And, closing out our weekday additions to the MBoF(tm):WHERE WERE THEY THEN?: We hadn't checked in with the excellent "Director's Cut" blog, crafted with care by WKYC/3 senior director Frank Macek on local NBC affiliate's website, so we visited again today.And Frank's top item is one touting a package airing at 11 PM tonight on "Channel 3 News", where reporter Chris Tye revisits the early broadcasting careers of some of the station's current staff members, with decent doses of humor.Eric … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: WDOK Hires Dan Deely For PM Drive
Posted on May 3, 2007 · Leave a Comment
It's been speculated about here, but OMW hears it has been officially announced: Dan Deely will take the afternoon drive shift at CBS Radio AC WDOK/102.1 Cleveland.Deely, the former afternoon driver at crosstown Salem CCM WFHM/95.5 "The Fish", takes the opening left when Chris Fox departed the station a while back.WDOK program director (and OMW reader) Scott Miller talks about it in the official press release on Deely's hiring:".. Before I comment on Dan, let me take the time to acknowledge … [Read more...]
Thursday Check-In
Posted on May 3, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We're still more in a "Days Of The Week" mood...DAVE AND JIMMY EXPANSION: On the heels of being added for mornings at Clear Channel top 40 WAKZ/95.9 "Kiss FM" in the Youngstown market, top 40 WNCI/97.9 Columbus' morning drive team, "Dave and Jimmy", continue their syndication expansion in Ohio.This time, it's Clear Channel Dayton top 40 WDKF/94.5 "Channel 94-5" picking up the show, with Dave Kaelin and Jimmy Jam apparently replacing a show called the "Morning Mess".(And no, we have no idea if … [Read more...]
RUMOR MILL: “GoodRadio” Coming To Ohio?
Posted on May 2, 2007 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 8:40 AM 5/3/07: Inside Radio reports this morning that it appears GoodRadio gets "just shy" of 180 of the Clear Channel small market spinoffs, in what looks to be half of the 72 markets mentioned below.There's no word on what markets are involved, or if any of them are in Ohio - though those numbers would make it appear favorable that the company would pick up at least some Ohio stations.More as we find out more...----------------We've read some reports, heard some rumblings, and are … [Read more...]
Catching Up, Midweek Edition
Posted on May 2, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We're sorry for those of you who are used to daily updates out of us...but we're back for a new round on this Wednesday. We think we give you the best publishing frequency you're likely to get out of a site that doesn't charge for subscriptions, after all...DEELY AND WDOK: No less an authority than WDOK/102.1 program director Scott Miller has checked in with your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) about a rare bit of uncertainty at the CBS Radio Cleveland AC outlet.A number of OMW readers caught … [Read more...]
A Newsy Monday
Posted on April 30, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Our first item for the new week is rather newsy. We actually have some interesting stuff this time! (No, not our usual flotsam-and-jetsam for a Monday morning.)But a request, first.Please dial back on the jokes in our comments at the expense of a certain board op who was once on-air at a local radio station. There are many who know the "back story", and we do, as well...and we don't think he deserves the joking potshots. It's really out of the spirit of what we do here, anyway, and we'll … [Read more...]
Weekend Programming
Posted on April 28, 2007 · Leave a Comment
In our zeal to enjoy the weekend, we forgot that we didn't run down today's NFL Draft, and local coverage of same.On TV, of course, it's all about ESPN and sister network ESPN2, which own the TV rights lock, stock and proverbial barrel. Local TV affiliates will have to wait until their evening newscasts to show video of the Browns drafting Brady Russell Thomas Peterson, or whoever it'll be.This year, NFL Draft coverage has beefed up on radio.On Browns AM flagship Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100, … [Read more...]
Not Quite A Week Ending Post
Posted on April 26, 2007 · Leave a Comment
...unless we take Friday off, at least in the world of your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm). Which, we might...TOWER'S NEW MORNING SHOW: We last paid attention to the morning show at Cumulus top 40 WTWR/98.3 in the Toledo market when "Tower 98-3" sent Toledo market veteran Johny D and his crew packing.We're not even sure what "Tower" ran in mornings since, but we know what they're running now.An item on Wednesday's AllAccess Net News scroll tipped us that WTWR has become the latest affiliate of "Kidd … [Read more...]
More Tuesday Potpourri
Posted on April 24, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We're just in an odds and ends kind of mood lately...HELP INCOMING: Just two days after WEWS/5 lost sportscaster John Chandler to the land of New England, OMW hears that a fill-in may already be on the way.We hear that if it hasn't happened already, former WKYC/3 sportscaster Andy Baskin will soon be tapped to pitch in at the local ABC affiliate - to ensure Sue Ann Robak isn't chained to the sports department 7 days a week, and to help with "team coverage" of events like the Cavaliers' run in … [Read more...]
Living On The Air In The DVD Section
Posted on April 24, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Countless local radio types credit one thing for their career in the business - the late 70's-early 80's TV show "WKRP in Cincinnati".And it only seems that we've been waiting that long for the DVD version of the show, the first season of which is released in stores today.Not only is there that inspiration, there's also the Ohio connection...the southwest Ohio city which served as the home of the fictional radio station in the CBS sitcom.As would befit a newspaper headquartered in the Queen … [Read more...]
