Think warm as you read this item to wrap up our week.After all, the weather forecast tells us that the wind chill over the weekend in Northeast Ohio will be roughly 200 degrees below zero, give or take a hundred...DID YOU HEAR IT?: Anytime Cleveland market morning drive radio icon John Lanigan even remotely talks about his career and future, the Bat Signal appears in the sky, and OMW gets contacted by numerous readers.That's what happened earlier this week, when a caller apparently called the … [Read more...]
A Sharp(ton) Move, Or Not?
Posted on January 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment
We don't spend a lot of time listening to either of Radio One's AM stations in Cleveland, so when we first heard just what changes were made this week, we were surprised.But starting Monday, the company has moved Syndication One host Al Sharpton's national show talk in the Cleveland market from urban talk WJMO/1490"The People's Station" to its original frequency home in Cleveland, gospel WJMO/1300 "Praise 1300". Syndication One is an arm of Radio One.Sharpton's program airs in its live 1-4 PM … [Read more...]
Clear Channel Spins Five To BAS
Posted on January 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment
AllAccess reports this afternoon that Clear Channel has spun off five stations in its Sandusky and Findlay/Tiffin clusters to local operator BAS Broadcasting. The move has been long rumored, and even hinted about here among recent news from that region.The stations listed are CC's Sandusky cluster stations - sports WLEC/1450 "Sports Radio Sandusky", AC WCPZ/102.7 "Mix 102.7", and classic rock WMJK/100.9 Clyde "The Coast", along with WTTF/1600 Tiffin and one of its clustermates, the recently … [Read more...]
Some Random Items
Posted on January 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Starting our week with, well, odd stuff that may or may not be related:WBNX BLOG: It's actually been around for a while, but we only recently stumbled onto a local TV station getting into this blogging thing.Cleveland market CW affiliate WBNX/55 Akron's blog is mostly full of promotion for the station's CW network programming, and the various syndicated programming aired by the station.But there are a few local tidbits in there, and not just appearances by station-linked stars or locations of … [Read more...]
Gladiators Tap WKNR
Posted on January 13, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Not like it was any surprise, but the new Arena Football League team in Cleveland will air its games on Good Karma Broadcasting sports WKNR/850 "ESPN 850".The Cleveland Gladiators and Good Karma announced Friday that WKNR, and sister sports outlet WWGK/1540 "KNR2", will be the Official Radio Home of the team in its first season, which kicks off March 3 at Quicken Loans Arena.From the release issued Friday by the AFL team:ESPN 850 WKNR and Cleveland’s AM 1540 KNR2 will air the Gladiators regular … [Read more...]
Sunday Heads Up: Denny’s Northwest Ohio Radio Return
Posted on January 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Toledo-area listeners haven't heard Denny Schaffer since he left Clear Channel talk WSPD/1370 for sister station WGST/640 Atlanta.And aside from an occasional national talk radio fill-in (Denny has filled in for Premiere host Glenn Beck at least once), Denny himself hasn't been heard anywhere on the radio since an apparent temporary weekend stint at Atlanta sports talker WCNN/680 "The Fan" - his landing spot after WGST eviscerated its local talk radio lineup.Since then, he's hosted a daily … [Read more...]
Columbus’ 3200 Watt Internet Transmitter
Posted on January 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Some people make use of personal FM modulators or transmitters to play their iPods, or send Internet radio streaming all around the house.One Columbus radio station is using it the Internet to, well, provide actual programming content for the station...full-time.It's been over one month since the liberal talk format returned to the Columbus airwaves, via the facilities of Bernard Radio's WVKO/1580 - which now being LMAed by a group called "Cowtown Communications". That group is headed up by … [Read more...]
Tip Of The Hat To SOJ
Posted on January 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment
OMW tips our virtual hat to the "Sunday Oldies Jukebox", the adult-programmed day full of oldies music heard every Sunday in the Akron market over WSTB/88.9 Streetsboro.The Akron Beacon Journal's Jim Carney has an article in Thursday's paper about SOJ, which takes over the airwaves of the station programmed with alternative rock music six days a week by student volunteers at Streetsboro High School - using the on-air slogan "The AlterNation".On Sundays, listeners in greater Akron and nearby are … [Read more...]
Midweek Housekeeping
Posted on January 9, 2008 · Leave a Comment
While sharpening our creative writing skills, some brief headlines of stuff we've not posted so far...and some fairly new stuff...BELLO EXITS: AllAccess reports that Radio One urban AC WZAK/93.1 Cleveland assistant program director/music director/midday personality Terry Bello is no longer in the building on St. Clair Avenue.In addition to his duties on WZAK, Bello was also program director of sister gospel outlet WJMO/1300 "Praise 1300"...MR. BURBANK'S RETIREMENT: We regret providing the … [Read more...]
Findlay And Lima Changes Monday?
Posted on January 5, 2008 · Leave a Comment
OMW is hearing that some changes on the radio dial are about to take place on Clear Channel radio stations in the Findlay and Lima areas.It starts with a brief official announcement on the website of Findlay-based classic rocker WFPX/107.7 North Baltimore OH "107.7 The Fox":"Catch us on the dial at 106.3 on Monday!"That's all it says.106.3 in the region is currently oldies WBUK/106.3 Ottawa OH "The Big Buck", which pumps out mostly satellite-fed oldies...and is headquartered at Clear Channel in … [Read more...]
