We're mostly catching up with stuff this time, but felt it needed to be put up, at least...GAUTHIER EXITS FOR HOME: We'd heard rumblings that this was about to happen, but WKYC/3 senior director and fellow blogger Frank Macek provides the confirmation and details on his "Director's Cut" blog."Channel 3 News Today" co-anchor and "Channel 3 News Midday" anchor Barbara Gauthier is leaving the Gannett Cleveland NBC affiliate for Columbus.No, she's not going to Columbus, Ohio.She's heading for the … [Read more...]
Thursday Tidbits
Posted on July 24, 2008 · Leave a Comment
A few late week tidbits for you...UPDATE 10/27/08 5:35 PM: From Morrison's agent, Steve Swienckowski from the David Crane Agency:"All charges related to a July incident involving former WUPW Meteorologist Mike Morrison have been dismissed, and all references on his record have been expunged. That is the ruling of a court in Toledo as of today. "BAD WEATHER: OMW hears that WUPW/36 "Fox Toledo" chief meteorologist Mike Morrison is "no longer in the building".Morrison was arrested early Sunday … [Read more...]
Making News: Ohio Style
Posted on July 17, 2008 · Leave a Comment
You might guess from the title of this entry that we've found a new guilty pleasure on TV. (And when you're talking about reality TV, "guilty" is pretty much the operative word...well, with exceptions.)The TV Guide Network, that place where people used to go to get live cable TV listings in the days before digital cable and the Internet, is running the second season of its "Making News" reality TV series.After a small Texas station gunning for number one grabbed the "Making News" spotlight in … [Read more...]
Other Shoe Drops On South Marginal
Posted on July 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment
It's official - Cleveland no longer has a network "owned and operated" TV station.New ownership group Local TV LLC closed on the purchase of eight FOX-owned stations Monday, including "Cleveland's Own" WJW/8 "FOX 8" right here in Northeast Ohio.OMW hears that WJW, and other new Local TV outlets, announced the sale on air Monday. And "FOX 8" also puts this item on its website:WJW wants to let you know that you will continue to see your favorite programs on Fox 8 -- including Fox 8 News, American … [Read more...]
On The Fringes
Posted on July 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment
A trio of recent items that are on the fringes of our coverage area, have some links to Ohio or are otherwise used to fill this next update:ABC FOR THE OHIO VALLEY: The Wheeling/Steubenville market is about to get what it has never, ever had - a full-time, in-market ABC affiliate station.The folks at TVNewsday report that West Virginia Media CBS affiliate WTRF/7 Wheeling will launch a new ABC affiliate for the Ohio Valley on August 1, with a digital subchannel on WTRF-DT. That'd have to be, as … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: TV Staff Bloodbath In Cincinnati
Posted on June 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Cincinnati CBS affiliate WKRC/12 is now firmly in the hands of Newport Television, the operating arm of Providence Equity Partners - the company which bought the former Clear Channel Television outlet a while back.It looks like a large number of staffers are no longer in Newport's hands.Cincinnati Enquirer radio/TV guru John Kiesewetter reports on his blog today that a number of WKRC staffers are out of work, the result of massive cost-cutting across the Newport chain.Kiese's latest report says … [Read more...]
Love Him Or Hate Him
Posted on June 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Raycom Media CBS/MyNet combo WOIO/19-WUAB/43 general manager Bill Applegate gets a profile treatment in Broadcasting & Cable magazine this week, and also lets forth a bit of news.The Cleveland market's most controversial TV executive makes no apologies for his style in the article titled "Bold and Brash Is Good News for Applegate":Love it or loathe it, a Bill Applegate newscast is like no other. It's fast, hard-hitting, brash and—to the profound chagrin of news purists—loaded with opinion. … [Read more...]
Saying Goodbye, And Hello
Posted on May 30, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Today, as scheduled, is the final day of the WKYC/3-produced "Akron/Canton News", which in recent times has been airing on (most of) Time Warner Cable's systems in the Akron/Canton area.The last two newscasts will air at 6:30 PM and 10 PM on the company's "NEON" local programming channel in the Akron/Canton region (23, or 15 on the former Adelphia systems in Western Summit County).The newscast moved from WVPX/23, the former ABC-turned-PAX TV affiliate long known for local TV news in the … [Read more...]
Monday Updates And Corrections
Posted on May 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment
We're just going off on a tangent or three here, and there may not be any connecting thread. This is just stuff that's been piling up in the Collective Mind here at the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm)...SANE: Not really much to update here, but it appears the announcement of the arrival of incoming VP/general manager Victoria Regan at Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 Cleveland was well received.OMW hears that when announcing her appointment at 3001 Euclid, Scripps bosses used the word "sane" more than once … [Read more...]
A Quick Group Of Items
Posted on May 13, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Just some stuff that's been floating around the OMW Inbox, mostly outside of our immediate Northeast Ohio focus. OK, there is one Cleveland item, which we've saved for last...WSYX HD NEWS: As hinted and expected, Sinclair has flipped the HD News Switch at its Columbus stations, WSYX/6 (ABC) and WTTE/28 (FOX).The move makes the company's news operation the last Columbus market TV newsroom to go the HDTV route.We haven't figured out yet, despite input from our readers in the market, how far … [Read more...]
