OMW hears that Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100 Cleveland afternoon drive host Mike Trivisonno has lost the services of two long-time show staffers.Out the door at Oak Tree, presumably due to budget cuts, are producer/sidekicks Paul Rado and Marty Allen.Rado joined the Triv show staff, if we're remembering right, when he offered up his impression of former Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell to the show. He's also hosted some of the station's weekend sports talk shows."Big Daddy" Marty Allen has been … [Read more...]
Wednesday’s Radio And TV Openness
Posted on April 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We've got a couple of corrections in the hopper.But first, some FM radio on-air changes... at least one of which has been actually been discussed openly with listeners. Now, there's a change...FISH MOVES: When a radio station is forced to consolidate its staffing and lineup - usually leaving at least one person out of work - management isn't exactly forthcoming about the moves.Leaving personalities often leave with what gets called a "Soviet-style purge" from station websites and promotional … [Read more...]
Returns And Changes
Posted on April 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Some assorted stuff in our Thursday update...PUBLIC EYE RETURN: When long-time CBS Radio AC WDOK/102.1 morning co-host Robin Benzle found herself not waking up Cleveland with Trapper Jack on the station's popular morning show, she lamented that it'd be difficult to find her way back onto the air...as stations seemed to be interested in female hosts who were - as she put it to Plain Dealer media columnist Julie Washington - "giggle queens".There's no such worry about the Internet, where Benzle … [Read more...]
Picking Back Up
Posted on April 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Our apologies for the lengthy absence...aside from the Christmas-to-New Year's break we usually take, or an occasional planned hiatus, we're not usually gone that long.But one of our regular phrases here is "Life Intervenes". (If someone uses that for a book or movie title, we want a cut!)So, remember that if we don't update often enough for you...feel free to ask for a pro-rated adjustment to your subscription...WVIZ'S PLANS: Ever since the earlier news that the new WKYC/3 antenna tower was … [Read more...]
News, Snow and Trouble
Posted on April 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 4/7/09 2:10 PM: Thanks to WNIR listener and OMW reader "Wayne in Akron", here's your answer to the "when it starts" question for the Akron talk station's new weekend show with Bob Earley:----- WNIR's new weekend "Earley In The Evening" show begins on Saturday, April 25th according to the station's website scroll and the commercial that has aired a few time.-----When we checked the website earlier, the scroll wasn't working for us, and Earley hasn't been added to the "24/7 Program Guide" … [Read more...]
Tuesday: Columbus And Beyond
Posted on March 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 3/31/09 7:25 PM: We have properly attributed the last item in this scroll to long-time Cleveland radio voice Ted Lux. Thanks, Ted! We're proud to call you a Friend of OMW...-------------------It's pretty quiet on the radio/TV front in our home base area of Northeast Ohio, but there are plenty of items from Central Ohio. And...maybe one or two with a Cleveland-area link.As per usual, we'll mark the sub-items with a bold-print headline, so you can quickly scroll past the stuff you don't … [Read more...]
Monday’s Delayed
Posted on March 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We're a bit on the late side for your usual Monday morning update, as we've been spending time struggling with local Internet issues.As we were preparing to make another trek to a Wifi hotspot, our service returned...PD ON THE DEFENSE: In the today's troubled world of newspapers, those publications are turning to a tried, tested defense..."The rumors of our demise are greatly exaggerated".That's pretty much it in a nutshell for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, which is putting out all the stops … [Read more...]
Gazette Consolidation Response
Posted on March 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Our earlier item on the conslidation between the co-owned Medina County Gazette and the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram got a lot of response.But we've now received a "letter to the editor" from Chronicle-Telegram managing editor Julie Wallace, and we've given her the opportunity to respond directly in a new item...------------------I would like to comment on the merger of the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram and the Medina Gazette.Earlier this month, we – as in, Lorain County Printing and Publishing Co., … [Read more...]
Tuesday’s Full Basket
Posted on March 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment
It's a pretty random, but important, collection of items in our basket on Tuesday morning...OH, AND BY THE WAY, THE PD: The news of the impending end of another American newspaper had everyone buzzing Monday, including your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm).Oh, by the way, employees of the Northeast Ohio sister paper of the Ann Arbor News took a budget hit Monday as well.Shortly after we took ourselves out of the media news stream to attend to Real Life, the Cleveland Plain Dealer announced its own latest … [Read more...]
More Gannett Furloughs
Posted on March 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment
This Monday is turning out to be full of bad news, unfortunately, and this one is on the economic side.According to an internal memo obtained by the folks at the FishbowlDC blog, troubled media giant Gannett is turning to its employees for more unpaid time...saying the "unprecedented economic downturn" has forced it to make more "difficult decisions". Quoting:One of those choices was between more layoffs or another round of furloughs. We chose, for most employees, a furlough program consisting … [Read more...]
