Here's retiring anchor Ted Henry's letter to his colleagues at WEWS:-------------Dear Friends,After lengthy consideration, I have come to the major decision that this is the right moment of my life to retire. My last day will be May 20th.I leave with feelings of satisfaction, fulfillment and with expectations for an enjoyable retirement of continued learning. I also leave with nostalgia for all my friends and experiences during my 44 years in the broadcasting industry in Northeastern Ohio, … [Read more...]
Ted Henry Retires: WEWS Press Release
Posted on April 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Veteran NewsChannel 5 Anchor Ted Henry RetiresCleveland – After nearly 38 years at WEWS-TV, anchor Ted Henry will retire effective May 20, 2009. In an announcement to station colleagues today, Ted says he “will leave with feelings of satisfaction, fulfillment and with expectations for an enjoyable retirement of continued learning.” Ted plans to spend more time traveling around the world with his wife, Jody.Ted began his broadcasting career in 1964 at a radio station in his home town of … [Read more...]
Ted Henry’s Retirement
Posted on April 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment
So much for that hiatus thing...but we had no idea THIS would be announced.As linked over to the left on our Twitter account, nearly 38 year veteran WEWS/5 news anchor Ted Henry is retiring this May 20th.We have some more related items we won't be able to put up here for another couple of hours or so, but keep watching...they will be added.Until then, you can read WEWS' announcement at the link on our Twitter feed..again, to the left side of this very Mighty Blog... … [Read more...]
Abby Heads Home
Posted on April 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment
A heads-up - your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) will be on hiatus through early next week. Most likely, we'll return sometime Monday or Tuesday.In the meantime, we'll continue to use our Twitter feed (seen at left) to pass along any breaking local media news, as we did Wednesday afternoon on this item...ABBY'S RETURN: You can take the morning news anchor out of Tennessee, but you apparently can't take the Tennessee out of the morning news anchor.When Gannett NBC affiliate WKYC/3 reset its morning … [Read more...]
Tuesday’s Normal
Posted on April 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment
An interesting mix this morning, including a couple of updates to radio items we've had recently...HORROR TURN: Like when most radio people end up involuntarily headed for unemployment, it seemed like former CBS Radio Cleveland classic rock WNCX/98.5 morning co-host Mike Oleszewski disappeared like a character in a horror movie.As it turns out, that's exactly what he'll be this summer.An alert OMW reader points out that "Mike O" will be in the cast of the horror movie "The Dead Matter", which … [Read more...]
No Connection Monday
Posted on April 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
It's pretty much All Quiet on the Media Front, with not much to pick up for this Monday update. But we wanted to let our readers know that we're around...somehow...SAVAGE VISIT: When talk WNIR/100.1 "The Talk of Akron" evening host Tom Erickson goes on vacation, the Akron market station will plug in one of its syndicated offerings...most of them usually consigned to regular late night/weekend clearances due to the full-time local talk schedule on WNIR.Until Westwood One dropped his show, Lars … [Read more...]
Assorted Wednesday Stuff
Posted on April 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
With the snow melting, we're gonna get this out of the way, head outside and pretend it's early April again.We may have missed some stuff...but you get the Primary Editorial Voice(tm) output you pay for...AND THE CLASS B WINNER IS: In an item just below this, we noted an online notice from a station broker offering up a class B Cleveland AM signal for sale, complete with a "new transmitter".We then went through a list of Cleveland-based AM class Bs, and picked 'em off pretty much one by one, … [Read more...]
It’s April 2nd
Posted on April 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We've turned the calendar to April 2nd, which means you may actually be able to believe what you hear or read again.We'll have an April Fools' Day aftermath item later in this scroll...but more important information comes first...NEWSCHANNEL 5 CHANGES: It's not quite the talent upheaval that Cleveland Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 "NewsChannel 5" has been known for in the past couple of years or so...but the station is doing some more on-air shuffling in the next week or so.OMW hears that … [Read more...]
Saturday Grab Bag
Posted on March 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Yes, we're adding a Saturday update here at the Mighty Blog...mostly because Friday got away with us...TOWER RISING: We've visited the transmitter site of Cleveland Gannett NBC affiliate WKYC/3 so often, the site's neighbors living along a nearby Parma street are starting to recognize the OMW Mobile on sight.We've made fast friends with a couple of 'em, and as a result, we're now hearing that WKYC's long-delayed tower is finally starting to go up - as of Friday. (As it turns out, if you live … [Read more...]
THIS JUST IN: Monica Robins Takes WKYC 7 PM Co-Anchor Slot
Posted on March 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
This one was just posted by WKYC/3 "Director's Cut" blogger Frank Macek:The Cleveland NBC affiliate is tapping "Channel 3 News" health reporter Monica Robins as the new co-anchor of the station's 7 PM newscast. Robins will join incumbent 7 PM anchor Eric Mansfield.The opening is due to the exit of current 7 PM co-anchor Carole Sullivan. As expected, she'll be leaving Cleveland to follow her husband Mike to San Diego, where he's joining the coaching staff of the NFL's San Diego Chargers. The … [Read more...]
