UPDATE 12:10 AM 10/11/12: Jim Davison tells OMW that he will continue as operations manager of WHTX/1570 Warren, which will continue in its current standards format as "The Fabulous 1570" and retain its current staff and features. Jim also confirms that WYCL/1540 Niles has changed from classic country to a Spanish-language format as of Tuesday afternoon... ----- We're catching up again with a wide variety of media items, both in kind and location... DISH DEAL: Viewers to Gannett NBC … [Read more...]
From Sports To TV To New Radio
Posted on October 3, 2012 · 3 Comments
The title says it all. And as usual as of late, some of these are brand new, and some are catching up over the past few days... INDIANS STAYING ON WTAM: So, we hinted about this both on our social media presence and earlier this week right here on the blog, on an item we posted last week: "Before we dive into this item, one note: Don’t print those “92.3 The Fan/Indians” bumper stickers just yet..." We got a little "back patting" flack pointing back to this on Twitter, but really, we were far … [Read more...]
Heading Into A Grab Bag
Posted on May 30, 2012 · 1 Comment
As we head into June, which has the potential to be a very busy month for us (both good and bad), let's let out some more items. We may be a bit scarce for a while, again, due to Life Intervening(tm), but we'll be around from time to time... WHAT COMES UP, EVENTUALLY COMES DOWN: We spent a lot of time with the digital TV transition back in 2009, both here and on our other blog, Ohio Digital TV. One major change on the TV landscape in Northeast Ohio was the occupant of RF channel 17. Channel … [Read more...]
Alt Rock “99X” For Cleveland Translator?
Posted on May 23, 2012 · 14 Comments
UPDATE 5/23/12 12:02 PM: As expected, alt-rock "99X" has launched on the 99.1 translator known legally now as W256BT (due to the move from 99.7 to 99.1). Debut song: "Gold on the Ceiling" by Akron's Black Keys. UPDATE 5/23/12 11:15 AM: There's word out of Oak Tree that this may launch on 99.1 FM as soon as 12 noon today. We noticed what we think is a dead carrier on 99.1 a little earlier, replacing a distant, scratchy pickup of what we believe was BAS Broadcasting's WFRO/99.1 "Eagle 99.1" … [Read more...]
Technical And Non-Technical
Posted on December 6, 2011 · 6 Comments
UPDATE 12/6/11 6:23 PM: If you're just seeing this notice, we've added one more update we forgot...at the end of this item... -------- We have some "facilities" items up front, and a nice mix of non-technical stuff after that. Scroll down for the latter... THE WBNX FLY IN WJW'S OINTMENT: We breathlessly reported here recently that the Federal Communications Commission had issued an "NPRM" (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking) that would clear the way for Local TV LLC Fox affiliate WJW/8 in … [Read more...]
Assorted Monday News Nuggets
Posted on March 28, 2011 · 6 Comments
LAFORCE IS WITH FOX 8: It looks like Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8 has brought aboard a new sports reporter after former weeknight sports anchor Tony Rizzo's departure last December. VermilionOhioNews.com posted on their March 28 issue that Vermilion native Allie LaForce has been hired by WJW as a sports reporter. A recent broadcast journalism graduate of Ohio University (where she also played on the Bobcats' girls basketball team), LaForce was the Miss Teen for 2005 and also made a guest … [Read more...]
The WKSU Item
Posted on August 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Kent State University's WKSU/89.7 has been so busy lately...we've talked with the station's Ann VerWiebe the past few days more than we've talked with some of our relatives. But...there's been a lot to talk about on East Summit Street...so, let's get started... THE SOUND OF REGINA: Plain Dealer columnist Regina Brett makes her local public radio return with a new weekly show on WKSU. The former Friday host of Ideastream WCPN/90.3's "The Sound of Ideas" launches her own program on the … [Read more...]
The Big Flood
Posted on August 10, 2010 · 4 Comments
UPDATED 8/10/10 10:45 PM: Oops! There's one more item we forgot to mention, which you can read by scrolling down to the bottom if you read this when it came out... --------- We don't know why we bother to go on hiatus, no matter how busy life beyond the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) may be. Items tend to write themselves, anyway, and basically demand to be put up...and there's another flood we have to deal with... WCLV MOVE: Classical mainstay WCLV in Cleveland has already made one big move in the … [Read more...]
Wholly Unrelated Items
Posted on June 7, 2010 · 7 Comments
UPDATE 6/8/10 8:55 AM: Radio-Info.com's Tom Taylor confirms that McConnell is heading to WGN, starting August 9th...thanks to TSMW for the heads up! --- Here are two three items that are entirely unrelated, except they both all have to do with radio... FIRST OF TWO?: This is right in the middle of the Tri-State Media Watch coverage area, but we've always kept an eye on this station, anyway...and it, as we've long said, is much bigger than Cincinnati. And it could have effects up here, … [Read more...]
HD Radio Changes
Posted on June 6, 2010 · 3 Comments
UPDATE 12:08 PM 6/7/10: WKSU has added HD4 to its primary 89.7 signal, and it is indeed the "News Channel" feed available via online streaming... --- Despite the availability of relatively modestly priced HD Radios - we hear the Insignia portable we've used is now $39 at Best Buy - there probably still aren't a lot of HD Radio listeners in Northeast Ohio. But it isn't like it was in the early days of the technology, where your Primary Editorial Voice(tm) was one of probably about a dozen … [Read more...]
