And in keeping with our schedule, this may be the last update until early next week. Please keep checking, though, in case of breaking items.Or we could say something like - "At OMW, When News Breaks, We FedEx It Back And Wait For A Replacement"...THE GLORIOUS NEW SET WORLD: We scratch our heads over this one.In the two years we've been doing this - we missed our anniversary late last month! - we've seen very few topics that touch a hunger for information like the upcoming new set for FOX … [Read more...]
Enough To Publish
Posted on July 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Aside from our own time issues, we sometimes aren't here because there's nothing to publish. That certainly isn't the case this early Tuesday morning...ANNOUNCEMENT FEVER: Why do at least two local radio stations find Tuesday morning a good time to announce things?That's what Good Karma sports WKNR/850 "ESPN 850"'s "Rizzo on the Radio", and Akron market talker WNIR/100.1 "The Talk of Akron" have done...picked the late Tuesday morning time slot to make on-air announcements.WNIR's, which we … [Read more...]
Post-Holiday Fill
Posted on July 5, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Some other stuff that's popped up, and we're getting around to adding on this Thursday:REPOSITORY MANAGING EDITOR TO WKSU: We actually saw the headline on one of the local news websites, about Canton Repository managing editor M.L. Schultze leaving the paper - recently purchased by GateHouse.What we didn't know is her destination.The Repository itself reports that Schultze is leaving the newspaper later this month to become news director of Kent-based NPR outlet WKSU/89.7.The article on her … [Read more...]
Quick Hits
Posted on July 3, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We hinted at this earlier, but we're still in "sporadic/as we can" mode when it comes to updating this report. We'll continue to be on that schedule until further notice, but we apologize for being away since late last week.Some quick hits to hold you over...OVERNIGHT CHANGES: If you're up in the middle of the night, you'll have one less spot on the radio dial to hear George Noory, host of Premiere Radio's ubitquous overnight show "Coast to Coast AM".Clear Channel talk WHLO/640 Akron has … [Read more...]
Final Update This Week
Posted on June 29, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Barring any major Northeast Ohio media news, this will be our last update until (approximately) Monday morning. But...We just had to update one earlier item, which we believe was an exclusive - thanks to RadioInsight.com's Lance Venta.As expected, Clear Channel advice talker WSAI/1360 "1360thesource.com" Cincinnati won't be providing advice to Southwest Ohio listeners starting Monday.Clear Channel Cincinnati has confirmed to AllAccess that it launches "Cincinnati's ESPN 1360" that same day. … [Read more...]
WNIR Morning Co-Host Steps Down
Posted on June 29, 2007 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 6/29/07 10:07 PM: We've updated and changed some of this item, as some of the circumstances surrounding Maggie Fuller's departure from WNIR become clearer.Maggie's website contains this message, which was copied by AllAccess earlier this afternoon:Maggie really did quit!Yes, I need a life. I will miss everyone and it makes me sad but life is too short to work Monday through Saturday and every other holiday. I have no retirement and need to find a job with a plan. I will miss everyone. … [Read more...]
And It’s Friday
Posted on June 29, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We'll finish off the week, and note that we're probably not going to be 'round these parts until Monday or Tuesday.So...let's have at it...leading from the outer reaches of the OMW Empire for once...NO MORE "SOURCE"?: A tip of the OMW hat to Radio-Insight.com's Lance Venta and his Internet domain name snooping on this one.Lance tells us that Clear Channel scooped up the domain name 1360espn.com on Monday, and followed with two more - bengalstream.com and bearcatstream.com.Lance also notes that … [Read more...]
Day Of Silence
Posted on June 26, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Those who have a favorite Internet radio stream, or two, or six, will be a bit grumpy today.A broad-based effort by a number of webcasters, both large and small, will replace programming on the streams with "A Day Of Silence", in protest of the...well, we'll let webcast guru Kurt Hanson and his "RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter" tell the story:On Tuesday, June 26, thousands of U.S.-based webcasters plan to turn off the music and go silent in a unified effort to draw attention to an impending … [Read more...]
Monday Fatigue
Posted on June 25, 2007 · Leave a Comment
With weekend-long discussion of Friday's biggest media story, the placement of five Clear Channel Cleveland-operated FMs into a trust for eventual sale - and the developments over the weekend in the Jessie Davis Case Media Circus - we feel exhausted on this Monday.But, we'll get to the hits:A PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION: Some of our commenters have posted possible scenarios for the first item, the move by Clear Channel to place all of its Oak Tree-located FMs into a new trust - presumably to bring … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: Clear Channel Flipping Ohio Stations Into Trust
Posted on June 22, 2007 · Leave a Comment
It looks like four big Clear Channel FM stations in the Cleveland market, and a number of other stations in three other Ohio markets, are being spun off to a trust to satisfy FCC regulatory caps, in connection with the ongoing effort to spin Clear Channel itself off to private equity firms.The four Cleveland stations would be: country WGAR/99.5, rock WMMS/100.7, oldies WMJI/105.7 and hot AC WMVX/106.5. They'd go to Aloha Station Trust LLC.Also on the list of 71 stations - a large number in … [Read more...]
