This is an exclusive blog post about local Cleveland TV. It will appear on no other blog...until someone picks up our RSS feed or links to us, of course. But at the moment we're typing this, it's exclusive. Honest. FUN WITH RESERVE SQUARE: The reason our tongue is so firmly in cheek above is due to Reserve Square. Raycom Media's WOIO/19-WUAB/43 "19 Action News" breathlessly promoted an "exclusive" interview of Joe Jackson, father of the late Michael Jackson, on the 10 PM edition of "19 … [Read more...]
Supersized Update
Posted on April 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment
As promised, here's our update that spans all over the map, and with updates on just about every subject area we cover. How big is it? Let's just put it this way...we're lucky Blogger doesn't charge at all, let alone by the kilobyte...WVPX HD: Put on hold by Ion Media Networks' bankruptcy a while back, the HD upgrade at Ion's local owned-and-operated station is complete.Over-air viewers of Akron-licensed WVPX/23 are now seeing an HD feed on 23.1, and viewers of Time Warner Cable will get the … [Read more...]
From Cleveland To Youngstown to Canada
Posted on April 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
...and beyond, as this is quite a geographically-broad update...KEN COURTRIGHT: Services were held Thursday for long-time Cleveland and Northeast Ohio radio newsman Ken Courtright, who died Saturday at the age of 74.A complete obituary is available at the Linn-Hert-Geib Funeral Home website, and in our earlier item, someone posted a comment with a link to video of the service, which is now archived and available for viewing. (It appears to be password protected, so we're not sure we should … [Read more...]
Notable Events
Posted on April 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Clearing out the "Already Posted On Twitter" file, and other things...CLEVELAND RADIO NEWS LEGEND PASSES: For decades in the Cleveland market and beyond, Ken Courtright was synonymous with the phrase "radio news".Courtright passed away Saturday in New Philadelphia.Though he spent a lot of time in his native Tuscarawas County, including two decades as news director of Tuscarawas Broadcasting talk WBTC/1540 Uhrichsville, Courtright spent a lot of time at major Cleveland stations.From our own item … [Read more...]
About Christine
Posted on March 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
We're still "away" from the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) for the most part, though we'd been planning a comprehensive update sometime soon.Since we've been actually sitting on this one since mid-February, and are now getting questions on it from readers, we'll let this item free early.Yes, Scripps Cleveland ABC affiliate WEWS/5 has a new meteorologist. From a station memo released about a month ago:Christine Ferreira will join the Good Morning Cleveland team as Meteorologist. Christine comes to … [Read more...]
Monday’s Follow
Posted on February 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment
This one is mostly updates or comments, on earlier items...we were quite busy over the weekend, as you can see. Though there is at least one "new" item or two...ANOTHER POLITICIAN: Our blogging colleague over at Gannett Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC/3, senior director and "DIrector's Cut" blogger Frank Macek, tells us that former WKYC anchor Tim White isn't the only former station anchor to head for the ballot box.As we noted here, White filed in the Democratic primary for the 17th Ohio House … [Read more...]
He’s Running, and He’s Probably Running
Posted on February 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
It seems like the entire media and political world kept a close eye on filings for Northern Ohio congressional primary races due Friday. But while one high profile local media personality isn't running - yet - the local media personality who is running may surprise you.When the 4 PM deadline hit, former Mahoning Valley congressman-turned-con-turned-radio host Jim Traficant did not file in the Democratic primary for two congressional seats he's been eyeing - his former slot in the 17th District, … [Read more...]
Tuesday Night Clear Out
Posted on February 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 2/3/10 9:15 AM: Duji is back on "Rover's Morning Glory", as the show talks about working through a "very difficult" personal dispute between Duji and Rover, who used to date. That's all for us on this topic.For those looking for the "gory details", "19 Action News" has more...-----------Clearing out not only our Twitter feed, but some other stuff...some interesting, some frustrating...WHERE'S DUJI?: No, we haven't seen the face of Clear Channel rock/talk WMMS/100.7 "Rover's Morning … [Read more...]
Snow Day
Posted on January 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 1/8/10 1:45 PM: The upcoming Jim Traficant radio show on Clear Channel Cleveland talk WTAM/1100 is "only the beginning", says the former Congressman's new management representation in an article in the Youngstown Vindicator this week. A choice quote:Traficant signed a three-month contract with WTAM with a clause that lets him out of the deal if he decides to run for Congress, said Dennis Malloy, his director of communications. Feb. 18 is the filing deadline to run in the May 4 … [Read more...]
Browns And Scripps
Posted on December 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment
This is our final update for this hectic week - OK, so it's been hectic only for us, but we hope you understand. Sometimes, life is somewhat more important than assuring that a blog on local media news is regularly updated.The good news? Even battling connectivity problems in a temporary situation away from the OMW World Headquarters, we can still manage to update our Twitter account. We've already had some of these updates there, and please keep watching in case we can't get back to the … [Read more...]
