receive Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8.Read more on our Ohio Digital TV blog... … [Read more...]
