As speculated in the item just below this one, Northeast Ohio's Time Warner Cable systems have added the HD feed of the TBS cable network, just in time for the one-game pre-National League Divisional Series baseball contest between the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies.TBS-HD has made its mark on Time Warner Cable's channel 778 on the Cleveland-area system formerly owned by Adelphia.We don't know what channel numbers are used elsewhere, but we believe it is also now available on the … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: TBS-HD Added To Time Warner Northeast Ohio
Posted on October 1, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Monday Big Update
Posted on October 1, 2007 · Leave a Comment
A lot has happened since our Friday night update, for whatever reason. So, let's try to start strong this week...FROM THE BONDS OF CLEAR CHANNEL: Two weeks ago, Tom Embrescia's Sweet Home Ashtabula, LLC took control of the now-former Clear Channel cluster in Ashtabula, a group that once only consisted of talk WFUN/970 and AC WREO/97.1.Since that era, the cluster added now-top 40 WZOO/102.5, classic rock WFXJ/107.5, and the most recent entry, country WYBL/98.3 - which means a total of five … [Read more...]
A Tight Squeeze Play
Posted on September 28, 2007 · Leave a Comment
And no, we aren't talking about a play we'd like to see the Cleveland Indians pull off in the upcoming playoff run.We've let some items accumulate here, and we're going to put them in one big item to close out the week.BIG TEN NETWORK GETS, UH, CABLE PRESENCE: The folks at the Big Ten Network have a cable signing to crow about.But unfortunately for the conference-owned TV network, BTN's new signup is not Time Warner Cable, the region's largest cable provider by far.Instead, the new sports … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: Ex-ESPN Host Patrick Picks Up Local Affiliate
Posted on September 26, 2007 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 9/26/07 3:35 PM: AllAccess points out that Dan Patrick's new show, which will debut on WARF and other early affiliates on Tuesday, October 1st, will actually air live 9 AM-noon Eastern Time.Any affiliate that carries the show in Patrick's former ESPN Radio time slot (1-4 PM) will be carrying it on delay.We're curious if this "changes the game" for former affiliates of that show, who could presumably carry the show before Jim Rome. For WWGK/1540, Good Karma's "KNR2", that'd mean … [Read more...]
Indians’ Clinching Game To Be Replayed
Posted on September 24, 2007 · Leave a Comment
SportsTime Ohio is planning a replay of Sunday's game between the Cleveland Indians and the Oakland A's - the win which gave the local Major League Baseball team its shiny, new American League Central title.The game will air Tuesday starting at 5:30 PM.One reason STO cites for the replay - the Sunday game aired on WKYC/3, the Cleveland NBC affiliate which is the team's over-air home, instead of on STO.Quoting the press release:The Indians clinched the Central Division Title on Sunday and the … [Read more...]
Friday Stuff
Posted on September 21, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We're clearing out the decks for the weekend...with some updates, some new stuff (mostly from elsewhere), and some thoughts..."SISSY'S" START: As it turns out, the Stefani Schaefer Era (round 2) on WJW/8's "FOX 8 News in the Morning" hasn't officially started yet.The former WJW and WEWS anchor returned home to Cleveland after leaving NBC Universal's talk show for company O&O's, "iVillage Live". And her return was announced on the FOX 8 morning show last week, complete with an appearance by … [Read more...]
Speaking of Sports Again
Posted on September 19, 2007 · Leave a Comment
This update will be mostly related to sports and local media, since that's where the news is...BIG STO PICKUP: In its continuing drive to have programming other than Cleveland Indians games and assorted Cleveland Browns shows, pre-season game repeats and low-rent wrestling and poker shows, SportsTime Ohio has landed a big one.The Cleveland-based sports network has officially announced a one-year deal for the statewide rights to the Ohio High School Athletic Association's playoffs and … [Read more...]
Monday Stuff
Posted on September 17, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We start off this week with an update or two, a musing or two, and other stuff...SANDY'S OUT: Here's an item that showed up on AllAccess late last week, but we didn't get to it yet...SAGA COMMUNICATIONS AC WSNY (SUNNY 95)/COLUMBUS, OH midday jock SANDY BENNETT exits. She is replaced by sister station Smooth Jazz WJZA midday talent TRISHA MOORE.Of course, Sandy also has history in the Cleveland market, at stations like WMJI/105.7 and the old "Jammin' 92" (then-WZJM/92.3, now CBS Radio alt-rocker … [Read more...]
Thursday Collection
Posted on September 13, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Some updates, some speculation, and some mea culpa from your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm)...SHE'S IN: As reported here late Tuesday night, former local TV anchor Stefani Schaefer is back in Northeast Ohio, taking an apparently new position on WJW/8's FOX 8 News In TheMorning.UPDATE: The station has posted information about her return, and video from the announcement, here.It's a return to the area, and a return to the very show she was on in the mid-1990's.Stefani was the "big announcement at 8 AM" - … [Read more...]
Closing Out The Week
Posted on September 7, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Assorted stuff we haven't gotten around to, and the like... and a teaser or two...THAT TEASER: OMW hears that a long-time Northeast Ohio media personality returns to the local broadcast community on Monday.Is this the same person we hinted about in an item a while ago? Or, is it something entirely new and surprising? It certainly was for us, when we heard it.Or maybe it's not "entirely" new?Keep watching for details. We may update this one before Monday...SAVING RANTS?: OMW hears that FSN … [Read more...]
