...or, whoever's doing that segment now on "Saturday Night Live". (That show is still on, right?)We have a couple of items that can't wait until Monday. And we're basically on hiatus for the holidays, though again, we have promised to post major items whenever we are able to do so... like, perhaps, these...BUTTE LEAVING WEWS: OMW hears that Scripps Cleveland ABC affiliate WEWS/5 general manager John Butte is retiring from the station effective January 31st.And what do you know...Butte's … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: Bruce Kalinowski Joins WKYC
Posted on December 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment
And yes, this is the Cleveland TV weather move we hinted about some time ago. After not being able to get confirmation about it in all this time, it's now official.WKYC/3's Frank Macek reports in his "Director's Cut" blog this afternoon that former WOIO/19 "19 Action News" metereologist Bruce Kalinowski will join Channel 3.Kalinowski's exact role isn't yet known, but he'll fill the weather staff vacancy left when "Channel 3 News" chief meterologist Mark Nolan left the weather center a while … [Read more...]
The Other Youngstown TV Shoe Drops
Posted on December 8, 2007 · Leave a Comment
The job carnage at the OTHER Youngstown TV news operation, the one absorbing Parkin ABC affiliate WYTV/33's news production starting Monday, wasn't quite as severe as the list of cuts at the station being merged into it.But the Youngstown Vindicator reports that "about a half-dozen" workers at New Vision's WKBN/27-WYFX/17-62 were told that their services were no longer needed - mostly off-air/engineering/production types.The two on-air staffers gone from "27 First News" include veteran reporter … [Read more...]
Moving On, Moved In, Moved On
Posted on December 7, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We have mostly Cleveland TV-related items today...in fact, all of them are...BIG APPLE BOUND: OMW has learned that ABC affiliate WEWS/5 in Cleveland will be losing reporter Carolina Leid.Ms. Leid is leaving "NewsChannel 5" for the nation's largest TV market, New York City. She takes a reporting job at ABC O&O WABC/7 in the Big Apple.Carolina's last day at 3001 Euclid will be December 28th.OMW hears that WEWS is looking for her replacement...AC WITH JN: Long-running WEWS weekend show … [Read more...]
FOX Selling WJW – Update
Posted on December 5, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We've worked the phones, er, E-Mail, and gathered information from a number of our sources, and we now have a clearer picture of the impending sale of FOX owned-and-operated station WJW/8 "FOX 8" in Cleveland and a number of sister stations.First of all, a clarification.After sweeping the building at South Marginal Road, OMW hears that FOX honcho Dennis Swanson did NOT announce the actual identity of the buyer that has been found for WJW and eight other smaller market O&Os. Staffers were … [Read more...]
EXCLUSIVE (?): WJW, FOX O&Os To Oak Hill
Posted on December 3, 2007 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 10:37 PM 12/4/07: We are trying to nail down this story on a nationwide basis, which we reported based upon information from long-time, trusted, reliable sources in this area.The sale we were told was announced locally has not yet been reported elsewhere, but we're keeping an eye on it.We'll add a new update later.-- The Management----------This may well be a national exclusive.OMW hears that it has been announced to staffers at Cleveland FOX owned-and-operated WJW/8 "FOX 8" that the … [Read more...]
Employee Bomb About To Drop In Youngstown
Posted on November 29, 2007 · Leave a Comment
In what's no surprise to anyone not in denial, the coming days will bring news of employment status to workers at two Youngstown TV stations.The Youngstown Business Journal reports that employees of Parkin Broadcasting ABC affiliate WYTV/33 will find out - in their pay envelopes - Friday whether they'll still have jobs after December 9th. And workers at New Vision Television CBS/FOX combo WKBN/27-WYFX/17-62 will get similar notices December 7th.As expected, WYTV's news and on-air operations … [Read more...]
The Midweek Skip
Posted on November 15, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Looks like we're doing the "Tuesday/Thursday" thing this week, as far as updates go...RONNIE DUNCAN OUT?: Regular OMW reader and alert tipster Nathan Obral in Lake County gets the hat tip for this.He doesn't know when it happened - and for that matter, neither do we - but it appears morning drive host Ronnie Duncan is out at Radio One Cleveland urban talker WERE/1490.Sure enough, Duncan has been excised from the "Newstalk 1490" website. The schedule now lists the "WERE Morning Show" from 6-9 … [Read more...]
Short Cuts
Posted on November 8, 2007 · Leave a Comment
As we mercifully bring this week to an end in one day...MARK AND ABBY: In the first of two "heads up" reminders from WKYC/3 senior director Frank Macek's "Director's Cut" blog - the station's new morning "Channel 3 News Today" team launched this morning.The most significant changes involve the previously reported move of chief meteorologist Mark Nolan to the co-host spot of the show.And he'll be joined by new hire Abby Ham - recently of Gannett sister NBC affiliate WBIR/10 in Knoxville TN. … [Read more...]
Here’s Some Hot News For You
Posted on October 31, 2007 · Leave a Comment
OK, so we couldn't resist.WFMJ/21 reports that early Wednesday morning, the Youngstown/Warren market NBC affiliate had to cover a fire...and they didn't have to go far from the station's headquarters in downtown Youngstown to get to it.In fact, they didn't have to leave the station at all.Quoting WFMJ's website:An early morning basement fire broke out in the WFMJ building. Nobody was hurt, but the fire damaged a number of systems used in our news and programming operations.The time of the fire, … [Read more...]
