We've heard the rumors, but AllAccess makes it official today: Good Karma sports WKNR/850 "ESPN 850" Cleveland producer, anchor and reporter Bernard Bokenyi is no longer working at the station.The radio trade site says Bokenyi, one of Good Karma boss Craig Karmazin's first two hires for his Cleveland operation, left the station on Friday. Bokenyi was originally hired for Good Karma's WWGK/1540, now "Cleveland's AM 1540, KNR2", which started before Karmazin bought sports talk mainstay WKNR from … [Read more...]
Losing Tony – The Third Time
Posted on January 28, 2008 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE: WARF has already posted a new schedule, with 1-4 PM host Dan Patrick moving to a new live clearance from 9-noon, and new SNR addition "The 2 Live Stews" airing from 1-4 PM...both changes starting next Monday...---------------Clear Channel sports talk WARF/1350 Akron "SportsRadio 1350" could be the only sports radio station in America which has lost talk show host Tony Bruno for the third time.Via AllAccess: Sporting News Radio has officially announced Bruno's departure from the network's … [Read more...]
Furman Resurfaces
Posted on January 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment
It's not a full-time sports talk show, but long-time Cincinnati radio sports voice Andy Furman has landed a new gig.Starting Monday, Furman will deliver one minute weekday commentaries on Cincinnati oldies outlet WDJO/1160 "Oldies 1160", during the morning drive show with Dusty Rhodes.The station's website would seem to indicate that he'll opine on a broader scale:Andy Furman talks about more than just sports! Listen Monday morning at 7:55 to find out what he knows, and what his opinion … [Read more...]
Craig’s Milwaukee Upgrade
Posted on January 23, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Craig Karmazin, who owns sports talker WKNR/850 "ESPN 850" and sister WWGK/1540 "KNR2" in Cleveland, has been a little busy in one of his other markets.The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that his Good Karma Broadcasting is moving its sports talk format in that market to a new, full-time signal, as it picks up Salem Christian talk/teaching WRRD/540.Good Karma's ESPN-based sports talk format in Milwaukee is currently housed at daytimer WAUK/1510 Waukesha, with a second nighttime home at local … [Read more...]
Monday And New Stuff
Posted on January 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Some actual news has happened this weekend. Or, sometime in the last week, but we just got a Round Tuit(tm) now...STO INDIANS ROAD GAMES IN HD, CONFIRMED: It's been rumored around the Internet for a while that SportsTime Ohio would "drop the other shoe" as far as HDTV coverage of Cleveland Indians games. But now, we have it confirmed.WKYC/3 senior director Frank Macek gets the scoop in his "Director's Cut" blog from STO itself:Regarding STO - yes, all Indians games (home & away) this … [Read more...]
Friday Warmup
Posted on January 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Think warm as you read this item to wrap up our week.After all, the weather forecast tells us that the wind chill over the weekend in Northeast Ohio will be roughly 200 degrees below zero, give or take a hundred...DID YOU HEAR IT?: Anytime Cleveland market morning drive radio icon John Lanigan even remotely talks about his career and future, the Bat Signal appears in the sky, and OMW gets contacted by numerous readers.That's what happened earlier this week, when a caller apparently called the … [Read more...]
A Sharp(ton) Move, Or Not?
Posted on January 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment
We don't spend a lot of time listening to either of Radio One's AM stations in Cleveland, so when we first heard just what changes were made this week, we were surprised.But starting Monday, the company has moved Syndication One host Al Sharpton's national show talk in the Cleveland market from urban talk WJMO/1490"The People's Station" to its original frequency home in Cleveland, gospel WJMO/1300 "Praise 1300". Syndication One is an arm of Radio One.Sharpton's program airs in its live 1-4 PM … [Read more...]
Gladiators Tap WKNR
Posted on January 13, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Not like it was any surprise, but the new Arena Football League team in Cleveland will air its games on Good Karma Broadcasting sports WKNR/850 "ESPN 850".The Cleveland Gladiators and Good Karma announced Friday that WKNR, and sister sports outlet WWGK/1540 "KNR2", will be the Official Radio Home of the team in its first season, which kicks off March 3 at Quicken Loans Arena.From the release issued Friday by the AFL team:ESPN 850 WKNR and Cleveland’s AM 1540 KNR2 will air the Gladiators regular … [Read more...]
End Of The Week
Posted on January 5, 2008 · Leave a Comment
No, no announcement yet...just a couple of updates, though! Well, it was a "couple of updates", but it grows by the hour...WKSU RESPONDS: OMW reported the end of Kent State University NPR outlet WKSU/89.7's "Your Way Home", hosted most recently by staffer Daniel Hockensmith.With Hockensmith's departure to the Crain Business Media Empire - in specific, Akron-based "Plastics News" - he won't be replaced as host, and the show will no longer air.But WKSU public relations chief and regular OMW … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: “Supertalk” Blown Up In Cincinnati
Posted on December 13, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Cumulus has blown up its "SuperTalk" FM talk format in Cincinnati.Cincinnati Enquirer TV/radio guru John Kiesewetter reports that WFTK pulled the plug on the talk format after the end of this morning's "Two Angry Guys" morning drive talk show with Richard Skinner and Tom Gamble. Construction noises have filled the 96.5 airwaves.Skinner tells Kiese that the pair is still with the station, and will return to the station post-format change, after a previously scheduled vacation, on January 2nd.But … [Read more...]
