You walk away from a blog, and items start to pile up like cars on snow and ice covered roadways. Ah, but a sign of spring is here... STO OFF DISH: It's snowy and wind chills are in the negative numbers on this February day in Ohio, but it was 73 degrees in Goodyear AZ, where the Cleveland Indians played their second Spring Training warmup contest this afternoon against the Cincinnati Reds. Viewers all over the Indians TV territory could get a mental break from winter and watch that … [Read more...]
Passings In May
Posted on May 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment
From two different parts of the outer OMW Coverage Area, two noted broadcasters have passed away recently. Since we don't know all that much about either man, we'll mostly let the information we've been provided carry the day... WALT: Known on-air in the Ashland/Mansfield/Mid-Ohio area as Walt Roberts, a veteran broadcaster in the region is no longer with us. Roberts, known away from the microphone as Walt Stampfli, was quite instrumental in management and station ownership. (His radio … [Read more...]
Lorain County Mourns Loss
Posted on November 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment
One of the biggest names in Lorain County media has passed away. The newspaper he ran, the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, reports the "unexpected" death of publisher A. Cooper Hudnutt, dead at the very young age of 57. Quoting the newspaper itself: Hudnutt, known throughout Lorain County as simply “Coop,” was found dead in his Elyria home, according to family. He had been publisher since 1991, when he replaced his father, Arthur D. Hudnutt. He also served as president of the board of Lorain … [Read more...]
Monday’s Follow
Posted on February 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment
This one is mostly updates or comments, on earlier items...we were quite busy over the weekend, as you can see. Though there is at least one "new" item or two...ANOTHER POLITICIAN: Our blogging colleague over at Gannett Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC/3, senior director and "DIrector's Cut" blogger Frank Macek, tells us that former WKYC anchor Tim White isn't the only former station anchor to head for the ballot box.As we noted here, White filed in the Democratic primary for the 17th Ohio House … [Read more...]
J.R. Passes On
Posted on February 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE: Visitation will be at 11 AM Saturday, and services 2 PM Saturday, at the Crosser Funeral Home in Oak Harbor, OH.Details, and the obituary, are on the funeral home's website...----------Word is quickly spreading through the Cleveland radio community about the death of J.R. Nelson, who was battling cancer, but reportedly died of a heart attack Tuesday.Former WMMS/100.7 programmer and current broadcast consultant (WNWV/107.3) John Gorman tells OMW:(J.R.) worked at WHK, WMMS in the Malrite … [Read more...]
Non-DTV Stuff
Posted on June 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
There are actually some items in our hopper that aren't linked to the DTV switch on, umm, let us check the calendar, FRIDAY..SPORTS ON FM: The continued march of sports radio format to the FM band shows no signs of abating.The phenomenon has become so prevalent, Chicago radio wags are speculating that CBS Radio will simulcast its big Chicago sports talk station on WJMK/104.3, currently the home of the company's "Jack FM" format (and historically, the market's oldies/classic hits station).That … [Read more...]
WCPZ Moving A Bit South
Posted on June 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
This one is another that fell out of our "we meant to get to it" files...from a couple of weeks back.BAS Broadcasting hot AC WCPZ/102.7 Sandusky, still known by its old Clear Channel moniker of "Mix 102.7", has filed an application to move a few miles south and maximize its power.Long-time friend and colleague and World Champion Tower Hunter Scott Fybush at NorthEast Radio Watch gave us the heads up on this proposal, which would land 102.7's new facility on the tower of Christian Faith … [Read more...]
An Odd Wednesday
Posted on January 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment
And considering the events of this week, "odd" may be an understatement.Yeah, we're tiring rather rapidly of listing those tossed aside from the Good Ship Radio this week. For the moment, we'll lead with something not related to job loss...THE ANALOG SHUFFLE: When local television stations figure out how they'll deal with cable systems and signal carriage, they have basically two choices.Broadcasters can either demand "retransmission consent", which means they get some consideration (monetary, … [Read more...]
Three Things Together
Posted on January 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
And there's not much connecting these three things... except that they're all linked to the Cleveland market...ENVISION THIS: Beachwood-based Envision Radio Networks has unveiled its new website.The local radio syndicator turned to the folks at Single Source Marketing for the redesign. Quoting the Envision release:The new site incorporates a number of new elements, including conservative use of the latest Flash and RSS technologies for a web presentation of Envision’s shows and services that … [Read more...]
Rolling Into 2009
Posted on January 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
And here it is...with the exception of our special "Breaking News" over the weekend - more on that later - our first regular update for 2009.Since we've been mostly gone since just before Christmas, it'll be a long one...SUNDAY NEWS: With TV groups looking to save money, the latest focus is on Sunday mornings.As we hinted earlier, Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8 in Cleveland has indeed scrapped its Sunday morning edition of "FOX 8 News", which had been airing from 8 to 9 AM.We hear from our … [Read more...]
