This one is another that fell out of our "we meant to get to it" files...from a couple of weeks back.BAS Broadcasting hot AC WCPZ/102.7 Sandusky, still known by its old Clear Channel moniker of "Mix 102.7", has filed an application to move a few miles south and maximize its power.Long-time friend and colleague and World Champion Tower Hunter Scott Fybush at NorthEast Radio Watch gave us the heads up on this proposal, which would land 102.7's new facility on the tower of Christian Faith … [Read more...]
Uncovering Items
Posted on June 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
It's a very, very busy list today...so, let's get at it...LAST ONE STANDING: We'll have a one-week-out update on our Ohio Digital TV blog later this week.For now, just one note...we have confirmation that at least one Cleveland market TV station will be waiting until the very last minute, literally, to shut off its analog signal.Western Reserve PBS station manager and OMW reader Bill O'Neil checks in to let us know that the PBS station's Akron outlet, WEAO/49, will retire the analog 49 … [Read more...]
Really, Really Assorted Stuff
Posted on June 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Our Monday return is full of followups, assorted items and stuff we haven't gotten to, yet..."THE CAT" FLIPS TO RTN...ER...RTV: As reported earlier and expected, Media-Com LPTV duo WAOH-LP 29 Akron/W35AX Cleveland did indeed go back...into its TV future.The station is now running programming from the Retro Television Network, the same classic TV shows that are now also being run down I-77 at Canton-based Image Video LPTV combo WIVM-LP 52 Canton/WIVN-LP 29 Newcomerstown(/Dover/New … [Read more...]
WJMP Taking Off The Cleats
Posted on May 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment
As it turns out, OMW hears that Media-Com Akron market sports daytimer WJMP/1520 Kent/Ravenna/Streetsboro/Parts-of-Stow/Akron-on-a-good day "Fox Sports Radio 1520" won't be changing sports radio network teams when Fox Sports Radio moves to Clear Channel sports WARF/1350 Akron "SportsRadio 1350" on June 8.It'll be changing format leagues, as it were.We've learned that instead of picking up the Sporting News Radio affiliation WARF is leaving behind, the "little brother" station of Media-Com's … [Read more...]
Supersized Memorial Day Weekend Update
Posted on May 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We've been accumulating a Supersized Pile of Items here at your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm), and it's time to reduce the pile. The holiday weekend is as "good a time as any" to do so.And on behalf of the entire editorial staff of Ohio Media Watch, we mark the holiday to honor those who served and gave their lives for us...WHO'S #1?: Regular OMW readers know that we don't spend a lot of time in ratings land, for either TV or radio stations.The reason is simple: We don't have the unvarnished data, … [Read more...]
WKDD Heading To Bellaire Lane
Posted on May 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Clear Channel Akron market hot AC WKDD/98.1 is about ready to return, physically, to the Akron market.The once-Canton licensed facility, now licensed to the Akron suburb of Munroe Falls, got FCC approval this week to locate its transmitter facility at Bellaire Lane in Cuyahoga Falls...at the very same spot WKDD occupied for many years with its original 96.5 antenna.If you're a regular OMW reader, you know "the rest of the story", as a certain late iconic radio news commentator would have … [Read more...]
Rover Loses A Kennel
Posted on May 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 5/21/09 11:40 AM: Our friends at AllAccess confirm the flip of Rover's now former Memphis affiliate from alt-rock to sports as "ESPN 92.9", now simulcasting Entercom sister station WSMB/680.The station's former website now takes visitors to a splash screen for the new format, then to the existing "ESPN 680" website.Our original item is below...-----When Shane "Rover" French brought his doghouse over to Clear Channel rock WMMS/100.7 in Cleveland, he also kept his ties to two … [Read more...]
WMJI Dumps Majic – For A Reason
Posted on May 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Not yet having listened to, or visited the website of, Clear Channel classic hits WMJI/105.7 in Cleveland, our first word came from a press release from the station, with the E-mail subject:"WMJI Is No Longer Majic"Hmm?The station had long since dumped "oldies" from "Majic Oldies", as the "o word" became less relevant due to younger music positioning. What would the station call itself? "WMJi 105.7"? Something else? Would it lead to on-air changes?Nope, just a temporary name change.Try "Cavs … [Read more...]
Speaking Of Sports Radio
Posted on May 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment
With apologies to the estate of the late Howard Cosell...FOXY MOVE: As OMW reported earlier, Clear Channel sports WARF/1350 Akron is readying to make its network switch.On June 8th, "SportsRadio 1350" will leave Sporting News Radio behind, and become the Akron market's affiliate of Fox Sports Radio...taking the affiliation from Media-Com rimshot daytime lightbulb signal outlet WJMP/1520 Kent/Akron/Ravenna/Streetsboro/Chicago. (OK, so maybe they don't claim Chicago.)OMW had heard earlier that … [Read more...]
Hey, Is Someone Retiring This Week
Posted on May 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment
In case you're reading OMW from underneath a rock, a reminder...Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 is saying goodbye this week to one of the few remaining news anchor icons in the Cleveland market.You can be forgiven if you get a sense of "deja vu" this week while watching the station pay tribute to long-time "NewsChannel 5" anchor Ted Henry...who exits the anchor chair after the 11 PM newscast on Tuesday.After all, the station celebrated his 35th anniversary a few years ago with various clips and … [Read more...]
