No clever theme, just a Wide Variety of Items this time around. As usual, some have already been seen on Twitter, and others are brand new...or at least, running first in this post... ALLIE'S DEPARTURE: We learned at the end of last week that Local TV LLC Fox affiliate WJW/8 "Fox 8 News" was losing another popular personality. This time, it was sports reporter/anchor Allie LaForce heading "to California", to a TV destination that was not revealed last Friday when she said her on-air goodbyes … [Read more...]
All Over The Map
Posted on October 10, 2012 · 4 Comments
UPDATE 12:10 AM 10/11/12: Jim Davison tells OMW that he will continue as operations manager of WHTX/1570 Warren, which will continue in its current standards format as "The Fabulous 1570" and retain its current staff and features. Jim also confirms that WYCL/1540 Niles has changed from classic country to a Spanish-language format as of Tuesday afternoon... ----- We're catching up again with a wide variety of media items, both in kind and location... DISH DEAL: Viewers to Gannett NBC … [Read more...]
From Sports To TV To New Radio
Posted on October 3, 2012 · 3 Comments
The title says it all. And as usual as of late, some of these are brand new, and some are catching up over the past few days... INDIANS STAYING ON WTAM: So, we hinted about this both on our social media presence and earlier this week right here on the blog, on an item we posted last week: "Before we dive into this item, one note: Don’t print those “92.3 The Fan/Indians” bumper stickers just yet..." We got a little "back patting" flack pointing back to this on Twitter, but really, we were far … [Read more...]
Major League Catchup
Posted on August 28, 2012 · 5 Comments
No, that's not something the Cleveland Indians are about to try, based on their dismal play as of late. It's something we're going to try now, after an unplanned Life Intervenes(tm) hiatus for about two weeks. (Note: We'll have a planned hiatus for personal reasons, right after the Labor Day holiday. Or, maybe we'll be more active...) Anyway, on with the show... OTHER SHOE DROPS: We already told you that now-former Ohio News Network Cleveland bureau reporter Cristin Severance had found a new … [Read more...]
A Pile Of Items, Released
Posted on August 16, 2012 · 9 Comments
UPDATE 8/16/12 10:05 AM: If you read this before 10 AM, scroll down for an additional item... -------- As per usual, important items pile up in a clump of anywhere from three to a half-dozen. This update doesn't cover everything in that pile, but we'll get close enough to doing so. And coming 'round the bend sometime in the next few days - "Couch Burner, The Followup". Yes, as reported here and by the Akron Beacon Journal, John Denning has taken over the 10 AM-3 PM time slot on WNIR/100.1 … [Read more...]
The Storm Rides Out
Posted on July 26, 2012 · 1 Comment
On a day seeing Northeast Ohio pelted with thunderstorms (and some lost power or cable TV service), let's take advantage of a calm period to update some items we've been piling up for the past day or more. But nearly all of the below items have previously been announced on our social media presence... THE END OF ONN: Ohio's only regional cable TV news operation will be no more as of August 31st. The Ohio News Network, an arm of the Dispatch operation in Columbus, announced Wednesday afternoon … [Read more...]
Late July Mixed Bag
Posted on July 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
In which we update some stuff, bring on new items and more... 87.7 BUILDING BLOCKS, BUT WHEN?: We're hearing some details surrounding the launch of Venture Technologies/Murray Hill Broadcasting's WLFM-LP 6/87.7, which will operate as a radio station under the name "87.7 Clevelanders Rock". First, an appearance by station operators Tom Wilson and Tom Embrescia on the soon-to-be-extinguished "Good Company Today" on NBC affiliate WKYC/3 shed at least some light on what shape the soon-to-launch … [Read more...]
A Cooler Combination
Posted on July 11, 2012 · 4 Comments
Cooler because, though we have highs in the mid-80s, it's sure cooler than it was last time we set the air conditioning in the OMW World Headquarters to "freeze"... A STEADY HAND: So, you're a Cleveland TV station, and your news director has "made the move up" to a job with your parent company. You're heading into an all-important period which will gain you new viewers...the 2012 Summer Olympics, live from London. But SOMEONE has to run the newsroom until a permanent candidate is found, and … [Read more...]
Youngstown And Nearby
Posted on July 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Most of the items this time around are from the Mahoning Valley, though at least one is from nearby...and one item involves the Cleveland market... RICH MORGAN: Readers in the Youngstown/Warren TV market have been peppering our inbox with questions about market veteran Rich Morgan...who's been absent from his duties as morning and noon meteorologist for New Vision-to-be-LIN CBS affiliate WKBN/27's "27 First News". We did some digging, but the question could have more easily been answered (for … [Read more...]
It All Happens At Once
Posted on June 7, 2012 · 1 Comment
We paused long enough to take a breath or two, and then, six things happened in the space of a day. And we're sure we missed something... LEON'S REDUCTION: A veteran TV anchorman in Cleveland is moving around his work schedule. Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 "NewsChannel 5" anchor Leon Bibb, who has been anchoring the noon and 6 PM editions of the station's newscasts, is no longer anchoring the 6 PM show as of this week...replaced by Chris Flanagan, the Dallas-Fort Worth anchor the station … [Read more...]
