As it turns out, all those rumors about Good Karma sports WKNR/850 Cleveland "ESPN 850" midday host Tony Rizzo being heard in the afternoon were true. But...not in late afternoon, as expected in a Facebook status update by Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100 afternoon drive host Mike Trivisonno and/or his staff. As OMW tipped minutes before a "big announcement" on WKNR, Rizzo's "Really Big Show" is not moving...it's expanding. Starting Monday, Rizzo, Aaron Goldhammer, Chris "Negative Ned" Fedor and … [Read more...]
Some Big Updates
Posted on January 19, 2011 · 2 Comments
We have some big updates from the fringes of the OMW coverage area, but let's start in Cleveland first... THE MOSSMAN AND REBECCA SHOW?: We didn't see it, so we don't know what Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8 "Fox 8" is calling the temporary replacement for "The Robin Swoboda Show", taking the 10 AM weekday time slot after the sudden departure of that show's namesake host on Friday. But we're told that indeed, Fox 8 entertainment reporter David "Mossman" Moss was in the former "RS" studio … [Read more...]
Two Really Big Items
Posted on January 17, 2011 · 6 Comments
An update on two big Cleveland items, one TV, one radio related... THE RS SHOW: Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8 "Fox 8" has replaced "The Robin Swoboda Show" with..."The Robin Swoboda Show", at least for now. As expected, the station aired a repeat of a previous "RS" show on Monday, and OMW hears that it will do so again on Tuesday. Starting Wednesday, we're told, a live, local 10 AM show will resume, with WJW entertainment reporter David Moss expected to be a fill-in host. We don't know how … [Read more...]
Items Left Behind
Posted on January 15, 2011 · 1 Comment
IF YOU MISSED...our big Friday night update, keep reading after this item! ------- Every so often, we'll get tips on items...look at them, read them, respond to them, and have every intention of posting them. And then, we don't. The E-mail gets archived, the information gets lost in the shuffle and doesn't get posted. Or in this case, a spate of other "breaking news" overwhelms what we had intended to post. Or, "real life" outside the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) takes over. We've fired the … [Read more...]
Busy News Cycle
Posted on January 14, 2011 · 2 Comments
UPDATE 10:30 AM 1/15/11: We have corrected now-former WTAM/1100 evening anchor Dean Leyland's name below. Sorry about that! And we hear that now-former WTAM weekend evening anchor Cliff Baechle is not leaving the building - his voice will be heard elsewhere, moving to a weekday gig feeding news to Clear Channel hub stations WPGB/104.7 Pittsburgh and WKBN/570 Youngstown from Oak Tree... ------------ Though your Primary Editorial Voice(tm) clearly has his own schedule when it comes to updating … [Read more...]
WOSV, Round 2
Posted on January 10, 2011 · 6 Comments
Those disappointed with WOSU Public Media's decision to go all-classical on Mansfield repeater WOSV/91.7 are continuing to express their disappointment on WOSU GM Tom Rieland's blog. And despite continued suggestions to try for distant signals, listen online or go get HD Radio equipment to hear NPR programming in Mansfield, gone since the move to rebroadcast WOSU's "Classical 101" (WOSA/101.1 Grove City) on 91.7, those suggestions aren't going over well with those used to picking up NPR … [Read more...]
Other Early January Stuff
Posted on January 7, 2011 · 8 Comments
UPDATE 1/7/11 12:30 PM: There's one additional item we forgot to add, later in this update. If you've already read this, scroll down... ---------- Let's run through some other items not involving a homeless former Ohio radio personality appearing on major network TV shows... RICK'S GONE: Long-time local traffic reporter Rick Abell is apparently gone from his perch at Raycom Media CBS affiliate WOIO/19's "19 Action News". Readers have been asking about his absence since the start of this … [Read more...]
Golden Voice: The Rest Of The Story
Posted on January 6, 2011 · 5 Comments
Throughout the media circus surrounding Ted Williams, the 53 year-old homeless Columbus man whose "golden voice" has made him a worldwide celebrity, we thought there was an "untold story" behind him. Sure, he admitted to recovering from a drug and alcohol problem...in the initial video from the Columbus Dispatch, even, the same video which became viral on YouTube and garnered millions of hits. (Some 12 million, at last check.) After appearing on the "Dave and Jimmy" show based at Clear … [Read more...]
The Year Starter
Posted on January 5, 2011 · 6 Comments
UPDATE 1/5/11 11:13 AM: An update on "The Homeless Radio Voice Guy": With Ted Williams' story going national, he's appeared on national morning TV (NBC's "Today" and CBS' "Early Show", among others), and has gotten job offers from diverse places like MTV and the Cleveland Cavaliers. (They want him for voice work, not to play power forward.) RTDNA's website cites a "Mail Online" report that Williams once "worked overnight shifts" for WVKO/1580 Columbus, in its days as an urban music station. … [Read more...]
The Lake In Audio
Posted on January 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Courtesy of long-time OMW contributor Nathan Obral, here's audio of the format change of WMVX/106.5, which flipped from hot AC "Mix 106.5" to a four day stunt, then adult hits as "106.5 The Lake". The audio below is "scoped"...you'll only hear parts of songs, generally the beginning and end, and various parts of spots, commercials and imaging, starting at 39 minutes before Monday's 7:30 AM format change. We're using YouTube since the free version of WordPress doesn't do audio hosting. The … [Read more...]
