As if our earlier item - with a whole laundry list of changes at local TV newsrooms - wasn't enough... SAM'S REPLACEMENT: With well-liked Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 VP/general manager Sam Rosenwasser no longer in the building at 3001 Euclid, we now know who'll replace him. We'll turn to the company's official press release: Steve Weinstein, an award-winning journalist and forward-looking leader, has been named vice president and general manager of WEWS in Cleveland, effective Jan. 12. His … [Read more...]
Opening The Year
Posted on January 5, 2015 · 8 Comments
Welcome to 2015...but first, we have to clear out the backlog from the end of 2014... WKYC CHANGES: First, we turn to 13th and Lakeside, one of several busy places TV-wise as the calendar winded down the year. (We'll wind our way through all the other local TV news operations in Cleveland, as this string continues.) The job descriptions in the Spectorsky-Byrnes household have once again shifted, and Gannett NBC affiliate WKYC/3 station manager Micki Byrnes has taken the top job at the station … [Read more...]
Happy Holidays
Posted on December 23, 2014 · 1 Comment
There is one news item here (stay tuned!), this is mostly a note to let readers know that we are officially taking a Holiday Hiatus. Our news item is brief, and involves local TV. Denise Polverine, long-time Editor in Chief/Director of Digital Operations for Cleveland.com/Northeast Ohio Media Group, is making the jump to broadcast TV. Starting January 5th, she'll be taking her talents to 13th and Lakeside, where she'll be assistant news director at Gannett NBC affiliate … [Read more...]
Heading For 50 Years
Posted on December 11, 2014 · 1 Comment
The phrase "83 year old TV personality signs multi-year deal" is not something you would hear in pretty much any other TV market. But this is Cleveland, and he's Dick Goddard. The Plain Dealer's Mark Dawidziak reports that the veteran weatherman, who has been forecasting lake effect snow and summer sun in Cleveland longer than a large chunk of his audience has been alive, has indeed inked a multi-year deal with Tribune Fox affiliate WJW/8 that keeps him with the station through his 50th … [Read more...]
Football And Justice
Posted on November 20, 2014 · 3 Comments
No, we're not writing about Adrian Peterson. The title just happens to be our two subjects for this update... BROWNS TO 5: For those used to watching Gannett NBC affiliate WKYC/3 for your preseason Cleveland Browns fix, starting next year...you'll have to "Catch 5". Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 will become the Browns' "TV and digital partner" starting with the 2015 season. From a release out of 3001 Euclid: “Our consistent goal is to continually communicate with our fans and connect with … [Read more...]
Changes At 3001 Euclid
Posted on November 18, 2014 · 2 Comments
The folks at Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 are no strangers to change, and here comes a big one... SAM STEPPING DOWN: Vice president/general manager Sam Rosenwasser, who took over the top post at WEWS in 2010, is stepping down next month. It's been no secret that Rosenwasser has been battling health problems, but he all but brings the medical X-rays to Plain Dealer television writer Mark Dawidziak: Rosenwasser's health crisis began when his intestines were punctured during surgery for … [Read more...]
The TV Footwear Has Dropped
Posted on November 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment
In which we finally tell you the local TV item we've been hinting about for weeks...the appointment of a new news director in Cleveland. In what could be the very definition of a "long awaited announcement", as expected by This Corner and everyone in local TV news, Tribune Fox affiliate WJW/8 "Fox 8" has officially named assistant news director Andy Fishman as its new news director. No, not "acting" news director or "interim" news director...that happened a ways back. The Plain Dealer's … [Read more...]
Off And On
Posted on October 22, 2014 · Leave a Comment
From signals off to court humor on, here we are... UPDATE: As if by magic, the moment we posted this item, WEAO/49's over-air signal returned. Read on for news of program rescheduling to make up for the outage... 49 OFF AGAIN: Western Reserve PBS' Akron signal is off the air again. This time, it's the wait for a needed part replacement that has kept WEAO/49 from area over-air tuners since an equipment failure that happened Sunday morning. Western Reserve PBS communications coordinator and … [Read more...]
Chilly Catchup
Posted on September 15, 2014 · Leave a Comment
As we write this, temperatures are pushing close to 40 degrees in the early morning hours. Time to grab a space heater... CHICAGO SPECULATION: Former Cleveland radio personality Maxwell is out of a job in Chicago. The former Clear Channel rock/talk WMMS/100.7 afternoon driver, who had a cup of coffee in mornings at CBS Radio classic rock WNCX/98.5, is no longer hosting mornings at Cumulus classic rock WLUP/97.9 "The Loop" in Chicago. Chicago media reporting guru Robert Feder has details … [Read more...]
Carucci Exits Browns, Returns To Buffalo
Posted on September 4, 2014 · 6 Comments
As we write this, it's just three days from the Cleveland Browns opening day game against the Pittsburgh Steelers...and Cleveland Browns senior editor/"Cleveland Browns Daily" co-host Vic Carucci is getting ready to head out of town. Carucci is leaving the local NFL team, bound for his old hometown of Buffalo and the job he held a few years before coming to Cleveland...covering the Buffalo Bills for the Buffalo News. The newspaper writes: Carucci steps in for Mark Gaughan, who requested a … [Read more...]
