We reported earlier about planned changes to mostly-the-digital lineup of Time Warner Cable's Northeast Ohio systems, as channels above 100 will be realigned to a near-identical lineup sometime this week.The TWC legal notice we quoted from their website said the changes would be "on or about March 4th", which at last check, is tomorrow.Here's another sign, courtesy of our friend Frank Macek, senior director at Gannett NBC affiliate WKYC/3, and an item on his "Director's Cut" blog:ALL Time Warner … [Read more...]
Big Monday Roundup
Posted on October 8, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We've been compiling this one on and off over the weekend, and it's grown seemingly by the hour.So, let's unleash the Big Monday Roundup, with 60's and 70's oldies music in the background, in honor of WZOO/102.5's flip from top 40 to oldies over the weekend...NO FSN OHIO HD?: Since the channel is not used all that often, we didn't know about this until the appearance of George M. Thomas' "Airing It Out" column in the Akron Beacon Journal on Thursday.But it appears FOX Sports Net Ohio has … [Read more...]
Controversy With Drennan
Posted on March 26, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Our title, of course, is a play on the name of sportscaster Bruce Drennan's former WKNR/850 morning show, "Mornings With Drennan". Feel free to sing it out loud in the style of, say, a show tune...Ever since regional sports network SportsTime Ohio announced that Drennan would host a daily talk show on the channel ("All Bets Are Off"), the Northeast Ohio media world can't stop buzzing about the hiring of a man who so recently walked out of a federal penitentiary, he has to get a work release … [Read more...]
Up From The Minors
Posted on February 7, 2007 · Leave a Comment
The long-time play-by-play voice of the AAA Buffalo Bisons is following a number of players for that Indians minor league team, and is moving up to the major leagues.Bisons' radio voice Jim Rosenhaus has been named as radio pre-game host, and producer/engineer, for the Cleveland Indians Radio Network broadcasts - which originate at flagship station Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100.The position had been advertised as an opening for some time.OMW believes that it's a new hybrid position, and doesn't … [Read more...]
