We just wanted to dispel the rumor that we've moved to another state, and are doing this blog remotely, while you thought we were still in Ohio. Heh! We couldn't resist... BATH TOWNSHIP, OHIO...HELLO!: Read that in the voice of CNN's Larry King, as the veteran talk show host dropped in at the Bath Township mansion of Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James this week - to conduct an interview with the soon-to-be free agent to air on Friday's edition of "Larry King Live" (9 PM Eastern, last … [Read more...]
Clearing Off The Virtual Desk
Posted on May 22, 2010 · 5 Comments
Here's just a collection of stuff once again topping our virtual desk. We've been meaning to clean this thing off...though there are still a couple of items we'll have to take off later... 20 QUESTIONS: OK, so they're 10 questions each to two people, but both are Northeast Ohio radio types. The popular trade site "AllAccess" spotlights two local radio types in its weekly "10 Questions" section. One is Clear Channel Akron market hot AC WKDD/98.1 former morning man and former talk WHLO/640 … [Read more...]
What We Know, And Don’t Know
Posted on May 18, 2010 · 5 Comments
Most of the below items are questions and tips from readers, that we haven't been able to get answers about. If you know, drop us a line. We also have some regular news items in the mix... MIKE HEGAN: A number of listeners asked us if we know why Cleveland Indians Radio Network voice Mike Hegan hasn't been in the broadcast booth with partner Tom Hamilton. IRN pre-game host Jim Rosenhaus has been taking Hegan's place. Well, we've asked around, and the word out of Oak Tree - home of Indians … [Read more...]
Entrances And Exits
Posted on May 14, 2010 · 2 Comments
Time to head to Cleveland's electronic equivalent of Grand Central Station (Tower City?), and chart a whole bunch of Cleveland TV entrances and exits, and a small radio note... THE NEW MELISSA: OMW hears that Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8 "Fox 8" has found a replacement for meterologist Melissa Mack...who left Cleveland with great fanfare for a new job at CBS O&O WBZ/4 in Boston. She's Angelica Campos, who shares a now-former employer with Raycom Media CBS/MyNetwork TV WOIO/19-WUAB-43 "19 … [Read more...]
Jeff And Jimbo
Posted on May 4, 2010 · 2 Comments
Thus, marking the only time in history where these two men will be mentioned in the same breath... JEFF THOMAS EXITS: OMW has confirmed that long-time Good Karma WKNR/850 sports update voice Jeff Thomas is no longer with the station. According to his WKNR bio, Jeff started being heard on the station in 1996. Thomas' bio has now been removed from the WKNR "hosts" page, and station utility player/producer/Browns beat reporter Daryl Ruiter is doing the updates this morning. OMW hears that WKNR … [Read more...]
Supersized Update
Posted on April 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment
As promised, here's our update that spans all over the map, and with updates on just about every subject area we cover. How big is it? Let's just put it this way...we're lucky Blogger doesn't charge at all, let alone by the kilobyte...WVPX HD: Put on hold by Ion Media Networks' bankruptcy a while back, the HD upgrade at Ion's local owned-and-operated station is complete.Over-air viewers of Akron-licensed WVPX/23 are now seeing an HD feed on 23.1, and viewers of Time Warner Cable will get the … [Read more...]
Clearing Out The To Do Box
Posted on April 22, 2010 · 1 Comment
Our sporadic publishing schedule means that we occasionally have to clear out the "To Do" box, and that's what we're doing today...NEWSNIGHT "HIATUS": Western Reserve PBS is shelving the long-running, popular public affairs talk show "NewsNight Akron" after this week...for now.A release from our friends at Campus Center Drive says that the public TV outlet (known to the FCC as WNEO/45 Alliance-WEAO/49 Akron) will put the Friday evening show hosted by WKYC/3's Eric Mansfield "on hiatus" starting … [Read more...]
Unloading The Pile
Posted on March 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Our stack of unfinished items has gotten so large, we're not sure we can fit it in one update. But... we'll try, working backwards from the present...and we could have another update soon, as we're not sure we have everything out of the backlog file yet...ROMIGH IN: As previously posted on our Twitter account, Clear Channel talk WKBN/570 Youngstown has made fill-in Mike Romigh, the former CBS Radio talk KDKA/1020 Pittsburgh host, its new permanent morning drive host.Quoting Clear Channel … [Read more...]
Mid-Hiatus Post
Posted on March 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Since we're in another of our semi-hiatus periods ("Life Intervenes"), here's another all-encompassing update, featuring - mostly - some long-held items we have missed...DIGITAL, AT LAST?: An OMW reader pointed us to digital applications filed by both of the Media-Com LPTV/Class A outlets in Northeast Ohio, seeking digital facilities for both W35AX/Cleveland and WAOH-LP Akron.The WAOH application is for a digital flash cut on the station's current analog channel, 29, with 15 kW of power. The … [Read more...]
Boom and Booming
Posted on January 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment
We'd heard the rumblings...that Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting's new AAA format on WNWV/107.3 Elyria had to drop its name due to trademark issues.Sure enough, though the station occasionally tries to cleverly use the word "Boom", its official on-air name has reverted to a simple "107.3 Cleveland"...without the explosive word directly attached.Wbat happened?Blame another broadcaster competing with 107.3 in Cleveland, but in another market.Tom Taylor's always excellent "Taylor on Radio-Info" … [Read more...]
