No, no announcement yet...just a couple of updates, though! Well, it was a "couple of updates", but it grows by the hour...WKSU RESPONDS: OMW reported the end of Kent State University NPR outlet WKSU/89.7's "Your Way Home", hosted most recently by staffer Daniel Hockensmith.With Hockensmith's departure to the Crain Business Media Empire - in specific, Akron-based "Plastics News" - he won't be replaced as host, and the show will no longer air.But WKSU public relations chief and regular OMW … [Read more...]
Where’d We Go?
Posted on January 4, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Thank you for hanging in there while we took an extended hiatus. And, welcome to 2008!Here are some random items to carry you along for a while. And watch this space for a possible announcement sometime in the next few days...FREEMAN EXITS 45/49: Kent-based PBS outlet WNEO/45-WEAO/49 "PBS 45 & 49" is saying goodbye later this year to a key, long-time employee.The station says chief operating officer Don Freeman will retire on March 28 of this year.Freeman has been with the … [Read more...]
Wrapping Up Some Loose Ends
Posted on December 17, 2007 · Leave a Comment
...and waiting for others.First, a reminder: OMW will be sporadically updated between now and January 2nd, 2008. We will continue to provide "major" breaking news - i.e. format changes, sales, and major personality moves - throughout the holidays, into 2008.And by our count, we've got at least a couple or three of those waiting to happen...NOT YET, BUT...: We haven't heard an official announcement, even within the building, of a potential new hire by a Cleveland TV station. We hinted at it … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: “Supertalk” Blown Up In Cincinnati
Posted on December 13, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Cumulus has blown up its "SuperTalk" FM talk format in Cincinnati.Cincinnati Enquirer TV/radio guru John Kiesewetter reports that WFTK pulled the plug on the talk format after the end of this morning's "Two Angry Guys" morning drive talk show with Richard Skinner and Tom Gamble. Construction noises have filled the 96.5 airwaves.Skinner tells Kiese that the pair is still with the station, and will return to the station post-format change, after a previously scheduled vacation, on January 2nd.But … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: Radio 106.7 Columbus Debuts Today
Posted on December 13, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We could pat ourselves on the back, but it's not like it took a team of world-class scientists to figure this one out.OMW hears that at noon today, as expected and rumored, Clear Channel Columbus will flip stunting WMRN-FM/106.7 Dublin "Television 106.7" to a modern/adult rock format as "Radio 106.7".The station's new website, listed as "Under Construction", bears the logo shown here.We hear from multiple sources - basically, everyone in Columbus short of Jim Tressel - that "Radio 106.7" will be … [Read more...]
Cunningham Renewed
Posted on December 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment
As it turns out, Clear Channel talk WLW/700 personality Bill Cunningham was on a shorter leash than we realized - when he took over the former Matt Drudge Sunday night show syndicated by Clear Channel's Premiere.But the Cincinnati Enquirer's John Kiesewetter reports that "Willie" says he's earned a full-year renewal for "Live On Sunday Night, It's Bill Cunningham". The show airs Sunday from 10 PM to 1 AM Eastern, though flagship WLW only carries the first two hours. (Think "America's Trucking … [Read more...]
You Can’t Work For A Radio Station While In Prison
Posted on December 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment
There's closure to the case of a Louisville KY radio personality, who accepted a job offer to become promotions director of Canton top 40 WZKL/92.5 "Q92" - while he was well aware that he was getting into major legal hot water in his home market.Todd Edward Smith, known on-air at Louisville's WDJX as "Todd Kelly", was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison for an elaborate charity scam.Smith was convicted of setting up a bogus charity for ALS - "Lou Gehrig's Disease" - after falsely telling … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: New WRQK/WHLO PD
Posted on December 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment
OMW hears that it's official - long-time rock programmer Greg Ausham is headed for Clear Channel rock WRQK/106.9 Canton "Rock 106.9" as program director.Ausham will also fill the PD vacancy down the Freedom Avenue hall at the company's talk WHLO/640 Akron.OMW reported earlier that WRQK PD Keith Hamilton stepped down from his programming duties to concentrate on his long-running midday show. And WHLO program director Jerry Mullins left the building as well.Ausham's programming history includes a … [Read more...]
Clearing Up Columbus
Posted on December 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment
As it turns out, the rumors (clearly marked as such in an item below) about layoffs at the Clear Channel Columbus compound were a bit overstated.In this day where large numbers of employees are let go for financial/budget reasons at clusters all over America, we're "happy" (cough) to report that only three workers have actually been let go from the hallways at Clear Channel's Columbus operations.OMW has confirmed that talk WTVN/610 newsman Stuart Osborne is indeed gone from the building for a … [Read more...]
Your Tuesday News
Posted on December 11, 2007 · Leave a Comment
At least two items from our Rumormill, and one correction, in this batch...WEATHER OR NOT: OMW hears strong rumblings that a now-former Cleveland TV weather forecaster could be back on the air soon in the market at another station.We haven't confirmed this, though it's quite likely obvious who we're talking about from our wording.We don't know when this will be made official, or what role the new weather person would take at their new station...COLUMBUS HIT AGAIN?: Clear Channel holiday season … [Read more...]
