Premiere syndicated Sunday night host Matt Drudge exits his show after his September 30th show. OMW hears that Premiere says the host "has chosen to depart the radio business" to concentrate on his popular Internet site and "other endeavors".The Drudge show airs on most Clear Channel-owned talk stations in Ohio, and counts an affiliate base of over 325 stations nationwide.Replacing him is WLW/700 Cincinnati early afternoon mainstay Bill Cunningham, who starts October 7th in the Sunday night … [Read more...]
A Lot For A Monday
Posted on August 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment
It's a pretty full breakfast plate for us on a Monday morning. Hmm, we're getting hungry...MORE ON THE WNIR MORNING DRIVE OPENING: Though we'd mentioned that the full-week auditions for the open chair on Akron market talk WNIR/100.1's morning drive show were slowing down, we heard another "auditioner" last week sitting alongside Stan Piatt, Jim Midock and Steve French.Near the end of the program, which is pretty much nearly all of what we'd heard, Piatt made it clear - on the air - that the … [Read more...]
Something To Write About
Posted on August 22, 2007 · Leave a Comment
UPDATED! See below...--------We've been quiet here at the OMW ranch for a couple of days, but mostly because we haven't had much to write about. We've found enough...THIS JUST IN: An alert OMW reader tips below that Good Karma sports WKNR/850 "ESPN 850" in Cleveland has signed up to be the home of the American Hockey League's Lake Erie Monsters.Here's the blurb on ESPNCleveland.com:The Lake Erie Monsters and WKNR announced on Wednesday that ESPN 850 WKNR will be the exclusive radio home for … [Read more...]
Monday Pile
Posted on August 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment
And, welcome to Monday!We've been trying to bring up items separately, lately, but we'll do our usual "all-in-one" for this edition...BIG TEN CRUNCH TIME: That light at the end of the tunnel for those hoping for local cable carriage of the new "Big Ten Network" could be that of an oncoming deadline train instead.The "hope" came in an item in the Columbus Dispatch, where BTN honchos were doing last minute pitching to local media outlets in the days before the network's scheduled to launch on … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: “Hot 101” Fishing For New PD
Posted on August 17, 2007 · Leave a Comment
AllAccess reports that Cumulus top 40 WHOT/101.1 "Hot 101" in Youngstown is without its long-time program director.John Trout tells the trade website that he's resigned from "Hot 101" after over five years of programming the station due to "family medical issues".As Trout steps out, nighttime personality "J-Dub" gets handed music director duties, and APD/afternoon driver Hunter Quinn stays in that role... … [Read more...]
A Thursday Snack
Posted on August 16, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Some items to keep your information hunger pangs from getting TOO loud...SOME ADDITIONS TO THE PLUTO FILE: We have a couple of more questions answered about the move of Akron Beacon Journal sports columnist Terry Pluto to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.Thanks to the PD's own article about their now-returning sportswriter (well, after that small 22 year break in Akron), we know that Pluto's bringing his full ABJ repetoire to the PD sometime around Labor Day.That includes not only his popular Sunday … [Read more...]
And Tuesday
Posted on August 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Here we are, for once, for a second day in a row. Feels like old times, no?TOLEDO'S HOME OF THE BROWNS: ...is nowhere, at least on the radio.Some non-radio friends confirmed to us that no Toledo radio station carried the Cleveland Browns' pre-season win over the Kansas City Chiefs over last weekend. Not WTOD/1560, nor any other Cumulus or Clear Channel stations, or...anyone.And radio sources in the market say the situation is bleak for expecting any station to swoop in and carry the Browns … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: WAKR/1590’s Pat Kennard Exiting
Posted on August 13, 2007 · Leave a Comment
This just in from Rubber City Radio news chief Ed Esposito on his new blog:WAKR/1590 news anchor Pat Kennard is leaving the Akron station after a long, long stint in the news department of WAKR.Esposito isn't saying where Kennard will go after her last day at Rubber City (August 24th), but notes that it's "an excellent opportunity for Pat and we are very happy for her."Many of us who've been around Northeast Ohio also remember Pat for her work at formerly co-owned TV 23 (WAKR/WAKC).More as we … [Read more...]
A Monday In Mid-August
Posted on August 13, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Items for a Monday...MAGGIE'S AUDITION: OMW has nailed down, thanks to an anonymous tip, details on the upcoming week-long audition by former Akron market talker WNIR/100.1 morning co-host Maggie Fuller on another Northern Ohio station.Maggie will be on the air one week from today (August 20th) on Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting talk WEOL/930 Elyria, alongside Les Sekely on his "Les in the Morning" show in morning drive.As we hinted in our earlier item, the Elyria station is actually a lot closer … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: Lynn Kelly To WQMX Middays
Posted on August 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment
This just in:Lynn Kelly, who has been doing middays at Akron Public Schools non-comm AAA outlet WAPS/91.3 "The Summit", is moving back to the commercial radio dial.Starting August 20th, Kelly will take over middays at Rubber City Radio country powerhouse WQMX/94.9.Of course, Lynn is no stranger to that commercial part of the FM band, with a long stint in the very same time slot at Clear Channel hot AC WKDD/96.5-98.1 in the Akron market.WQMX program director Sue Wilson tells OMW:She’s a great … [Read more...]
