Aside from our breaking news a little earlier (see item below), Thursday's list is just as mixed up as our last entry on Wednesday...ARE YOU READY FOR SOME HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL?: As we've noted, Northeast Ohio's high school football season kicks off this week...and in fact, tonight.(Back in the Dark Ages, when your Primary Editorial Voice[tm] was in high school, teams didn't play on Thursday nights...but now, they do.)We've kept track of the TV side of high school football coverage, but haven't … [Read more...]
Very Random Tuesday
Posted on August 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Clearing out our inbox on a Tuesday makes for a very, very random collection of items...DIGITAL TRANSLATORS: Unique among major Cleveland market TV stations, Ideastream PBS affiliate WVIZ/25 has maintained low-power translators in locations on the edge of the market for years.OMW reader Trip Ericson (proprietor of TV information site RabbitEars) gives us the heads up that the pubcaster intends on converting these small transmitters to digital format.W63CT is licensed to Eastlake, but the 34 kW … [Read more...]
Thursday’s Post
Posted on August 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Some more things coming down the OMW Pipeline...MANAGE THE MARKET: A day after OMW reported the exit of long-time Clear Channel Akron/Canton market manager Dan Lankford to Pennsylvania, we hear his replacement is heading for Freedom Avenue.For the moment, we don't know the name of this mystery person, but expect the Akron/Canton cluster to have a new hand at the management wheel very soon.The job presumably continues to include oversight of Clear Channel's Ashland/Mansfield cluster in the … [Read more...]
THIS JUST IN: Browns/Lions Set (Yawn) For Local TV
Posted on August 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The sure-to-be-thrilling, breathtakingly exciting Cleveland Browns preseason tilt with the Detroit Lions will not be blacked out.The Plain Dealer's Tony Grossi reports that the team has reached a deal with Gannett NBC affiliate WKYC/3 to ensure local TV carriage of the Saturday night contest, despite some 4,800 unsold tickets just over a day before the NFL's blackout deadline.The financial details, and disposition of the unsold tickets, is apparently undisclosed.Our blogging colleague at WKYC, … [Read more...]
Mostly Sports Stuff
Posted on August 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Our item this afternoon is full of mostly sports-related stuff, and starts with something that could turn into something bigger...WITHER CHUCK?: When Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100 Cleveland afternoon drive host Mike Trivisonno took a few days off after the tragic death of his long-time wife Linda, regular Triv sub Chuck Galeti dropped in to cover for the WTAM host.Galeti has been the weekend sports anchor for a certain Cleveland market CBS affiliate, known legally to the FCC as WOIO(TV) Shaker … [Read more...]
Seeing The Browns – Or Not
Posted on August 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment
All of Northeast Ohio's television viewers got to see (endure, be tortured by) the Cleveland Browns preseason opener on Saturday, a quickly-forgettable tilt with the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field, the local broadcast via Gannett NBC affiliate WKYC/3 and its regional network of stations.This coming weekend, Browns fans may not be able to see their team play the Detroit Lions - unless they're sitting in Cleveland Browns Stadium.Yes, there is still the possibility that the local NFL franchise … [Read more...]
The Coveted Third Hour
Posted on August 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment
It had become a running joke on Good Karma sports WKNR/850 "ESPN 850"'s mid-morning show, hosted by WJW/8 "Fox 8" sportscaster Tony Rizzo.Whenever a new "announcement" was being touted, Rizz and the gang joked around that it didn't involve adding a "coveted third hour" to the two hour program, which has aired weekdays from 10 AM to noon.Well, this time, it apparently does involve that "coveted third hour".We'd heard from readers that such an announcement was made at the end of Friday's "Really … [Read more...]
Dan Coughlin Throws Own Retirement Party
Posted on August 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Our apologies to OMW reader Ted Lux, the Cleveland radio veteran, for hanging onto this for so long.It's a nice "inside" story on the send-off for now-former Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8 sports reporter and anchor Dan Coughlin, a name instantly familiar to legions of Cleveland sports fans from both his days on Channel 8, but also from his long run at the Cleveland Plain Dealer.Coughlin recently accepted a WJW buyout offer, and headed into retirement with his own lively party last month...which … [Read more...]
The Tony Bruno Empire
Posted on July 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Various trade reports say that Premiere's Fox Sports Radio is about to add another separately syndicated show to the FSR lineup.Reportedly next on the shopping list for FSR is late night host Tony Bruno, in a deal which would add his program to the FSR lineup as the network did with the other host syndicated by the Chicago-based Content Factory, former ESPN host Dan Patrick.The move - first noted on sports blogger and former Columbus sports radio staffer Brooks Melchior's "Sports by Brooks" - … [Read more...]
Radio Bombshells To Our East
Posted on July 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Tuesday was a big, big day for announced radio changes to the east of Ohio. But...how do they affect us?Or, do they? Read on....To start, CBS Radio officially unveiled the next two stops on its FM Sports Radio Express. All aboard, Washington DC (July 20th) and Boston (August 13th)!The DC sports flip announcement is almost an anti-climax. Everyone from Dave Hughes' DCRTV.com to the Washington Post's Paul Farhi has been reporting the rumored/conirmed change of talk WJFK/106.7 to sports ("106.7 … [Read more...]
