The folks at Oak Tree want to make sure you know this:Clear Channel Cleveland rock WMMS/100.7 - top 40 WAKS/96.5 program director Bo Matthews has signed a three year contract extension, taking him - on paper - until April 2010.Bo gained the "Kiss FM" addition to his duties in replacement of former "Kiss" programmer Dan Mason, now trying to bring new stability to embattled top 40 outlet KDND/107.9 Sacramento CA ("The End"), which was that certain station with that certain contest that made … [Read more...]
The Media Circus
Posted on June 21, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Forgive us for treating it like, well, the elephant in the middle of the room...but we have yet to comment on the Northeast Ohio Media Circus.That is, the fact that much of the national media has descended upon Canton and nearby areas concerning the disappearance of a certain pregnant mother, 26 year-old Jessie Marie Davis, from her home in North Canton.A virtual media village has set up at the Stark County Sheriff's Department, and national network and cable news reporters have made the area … [Read more...]
THIS JUST IN: Golden Flashes Back To WNIR
Posted on June 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment
AllAccess reports this afternoon that Kent State University sports will air on MediaCom talk WNIR/100.1 Kent-Akron starting this fall."The Talk of Akron" reportedly signed a five-year deal to once again become the Home of the Golden Flashes, airing the team's football and men's basketball games.Most recently, the KSU games aired on Clear Channel talk WHLO/640, along with Cleveland affiliate Salem talk WHK/1420, and sister Youngstown market outlet WHKZ/1440 Warren, which otherwise simulcasts … [Read more...]
Welcome To The OMW Jungle
Posted on June 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment
With apologies for the title to Premiere syndicated sports talker Jim Rome (weekdays noon-3 PM, WKNR/850 and WJMP/1520):SHOUT OUT: You never know who's reading this missive, but apparently, we've made the national grade in TV news gossip.Popular trade gossip site NewsBlues has a link to the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm), due to our earlier items and discussions about FOX O&O WJW/8 coming onto the market.We'd like to welcome our new readers - surely mostly from outside the market, as we're pretty … [Read more...]
First Shot Of The Week
Posted on June 18, 2007 · Leave a Comment
And our first entry this week is more of a follow-up entry...WJW TO CBS? HOLD ON...: When that big bombshell dropped last week, with FOX announcing its intent to sell Cleveland O&O WJW/8 "FOX 8" and eight other stations, we got a flurry of speculation that almost sounded, well, like it could happen.At least some folks seem to think that it's a foregone conclusion that CBS itself will ride in on the white horse and restore WJW's former CBS affiliation, swiping it with style from the folks at … [Read more...]
Condolences
Posted on June 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment
OMW would like to extend our condolences to WJW/8 "FOX 8 News" sports anchor and WKNR/850 "ESPN 850" mid-morning talk show host Tony Rizzo on the loss of his grandmother.The Cleveland Plain Dealer has more on Josephine "Jeffie" Rizzo's life in a news obituary published Monday.Of course, her son, and Tony's father, is long-time Cleveland radio and TV personality Jack Reynolds... … [Read more...]
Tuesday Update
Posted on June 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Well, now that we've brought forth a station swap and killed it within two items, let's try something else...AP AWARDS: The list is far too long to mention here, but a number of Northeast Ohio stations have picked up yearly broadcast awards from the Ohio Associated Press.TV-wise, Cleveland's WKYC-TV nabbed top prize for outstanding large market news operation...it was Clear Channel talk WLW/700 Cincinnati on the radio side.Akron's WAKR/1590 (along with Rubber City Radio sisters WQMX/94.9 and … [Read more...]
As It Turns Out
Posted on June 11, 2007 · Leave a Comment
It would appear that the big proposed swap between Clear Channel's WBBG/106.1 Niles and WREO/97.1 Ashtabula has fallen apart in mere days.OK, so we were skeptical when anonymous commenters alluded to it on the item immediately below this.But sure enough, both applications are listed as "dismissed" as of this evening on the FCC web site, with a dismissal date of today.Here's the link to the WBBG application, and the link to the WREO application, both of which show the "dismissed" status.Since we … [Read more...]
Eastern Ohio Swap
Posted on June 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 6/11/07 8:01 PM: Well, not so much. Details on the update to this story are at this link, which is the item just above this on the regular scroll. Here's what we posted Sunday night...--------------On its way out the door in Ashtabula, Clear Channel is filing for a frequency swap between that area and Youngstown.The company has filed to move 97.1 FM - the long-time home of AC WREO "Star 97.1" - to McDonald, a small village in Trumbull County.In turn, 106.1/Niles, the current oldies … [Read more...]
Friday Wrapup
Posted on June 8, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Now, on to the stuff clogging up our inbox, and our collective mind...MIX TO KISS PD IN Y-TOWN: AllAccess reports that Clear Channel Youngstown hot AC WMXY/98.9 "Mix" middayer Sean Stevens slides across the hall to top 40 WAKZ/95.9 "Kiss FM" to take its program director opening.The move takes Stevens off the air at "Mix", with newly-minted PD Steve Granato going on the air there. Sean has been holding that pesky "acting PD" title at "Kiss FM" since Jerry Mac left the post a few months ago.And … [Read more...]
