Former Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 "NewsChannel 5" sports anchor Terry Brooks has been found not guilty of all 9 counts against him. That's according to the station itself, which posted the news on its own website Thursday afternoon. The station reports that the Cuyahoga County jury found Brooks not guilty on four counts of rape, four counts of attempted rape and one count of kidnapping. Brooks left 3001 Euclid shortly after the indictments were announced, saying he needed to devote his time … [Read more...]

The week legendary Cavaliers' radio voice Joe Tait was scheduled to undergo heart surgery, illness brought him to the Cleveland Clinic earlier than expected. Plain Dealer sportswriter Terry Pluto has more: Veteran Cavaliers broadcaster Joe Tait was taken to Cleveland Clinic Sunday afternoon after suffering chest pains and dizziness. People close to the Tait family say the Hall of Fame broadcaster felt very ill on Sunday, and doctors say he may have suffered a blood clot in his leg. Tait is … [Read more...]

It's a busy Monday both on and off the radio dial, so let's line up all the changes. NO, NOT FOLGERS: CBS Radio classic rock WNCX/98.5's new morning show is one of two new morning shows in the CBS Radio Cleveland cluster this morning. It's a set of voices familiar to afternoon listeners, and in the case of WNCX, those who spent time with Clear Channel rock WMMS/100.7 before that station declined to renew the contract of "Maxwell" and his co-horts. Now, the trio (including "Stansbury" and … [Read more...]

Here's the latest on iconic Cleveland Cavaliers radio voice Joe Tait, who is preparing for heart surgery on this, the Cavs' regular season opening day. The team itself has posted an update, saying the veteran broadcaster has undergone a heart catheterization procedure at the Cleveland Clinic in preparation for the upcoming surgery: He is now slated to undergo surgery next week (exact timing still to be determined), when he will undergo a double bypass, as well as replacing the aortic … [Read more...]

Your Primary Editorial Voice(tm) is back and in the OMW Saddle again. We appreciate our new "Second" for keeping the OMW fires going while we were away from the Mighty Blog(tm). Our other editor will continue to be able to contribute, should he feel the need or desire to do so. But let's pick up some stuff we deposited on Twitter... NEW SIGNAL: That forlorn FM translator that started life in Lorain, but didn't actually start, and was set to go to Radio One...will go to Clear Channel, … [Read more...]

As noted on our Twitter feed, Clear Channel Cleveland country outlet WGAR/99.5 is adding a well known local radio voice to the, uh, mix in its new morning drive show. Local radio vet LeeAnn Sommers, who worked until recently in Denver, returns to Northeast Ohio to join incoming host Tim Leary on WGAR's new "Morning Showgram". Leary and Sommers have the unenviable task of replacing morning drive mainstay Jim Mantel, recently shown the door after Oak Tree didn't renew his contract. Below is the … [Read more...]

As you see below, it's official...OMW now has a Secondary Editorial Voice(tm). The second editor is identified in each post. Anything posted by our Secondary Editorial Voice(tm) is their own responsibility, and not necessarily connected to, approved by, or in agreement with what your Primary Editorial Voice(tm) posts here. And no, we're not going away. Well, the royal we, the Primary Voice, etc. We'll stick our virtual heads back in here from time to time, and hopefully, return to "full … [Read more...]