Exactly one month after it was pulled off the air, Streetsboro City Schools station WSTB/88.9 Streetsboro has returned to the airwaves.OMW hears that WSTB went back on the air late Thursday afternoon, and a quick check of the radio confirms its return, with the regular alt-rock "AlterNation" format that airs Monday through Saturday on the station operated out of Streetsboro High School.OMW also hears that the return of WSTB does also mean the return of the station's "Sunday Oldies Jukebox" … [Read more...]
CBS Radio Cleveland Changes
Posted on November 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Some interesting changes are afoot among CBS Radio's four Cleveland stations.The first involves AC WDOK/102.1 "Soft Rock 102.1" and hot AC WQAL/104.1 "Q104" program director Dave Popovich, as he takes on the additional role of director of programming for the entire CBS Radio cluster in Cleveland - which also puts alt-rock WKRK/92.3 "K-Rock" and classic rock WNCX/98.5 under his oversight.There's no word at this time what this means for the existing PDs at "K-Rock" ("Nard") and WNCX (Bill … [Read more...]
Craig Couch Exits WLKR
Posted on November 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Morning host and program director Craig Couch has left Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting AAA WLKR/95.3 Norwalk (and sister sports WLKR/1510 "ESPN 1510").Unlike a number of recent radio departures, Couch tells OMW that the exit was his own idea, as he's leaving the radio business. He tells us:All-in-all, my 10-year career (started at AM930 WEOL) has been a terrific experience. I can't say enough about the good people at WEOL, WNWV, WKFM, WLKR-FM & WLKR-AM. I am happy to call many of them friends. … [Read more...]
A Service To Our XM Subscribers
Posted on November 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Other than one small part, this isn't connected to Ohio radio.But we figured if the folks at Sirius XM won't do it, we'd give our readers who subscribe to XM Satellite Radio the heads up...the service's music lineup changes, drastically, tomorrow.We won't get into the details, but we found a new leaked (PDF format) lineup here, and a leaked (PDF format) FAQ about the XM lineup changes here.The links are from an unofficial fan site run by XM users, where users are discussing the changes here.The … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: Herb Score Dies
Posted on November 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The man whose voice carried the sounds of Cleveland Indians baseball to generations of Northeast Ohio radio listeners has passed away.The Cleveland Indians confirm that Herb Score, who called the Indians' games on radio (and initially, on TV) from 1964 through Game 7 of the 1997 World Series, died this morning at his Rocky River home at the age of 75 after a long illness.The Cleveland Plain Dealer has a detailed obituary for Score here.The team expressed its condolences in a statement by team … [Read more...]
Vikings Bounce Ball To 1220
Posted on November 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The Cleveland State University Vikings men's basketball team has hooked up with a new radio home in Cleveland.The Vikings have inked a one-year deal with Salem Christian talk/teaching WHKW/1220 "The Word" to air all games live for the 2008-2009 season, according to a CSU sports news release issued last week. (Thanks to the folks at AllAccess for the hat tip, or, since we're talking about basketball, maybe the assist?)Vikings basketball moves from last year's flagship station, Radio One gospel … [Read more...]
Not Really Angry About It
Posted on November 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Budget cuts have done it again in Cincinnati - split radio's "Angry Guys".Cincinnati Enquirer radio/TV guru John Kiesewetter reports that one half of the morning drive duo, Richard Skinner, has been cut loose by Cumulus rock WFTK/96.5 "96 Rock" due to budget concerns. His partner in morning radio anger, Tom Gamble, remains - with someone who doesn't sound like an angry male, sidekick "Sister Karen".Though Kiese reports that Skinner had just agreed to a new deal in October, and was working out … [Read more...]
Monday Is Packed
Posted on November 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment
...full of news, mostly updates to some of our previous items. But they're necessary updates...WKDD MORNINGS: As it turns out, veteran Clear Channel Akron/Canton hot AC WKDD/98.1 morning man Matt Patrick won't be soloing it on the FM side of his broadcast life.After being tipped by a reader who spotted the absence of Patrick co-host Angela Bellios on the station's website, OMW confirmed Friday that the station's morning show will no longer be "Matt and Angela".But there will be a replacement … [Read more...]
End Of A Busy Week
Posted on November 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Just some items we didn't want to leave around for the weekend...CINCINNATI SHUFFLE: In mid-October, long time Friend of OMW Scott Fybush stumbled onto something in his role as editor of the radio industry directory web site 100000watts.com.Scott told us that he saw a filing for a call letter swap in Cincinnati...with the WSWD call letters moving from 94.9 FM to 97.3 FM, and the WYGY call letters moving to replace them at 94.9.We didn't think much of it, as there was no other information to … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: WKDD’s Angela Out
Posted on November 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment
It looks like Clear Channel Akron/Canton hot AC WKDD/98.1 morning host Matt Patrick is going solo in both of his radio gigs, as "Matt and Angela" are no longer a team.An alert OMW reader pointed out to us that Patrick's long-time co-host Angela Bellios has been removed from the station's web site, which now only lists Matt Patrick in morning drive.OMW has confirmed out of Freedom Avenue that Angela is "no longer with the station". We don't have any further confirmation as to the nature of her … [Read more...]
