Cleveland Clear Channel rocker WMMS/100.7 is "rocking again" in the middle of the day.The station has just announced that the midday placement of syndicated morning drive talk show "Bob and Tom" is history, as of today. Midday air personality Maria returns to her old time slot starting at 11 AM."Bob and Tom"'s recorded presence in middays was made necessary a month ago, when WMMS snagged the rights to Shane "Rover" French and his "Rover's Morning Glory" show - formerly heard on CBS Radio … [Read more...]
Tip Of The OMW Hat To Ed
Posted on April 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Rubber City Radio's Ed Esposito, who holds the futuristic-looking title of "VP/Information Media" for the Akron-based radio cluster (oldies WAKR/1590, country WQMX/94.9, and classic rock WONE/97.5), was named chairman of the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) at the recent NAB convention.We've seen it announced other places, but were a bit slow on this - for one - because Ed was too modest to toot his own horn.But you can hear a honk or two thanks to the good folks at AllAccess. … [Read more...]
EXCLUSIVE: Details On Matt Patrick’s AM Talk Show
Posted on April 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment
As first reported here last week, long-time Clear Channel Akron/Canton hot AC WKDD/98.1 morning co-host Matt Patrick will pick up an afternoon talk radio gig on sister AM talker WHLO/640.We've now uncovered the details we didn't have last week...with an early version of a press release that floated out on the wind out of a Freedom Avenue window."The Matt Patrick Show" premieres on Monday, April 28th on WHLO from 5-7 PM.No, Mr. Patrick isn't giving up his WKDD morning perch next to co-host Angela … [Read more...]
THIS JUST IN: WKDD’s Patrick To Do Talk Show
Posted on April 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The details are sketchy and few right now.But word is leaking out of Clear Channel Akron/Canton's Freedom Avenue compound that long-time hot AC WKDD/98.1 morning man Matt Patrick is set to do another regular show in May...a three-hour local talk show on the cluster's talk outlet, WHLO/640 Akron.We don't have further details on this, including in what time slot he would do the show, or how it affects his long-time gig hosting the WKDD morning show...which Patrick has been hosting since long … [Read more...]
A Decision To Make
Posted on April 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment
In what would have been much bigger news around the Buckeye State a couple of years ago...Even if you're no longer within earshot of a liberal talk station, you've probably heard of all the hot water syndicated host Randi Rhodes got into recently...after what's been called a "profanity-laced" tirade about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and others, at what amounted to a stand up comedy/personal appearance on behalf of her San Francisco affiliate, KKGN/960 "Green 960".The … [Read more...]
WTOD Programmer Out
Posted on April 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment
OMW has word that Cumulus' Toledo cluster has "downsized" one of our readers right out of his job.Chuck Matthews, who programmed the cluster's talk WTOD/1560 "SuperTalk 1560" and was creative director for all the Cumulus Toledo stations, is no longer working there.We hear Chuck is looking for programming or imaging director duties, and still runs his own voiceover shop. He's heard as an imaging voice on a number of radio and TV stations, including Block Communications cable CW Network affiliate … [Read more...]
The O&A, Uh, Empire?
Posted on April 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 4/11/08 2:16 PM: We've been forwarded an affiliate list that shows another 7 or so markets for O&A outside New York, Boston and Cleveland. We don't know how accurate that is, but they have lost a lot of big markets in this most recent run...-----------------We started noticing a trend when the reports filtered in.CBS Radio has come to a new contract agreement with its syndicated hot talk hosts Opie and Anthony. The duo who came back to the company after the attempt to replace hot … [Read more...]
Our Brian Wilson Update
Posted on April 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment
And since we're Ohio Media Watch and not Billboard Magazine, that means an update on Clear Channel talk WSPD/1370 Toledo afternoon drive host/program director Brian Wilson, not an update on that Beach Boy.The Baltimore Sun's "Critical Mass" blog provides a first-day update on Wilson's debut Wednesday as the mid-afternoon host (12-3 PM) on that city's CBS Radio FM talker, WFHS/105.7.And the update, and an article in the Dead Trees edition of the Sun the day before, confirms our reporting here … [Read more...]
“Sounds” Familiar
Posted on April 8, 2008 · Leave a Comment
So, perusing the AllAccess scroll this afternoon, we see this:BONNEVILLE INTERNATIONAL launched its highly anticipated station in LOS ANGELES -- as 100.3 THE SOUND --with U2's "BEAUTIFUL DAY." The new AAA format went on the air at 10a (PT).Hmm. Boy, does that name SOUND familiar!Yes, that's Bonneville's rocker in Cincinnati, WSWD/94.9. We don't keep very good track of Queen City radio, but we believe Bonneville inherited both station and format there from Entercom.And of course, 94.9 has done … [Read more...]
A Clump Of Toledo News
Posted on April 4, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Here at your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm), we don't know what it is...but media news from Toledo seems to always come in clumps. It's almost never just "one" item.Here we are again, with word of one change that's already been made, and one move that may or may not affect the market.We'll start with the second, with the announcement on Dave Hughes' DCRTV.com, "confirmed" by the Baltimore Sun newspaper, that veteran Baltimore market radio voice Brian Wilson would be returning to the airwaves of that … [Read more...]
