As noted in a previous item, OMW will basically "go dark" for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, though we will post any major news involving the local media if we're able to do so.But here we are, slipping one under the door at deadline...FINAL HO-HO-HO UPDATE, AND A FORMAT ADJUSTMENT: It's Salem CCM WFHM/95.5 "The Fish" in Cleveland as the latest holiday convert, with a planned switch to Christmas music...at least according to their website, at any rate...at midnight tonight/Thanksgiving … [Read more...]
Out The Weekend Door
Posted on November 17, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Here are some items that were piled up as we prepare to shut down for the weekend...RUBBER CITY RADIO STAFFER'S NEW JOB: You could say that Rubber City Radio afternoon traffic voice Toni Cicone has a new "stack" of work.Well, OK, that was a pun you never saw coming, as the folks on West Market Street tell us that Cicone, who has been afternoon editor for the company's extensive AkronNewsNow website, has left Akron's WAKR/1590-WQMX/94.9-WONE/97.5 for a new non-radio job.It's for a magazine … [Read more...]
The Football Blues
Posted on November 1, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We're coming up to another fall football weekend, and once again, many people will have to take measures to see games they may want to see, but can't see at home...BIG TEN NETWORK MESS, AGAIN: As we hinted earlier, this weekend's Big Ten football showdown between the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes and 21st-ranked Wisconsin Badgers has been picked up by the Big Ten Network - which is visible in roughly 14 cable homes in Northeast Ohio. OK, maybe a few thousand.Those with satellite TV, or … [Read more...]
Another Ashtabula Change
Posted on October 26, 2007 · Leave a Comment
It hasn't taken long for the new entity known as Media One to make its mark on the former Clear Channel cluster in Ashtabula.After flipping top 40 WZOO/102.5 Edgewood to oldies as "Magic Oldies 102.5", the company is about to make its second format change - this time on the AM dial.The Ashtabula Star-Beacon's Robert Lebzelter reports that Media One's WFUN/970 is dropping its news/talk format, moving to become an all-sports outlet sometime in November.The station's morning drive … [Read more...]
Moving Day’s Coming
Posted on October 25, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Over the past month or two, we've heard references on Good Karma sports WKNR/850 "ESPN 850"'s mid-morning show with Tony Rizzo about the station's upcoming studio move to the Galleria in downtown Cleveland.We didn't know WHEN, though, despite hearing "Rizzo on the Radio" producer/co-host Aaron Goldhammer talk a while back about getting trained on new equipment at the new 'KNR facility.Well, it's coming.Since the Rizzo show is our best source of information about some of the internal workings of … [Read more...]
Midweek Update
Posted on October 24, 2007 · Leave a Comment
A heads up - this will be one of our slower update weeks, due to off-blog concerns. But sometimes stuff just begs to be put up...COLUMBUS MOVES: Within a half-hour of each other, two OMW readers gave us the heads up... the long-awaited move of Clear Channel's WMRN/106.9 Marion into the Columbus market is about to take place.In fact, the station itself has announced the change to listeners on a web page, which gives word of WMRN's upcoming COL move from Marion to the Columbus suburb of Dublin, … [Read more...]
Random Thought
Posted on October 18, 2007 · Leave a Comment
While awaiting our next full update, sometime later today or tomorrow... a question.How can Cleveland Cavaliers flagship WTAM/1100 produce a Cavaliers' broadcast from literally the other side of the world - Shanghai, China - that sounds like Fred McLeod is doing it from Cleveland......but Akron market talker WNIR/100.1's regular weekend remotes from car dealers literally down the same street from their studios in the same Akron suburb sound like they're coming from China?OK, so we know the … [Read more...]
Quick Midweek Shot
Posted on October 17, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Some stuff that's been piling up, waiting to be let free...A CLEARER OUT OF THE STUDIO PICTURE: OMW hears that with this coming Saturday night's 11 PM newscast, Cleveland ABC affiliate WEWS/5 "NewsChannel 5" will be the first local station with news video in the field to be shot and delivered in HDTV format.Our sources at 3001 Euclid tell us that all recorded video shot after Saturday will be in full 16x9 720p HD format, with no upconversion. Video shot before the new HDTV video recording and … [Read more...]
Big Monday Roundup
Posted on October 8, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We've been compiling this one on and off over the weekend, and it's grown seemingly by the hour.So, let's unleash the Big Monday Roundup, with 60's and 70's oldies music in the background, in honor of WZOO/102.5's flip from top 40 to oldies over the weekend...NO FSN OHIO HD?: Since the channel is not used all that often, we didn't know about this until the appearance of George M. Thomas' "Airing It Out" column in the Akron Beacon Journal on Thursday.But it appears FOX Sports Net Ohio has … [Read more...]
Thursday Update
Posted on October 4, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Yep, we're still around.We haven't had much to say since our last update, but we've cobbled together enough items - including some news, some revisits and some other stuff...COLLINS NAMED OPERATIONS MANAGER: A local radio veteran has increased his role at his employer's cluster.Rubber City Radio has named Chuck Collins as operations manager for the company's three Akron stations - standards WAKR/1590, country WQMX/94.9 and rock WONE/97.5.Chuck has been program director of WAKR, leading its move … [Read more...]
