You'll definitely need a scorecard to keep track of weekend talk radio in Ohio and beyond...in four steps... STEP ONE: We'll start off at the Clear Channel complex in the Kenwood area of Cincinnati, where sister talk WTAM/1100 Cleveland weekender and former WKDD/98.1-WHLO/640 Akron voice Matt Patrick, as scheduled, did a 12 noon-3 PM Saturday shift on the original "Big One"...WLW/700. As we pointed out before, WLW is filling that time slot - formerly occupied by now-former WLW host Mike … [Read more...]

Clearing Out
The rain is clearing out, according to the weather forecasters...and so are we. The inbox, that is...and we have some updates on old items... RUMORS DYING: We passed along rumblings in Tom Taylor's always excellent "Taylor on Radio-Info" column that involved the Cleveland market. The original rumors noted sale talks that could involve the cluster of four CBS Radio stations in Cleveland - alt-rock WKRK/92.3, classic rock WNCX/98.5, AC WDOK/102.1 and hot AC WQAL/104.1. Tom initially noted … [Read more...]

Chasing His Dream
UPDATE: Our friends at CursedCleveland.com point out in a comment below that Tony has just tweeted about a new job: Just took a job in N Carolina w/ ISP Networks... on the air with UW Huskies broadcasts on KJR in Seattle. Thanks for all your support!!!! Congratulations, Tony! Our original item is below: --------- Tony Castricone is by far not the first Ohio media person to lose his job and wonder "what now?". It's how he answered that question that brings his story to OMW. The former … [Read more...]

Thoughts For A Friend Of OMW
He's not only been a regular reader of the Mighty Blog over the years, but he's also been very helpful to us on a number of occasions. He is "Uncle Bill" Weisinger, known for his role not only as the volunteer program director of the "Sunday Oldies Jukebox" daypart programming on WSTB/88.9 Streetsboro, but also for his engineering work for stations like WSTB, Kenston High School's WKHR/91.5 Bainbridge, and Mount Union College's WRMU/91.1 Alliance. He's also the treasurer for SBE local chapter … [Read more...]

Radio And TV Closure
UPDATE 6/15/10 2:48 PM: And it's done...Bill Cunningham is back on the air on WLW, and the station has officially announced that he's signed a new deal: 700WLW Cincinnati – “The Big One” – today announced that legendary, two-time Marconi Award winning personality Bill “Willie” Cunningham has signed a long term agreement to remain on the station – and reaffirmed his commitment to the Queen City and its radio listeners. “We are extremely pleased that Willie will remain part of the 700WLW team … [Read more...]

On And Off
In 2010, most radio stations stay on the air full-time, or hold to the terms of their license (daytime stations only). Some exceptions are below...and there's one more item related to a new "on" coming soon for one local personality... BACK UP WITH PEOPLE: No, not the musical group. We're talking about Streetsboro's WSTB/88.9, the school district station which had to go off the air after a recent fire at the gymnasium of Streetsboro High School - very near to the station's … [Read more...]