A mainstay of Northeast Ohio gospel format radio has passed away.Clear Channel passes along word that Anne Robinson, who has been involved with the long-running Sunday "Gospel Brunch" program and its predecessors on Akron's WARF/1350 for over 40 years, passed away on Tuesday.Robinson is called "one of the originating voices" of the "Gospel Brunch" show, which has aired on either AM 1350 or now-sister talk WHLO/640 in some form each Sunday, since the run started with the debut of her "Gospel … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: WNVW PD Out
Posted on June 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment
AllAccess reports that long-time WNWV/107.3 program director Bernie Kimble is out after a 16 year run at the Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting-owned station, most of that in the PD chair at the Cleveland market smooth jazz outlet known as "The Wave".There's no word on any successor, or Kimble's next move... … [Read more...]
Random Stuff, In No Particular Order
Posted on June 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment
And mostly just clearing out the "inbox" here at your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm)...TOLEDO OLDIES: Cumulus Toledo market oldies outlet WRQN/93.5 has made a change in evenings.Veteran Toledo - and elsewhere - radio personality Jim Brady has exited the oldies station's 6 PM-11 PM slot, and is being replaced by another Toledo and station vet, Buddy Carr.Carr has been holding down a 10 AM-3 PM Saturday shift, which the station says he'll keep after taking over nights full-time starting tonight.No word … [Read more...]
Cleaning Up After Ourselves
Posted on June 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment
A few things just fell out, so we have to clean up after ourselves...FOX 8 FOLO: Well, at least we know that someone at the Cleveland Plain Dealer still reads OMW.After our item on the FCC's approval of the sale of WJW/8 "FOX 8" and other FOX O&Os to Local TV, LLC, PD media columnist Julie Washington wrote an article for the following day's paper - based on the same source we found, the "tvnewsday" trade news website.Shortly after Ms. Washington's story hit Cleveland.com Tuesday morning, … [Read more...]
A Thursday Smorgasbord
Posted on May 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment
We''l stop in Columbus, first, before ending our trio of notes all about talk radio with a curious Cleveland item...COLLINS OUT: Everyone's being kind of mum about it, but Clear Channel talk WTVN/610 Columbus program director Bruce Collins is out.The veteran programmer (Oklahoma City, Nashville, Atlanta, all at Clear Channel talk stations) tells the folks at Radio & Records that he basically won't say anything about his departure, but will say "are you hiring?" to a prospective new … [Read more...]
Monday Updates And Corrections
Posted on May 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment
We're just going off on a tangent or three here, and there may not be any connecting thread. This is just stuff that's been piling up in the Collective Mind here at the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm)...SANE: Not really much to update here, but it appears the announcement of the arrival of incoming VP/general manager Victoria Regan at Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 Cleveland was well received.OMW hears that when announcing her appointment at 3001 Euclid, Scripps bosses used the word "sane" more than once … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: Cavaliers, WTAM, CC Re-Up
Posted on May 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100 and the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers have announced a 5-year renewal of their radio contract.The move is announced the same day the Cavaliers take on the Boston Celtics in game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals at Quicken Loans Arena.The press release is reprinted below.--------------CLEAR CHANNEL RADIO ANDTHE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS INK DEALMay 12, 2008, Cleveland, Ohio…Clear Channel Radio and The Cleveland Cavaliers have come to terms on a 5-year contract extension … [Read more...]
Three From Freedom Avenue
Posted on May 9, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Clear Channel's Freedom Avenue complex is a bit busy today.First, former WRQK/106.9 night guy Nick Andrews is back in the building, taking afternoons at the Canton rocker. Of course, the place has changed owners since Nick was there last time...Cumulus had the station when he did the night gig.The hiring nudges "Fishhead" from afternoons into middays, and that means the exit of long-time middayer and former "Rock 106.9" program director Keith Hamilton.In another studio at Freedom Avenue, … [Read more...]
Rover About To Lose A Market?
Posted on May 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment
When he exited CBS Radio alt-rock WXRK/92.3 "K-Rock" in his home market of Cleveland, Shane "Rover" French's "Rover's Morning Glory" show retained two affiliates that were once owned by CBS, in Memphis and Rochester.The stations continued to broadcast repeats of "RMG" until the Rover Crew set up shop in an leased studio at their new Cleveland home, the Oak Tree compound housing their now-current flagship, Clear Channel rock WMMS/100.7, weeks before that station took over as Rover's Cleveland … [Read more...]
Loose Ends For A Friday
Posted on May 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Fridays seem like just the time to clear up loose ends before the weekend...so, here we are!NOT YET FOR ALL: Though it appears that Time Warner Cable has flipped around its digital cable channel lineups for the bulk of its Northeast Ohio customers, there are apparently some yet to be converted.We're basing this on our own anecdotal evidence, but the former Adelphia/Western Reserve cluster in northeast Summit County and nearby would appear to be doing without the digital channel realignment - … [Read more...]
