UPDATE 12:08 PM 6/7/10: WKSU has added HD4 to its primary 89.7 signal, and it is indeed the "News Channel" feed available via online streaming... --- Despite the availability of relatively modestly priced HD Radios - we hear the Insignia portable we've used is now $39 at Best Buy - there probably still aren't a lot of HD Radio listeners in Northeast Ohio. But it isn't like it was in the early days of the technology, where your Primary Editorial Voice(tm) was one of probably about a dozen … [Read more...]
Live From Northeast Ohio
Posted on June 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment
We just wanted to dispel the rumor that we've moved to another state, and are doing this blog remotely, while you thought we were still in Ohio. Heh! We couldn't resist... BATH TOWNSHIP, OHIO...HELLO!: Read that in the voice of CNN's Larry King, as the veteran talk show host dropped in at the Bath Township mansion of Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James this week - to conduct an interview with the soon-to-be free agent to air on Friday's edition of "Larry King Live" (9 PM Eastern, last … [Read more...]
Assorted June Items
Posted on June 2, 2010 · 2 Comments
Here are some assorted items as we head into June. It must be June, because Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 "NewsChannel 5" forecaster Mark Johnson is taking up a lot of airtime talking about a tornado warning on the edge of the station's coverage area. At least he's not preempting a series finale... FIRE KNOCKS OFF WSTB: Streetsboro school-owned radio station WSTB/88.9 has gone through a lot recently. Are locusts next? The station was forced off the air late Tuesday afternoon due to fire at … [Read more...]
Holiday Weekend Post
Posted on May 29, 2010 · 2 Comments
UPDATE 8:33 PM 5/29/10: There's an update to the last story in this item. Please scroll to the bottom of the item for more... ------ Here's an update to get you through Memorial Day weekend... LOST UPDATE: First, an update on Channel 5's problems with the series finale of ABC's "Lost", parts of which were, well, lost to area viewers last Sunday night. As we noted on our original item, the Scripps-owned local ABC affiliate was able to convince the network to allow it to rerun the show before … [Read more...]
Clearing Off The Virtual Desk
Posted on May 22, 2010 · 5 Comments
Here's just a collection of stuff once again topping our virtual desk. We've been meaning to clean this thing off...though there are still a couple of items we'll have to take off later... 20 QUESTIONS: OK, so they're 10 questions each to two people, but both are Northeast Ohio radio types. The popular trade site "AllAccess" spotlights two local radio types in its weekly "10 Questions" section. One is Clear Channel Akron market hot AC WKDD/98.1 former morning man and former talk WHLO/640 … [Read more...]
Brian And Nolan
Posted on May 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Two entirely unrelated items, but they happen to be here at the same time... BRIAN SOLO: OMW hears from former Clear Channel hot AC WMVX/106.5 co-host Brian Fowler ("Brian and Joe") that he's getting some time behind a microphone actually connected to a radio transmitter this week. Thursday and Friday, Brian will be subbing for vacationing OMW reader Scott Miller on the CBS Radio classic rock WNCX/98.5 morning drive time show, alongside co-host Jeff Blanchard. Brian tells us: It's been a … [Read more...]
What We Know, And Don’t Know
Posted on May 18, 2010 · 5 Comments
Most of the below items are questions and tips from readers, that we haven't been able to get answers about. If you know, drop us a line. We also have some regular news items in the mix... MIKE HEGAN: A number of listeners asked us if we know why Cleveland Indians Radio Network voice Mike Hegan hasn't been in the broadcast booth with partner Tom Hamilton. IRN pre-game host Jim Rosenhaus has been taking Hegan's place. Well, we've asked around, and the word out of Oak Tree - home of Indians … [Read more...]
Entrances And Exits
Posted on May 14, 2010 · 2 Comments
Time to head to Cleveland's electronic equivalent of Grand Central Station (Tower City?), and chart a whole bunch of Cleveland TV entrances and exits, and a small radio note... THE NEW MELISSA: OMW hears that Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8 "Fox 8" has found a replacement for meterologist Melissa Mack...who left Cleveland with great fanfare for a new job at CBS O&O WBZ/4 in Boston. She's Angelica Campos, who shares a now-former employer with Raycom Media CBS/MyNetwork TV WOIO/19-WUAB-43 "19 … [Read more...]
Cleveland Connections
Posted on May 6, 2010 · 4 Comments
Three items with at least past connections to the Cleveland radio and TV market... LEEANN'S DENVER EXIT: AllAccess reports that a former Cleveland radio personality is out at her Denver station, in an item posted earlier this week: ALL ACCESS confirms that WILKS Hot AC KIMN (MIX100) middayer LEEANN SOMMERS exits LeeAnn was heard in Northeast Ohio on Clear Channel hot AC WMVX/106.5 "Mix 106.5" from 2001 to 2005, and was previously heard on stations like WENZ/107.9 and the old "Jammin' 92.3", … [Read more...]
Jeff And Jimbo
Posted on May 4, 2010 · 2 Comments
Thus, marking the only time in history where these two men will be mentioned in the same breath... JEFF THOMAS EXITS: OMW has confirmed that long-time Good Karma WKNR/850 sports update voice Jeff Thomas is no longer with the station. According to his WKNR bio, Jeff started being heard on the station in 1996. Thomas' bio has now been removed from the WKNR "hosts" page, and station utility player/producer/Browns beat reporter Daryl Ruiter is doing the updates this morning. OMW hears that WKNR … [Read more...]
