UPDATE 6:02 PM 10/16/08: WJW "FOX 8" confirms the passing of Jack Reynolds, father of "FOX 8" sports anchor Tony Rizzo, at the age of 71. Quoting the article on MyFoxCleveland.com:Reynolds had been hospitalized for three 1/2 weeks for bypass heart surgery and then for an intestinal operation. He had weathered it all and was recovering, but he took a turn last night and died early this morning.FOX 8 also provides details of his services:Visitation will be Sunday, 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Ripepi … [Read more...]
WSTB Rally
Posted on October 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 10/16/08 2:30 PM: A temporary placeholder page is now up at the main website for WSTB's "AlterNation" weekday format, with this notice:Sadly, this situation is out of the control of the many volunteers and staff that have worked hard over the years to provide you with the music and programming you've come to enjoy.The site encourages listeners to make their feelings known to the Streetsboro school district and its board members, and provides links to contact information for those in the … [Read more...]
A WSTB Update
Posted on October 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Streetsboro High School radio station WSTB/88.9 is still off the air as of this writing, but the circumstances that forced it off the air have become somewhat clearer.And for that matter, it all seems rather silly at this point.An article written on the web site of the weekly "Gateway News" newspaper, which we linked here earlier this week, cited "inappropriate photos" as the reason school officials took out WSTB computers Monday night. The move took out the computer used to operate the station … [Read more...]
Still Not Theirs
Posted on October 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Here's one from our Technicality Department.A brief item in AllAccess today confirms what we'd wondered about while looking at FCC records online - rock WRQK/106.9 Canton is still technically owned by Cumulus, not Clear Channel.Of course, WRQK was involved in a multi-station swap, where Cumulus sent it to Clear Channel, and received a number of stations in Michigan in return.The deal was filed in December 2006, and approved by the FCC in December 2007.The proposed swap was extensively reported … [Read more...]
Hi, Glenn!
Posted on October 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The ongoing saga of changes about to be made to Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100's lineup continues to amuse us.This time, your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) is right in the middle of the action involving the Cleveland talk station's immediate future plans.According to one of our readers, OMW was actually quoted/invoked by Premiere syndicated talk host Glenn Beck during his "Insiders" webcam feed between the 9 AM and 10 AM hours of his Tuesday broadcast.(We picked this picture off of the website of Beck's … [Read more...]
Computer Probe Takes WSTB Off Air
Posted on October 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Streetsboro Public Schools-owned WSTB/88.9 Streetsboro is off the air this afternoon...for an unusual reason.The Gateway News, the Record Publishing weekly newspaper serving that Portage County city, reports on its web site this afternoon that something apparently found on station computers has led to the station being taken off the air:Computers used to run the station have been seized by school officials after inappropriate photos were found on them, according to Superintendent Linda T. … [Read more...]
EXCLUSIVE: WTAM Adding Beck, Frantz Moves To Evenings
Posted on October 13, 2008 · Leave a Comment
At some point today, with all the noise surrounding this, with multiple confirmations both inside and connected to Oak Tree, it became silly to wait to share something we've known for some time now.And frankly, Premiere's Glenn Beck nudged us over the "wait to share this" line today, announcing a "Cleveland" tour stop date on Beck's "Christmas Sweater" tour - December 13th at Playhouse Square's Allen Theatre.Since he's been heard on Clear Channel talk WHLO/640, Beck has in the past brought his … [Read more...]
An Old Voice Teases
Posted on October 13, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Offered without much further explanation, for now.A number of OMW readers tell us that Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100 Cleveland has been airing liners many times over the weekend, much to this effect:"Hey, Cleveland....I'm baaack!"We're told the voice heard was none other than the voice of former WTAM syndicated mainstay Glenn Beck, the Premiere host who was unceremoniously knocked off Cleveland's "Big One" to make way for syndicated liberal host, trash TV talkmeister and former Cincinnati mayor … [Read more...]
EXCLUSIVE: WTAM Changes
Posted on October 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment
OMW hears that Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100 Cleveland "Sportsline" host Kevin Keane has left the building.We don't know why, but we don't believe his exit was related to anything he did on or off the air. Keane's "Sportsline" page is still up, untouched, at this hour, and "Sportsline"'s other regular host, WTAM Indians beat reporter Mark Schwab, is on the air this Friday evening.Oh, it's almost anti-climactic at this point...but we've confirmed the exit of Mike Trivisonno's latest regular … [Read more...]
Toledo and Tampa
Posted on October 9, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Two TV-related items, both involving cities with names starting with the letter "T". (Hey, it's what passes for creativity around here!)TOLEDO TV RADIO NEWS: Toledo ABC O&O WTVG/13 and the Cumulus cluster in the Glass City are crowing about their new alliance.The Toledo Blade reports that seven Cumulus radio stations in Toledo will be getting weather, news and sports updates from the "13ABC" folks.The deal apparently doesn't include, at least according to the Blade article, top 40 … [Read more...]
