OMW hears from a reliable source that yet another local newspaper type is trading in print for a radio microphone.Word out of a certain building on Exchange Street is that Akron Beacon Journal reporter Kymberli Hagelberg is exiting the newspaper, bound for a reporting gig at ideastream NPR outlet WCPN/90.3 Cleveland.The job change for Hagelberg would be the second such move in recent weeks.Long-time Canton Repository managing editor M.L. Schultze left the Canton newspaper to take the news … [Read more...]
The Sharon Reed Shuffle?
Posted on July 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Some of our readers have already noticed an anchor change at Raycom Cleveland CBS affiliate WOIO/19's "19 Action News".The station has replaced long-time anchor David Wittman at 11 PM weekdays with Paul Joncich.Joncich, of course, is the former anchor at Sacramento CBS affiliate KOVR/13 who first came to "Action News" to co-anchor weekends with former Chicago anchor Danielle Serino. He then moved to the 10 PM edition of "19 Action News" on sister MyNetworkTV outlet WUAB/43.The TV industry … [Read more...]
Thursday’s Here
Posted on July 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment
And in keeping with our schedule, this may be the last update until early next week. Please keep checking, though, in case of breaking items.Or we could say something like - "At OMW, When News Breaks, We FedEx It Back And Wait For A Replacement"...THE GLORIOUS NEW SET WORLD: We scratch our heads over this one.In the two years we've been doing this - we missed our anniversary late last month! - we've seen very few topics that touch a hunger for information like the upcoming new set for FOX … [Read more...]
DVR ALERT: PBS 45/49 Special On Akron TV News
Posted on July 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We actually got a tip to this earlier, but hadn't gotten around to posting until now...just two hours before the show airs.WNEO/45-WEAO/49 "PBS 45 & 49" will air a special tonight, Tuesday, at 9 PM titled "Akron, Ohio: The City Where Commercial Television News Went Black".We'll presume it delves, in-depth, into the saga most of our readers probably know well...the end of local news on then-ABC affiliate WAKC/23 (nee' WAKR-TV), which eventually got sold to the PAX TV folks and was stripped of … [Read more...]
Monday Fatigue
Posted on June 25, 2007 · Leave a Comment
With weekend-long discussion of Friday's biggest media story, the placement of five Clear Channel Cleveland-operated FMs into a trust for eventual sale - and the developments over the weekend in the Jessie Davis Case Media Circus - we feel exhausted on this Monday.But, we'll get to the hits:A PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION: Some of our commenters have posted possible scenarios for the first item, the move by Clear Channel to place all of its Oak Tree-located FMs into a new trust - presumably to bring … [Read more...]
The Media Circus
Posted on June 21, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Forgive us for treating it like, well, the elephant in the middle of the room...but we have yet to comment on the Northeast Ohio Media Circus.That is, the fact that much of the national media has descended upon Canton and nearby areas concerning the disappearance of a certain pregnant mother, 26 year-old Jessie Marie Davis, from her home in North Canton.A virtual media village has set up at the Stark County Sheriff's Department, and national network and cable news reporters have made the area … [Read more...]
And…Wednesday
Posted on April 18, 2007 · Leave a Comment
NOTICE: We accidentally closed comments on this item too early, in our attempt to close the item below it. The comments are once again open on this item, if you'd like to add your two cents worth. -- The Management----------We weren't even planning on being here today, but...here we are, with a mid-week installment...BLACKSBURG NORTH: Two days after the largest shooting massacre in American history, local TV stations in Cleveland continue to camp out in Blacksburg, Virginia.The Virginia Tech … [Read more...]
Tuesday’s Here
Posted on April 17, 2007 · Leave a Comment
And a note from your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm): Real life intrudes again, and our updates may not be as regular this week as we'd like. But we'll try to check in...MAD DASH TO BLACKSBURG: As America got really familiar with a college campus in Southwest Virginia really quick, coverage of the largest shooting massacre in American history overtook local airwaves as well.All local TV stations, that we saw, dipped in and out of coverage of the mass murder at Virginia Tech on Monday afternoon, … [Read more...]
Sliding Into Tuesday
Posted on February 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment
A mixed bag of items. Is Tuesday worth anything, except for the fact that it's not Monday?"ESPN 850's" FIRST DAY: There isn't much more to be said about the debut of the new lineup and on-air remodeling of Good Karma sports talk WKNR/850 as "ESPN 850". We think we've said just about everything.But yes, on-air changes at WKNR and sister WWGK/1540 "KNR2" did take place as scheduled Monday, including the debut of the 10 AM-noon show hosted by WJW FOX 8 sports anchor Tony Rizzo. (Long-time caller … [Read more...]
While Waiting For A Sports Radio Overhaul
Posted on February 21, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Some other stuff not related to impending changes in Good Karma Land...well, mostly not related...MILLER REPLACEMENT TIME: WEWS/5 sports director Chris Miller is now under a week away from his departure from the Cleveland ABC affiliate, bound for Washington DC's Comcast SportsNet regional sports channel. His last day is February 28th.We hear that Miller and CSN's Tony Burke (an ex-WEWSer) go back a long time, and that the presence of the offer from DC didn't result in a counter offer from the … [Read more...]
