As of this writing, the Big Ten Network is still the Big Zero Network for customers of Ohio's largest cable TV multi-system operator, Time Warner Cable.And it doesn't likely to change anytime soon, with full knowledge by fans that the most important Ohio State Buckeyes football games (i.e. OSU-Michigan) will be telecast in their full glory on good old ABC or ESPN.Alternatives include DirecTV, which is the primary partner with the BTN folks - FOX owns a share of both the new network and of … [Read more...]
Short Weekend Wrap
Posted on August 31, 2007 · Leave a Comment
OMW will not be updated between now and Labor Day, as barbecue sauce doesn't mix well with keyboards.But coming early next week, we'll have an exclusive (as far as we know) Q&A with a former local TV news anchor who's working on a very interesting new project...WOW! PIGS DO INDEED FLY!: It's not often that the other local media outlets praise Raycom Media's WOIO/19 and the Cleveland CBS affiliate's "19 Action News", but it's happened today.Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Regina Brett has … [Read more...]
The Big Ten Notwork
Posted on August 30, 2007 · Leave a Comment
No, that's not a typo. We meant to say "Notwork" in our title.That's because unless you have a DirecTV satellite connection, the new Big Ten Network is not likely to be in your TV lineup card now that it has officially launched.The All Big Ten, All The Time Network has been negotiating with major cable multi-system operators like Time Warner, which is by far the dominant cable provider in most of the OMW coverage area.So far, nothing.It would appear the placement of the channel is still the … [Read more...]
A Lot For A Monday
Posted on August 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment
It's a pretty full breakfast plate for us on a Monday morning. Hmm, we're getting hungry...MORE ON THE WNIR MORNING DRIVE OPENING: Though we'd mentioned that the full-week auditions for the open chair on Akron market talk WNIR/100.1's morning drive show were slowing down, we heard another "auditioner" last week sitting alongside Stan Piatt, Jim Midock and Steve French.Near the end of the program, which is pretty much nearly all of what we'd heard, Piatt made it clear - on the air - that the … [Read more...]
Something To Write About
Posted on August 22, 2007 · Leave a Comment
UPDATED! See below...--------We've been quiet here at the OMW ranch for a couple of days, but mostly because we haven't had much to write about. We've found enough...THIS JUST IN: An alert OMW reader tips below that Good Karma sports WKNR/850 "ESPN 850" in Cleveland has signed up to be the home of the American Hockey League's Lake Erie Monsters.Here's the blurb on ESPNCleveland.com:The Lake Erie Monsters and WKNR announced on Wednesday that ESPN 850 WKNR will be the exclusive radio home for … [Read more...]
Monday Pile
Posted on August 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment
And, welcome to Monday!We've been trying to bring up items separately, lately, but we'll do our usual "all-in-one" for this edition...BIG TEN CRUNCH TIME: That light at the end of the tunnel for those hoping for local cable carriage of the new "Big Ten Network" could be that of an oncoming deadline train instead.The "hope" came in an item in the Columbus Dispatch, where BTN honchos were doing last minute pitching to local media outlets in the days before the network's scheduled to launch on … [Read more...]
Ohio Print Media Watch Continues
Posted on August 16, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We got this as a tip, but it's now confirmed in a story by Betty Lin-Fisher on the Akron Beacon Journal's own Ohio.com website.The Beacon's Cleveland Browns beat writer, Patrick McManamon, moves to the sports columnist position vacated by 22 year ABJ veteran Terry Pluto. Pluto, as reported earlier this week, is moving his columnist keyboard to the Cleveland Plain Dealer at the end of this month.That continues the Terry Pluto-related Shuffle.Beacon Journal OSU beat writer Marla Ridenour moves … [Read more...]
A Thursday Snack
Posted on August 16, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Some items to keep your information hunger pangs from getting TOO loud...SOME ADDITIONS TO THE PLUTO FILE: We have a couple of more questions answered about the move of Akron Beacon Journal sports columnist Terry Pluto to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.Thanks to the PD's own article about their now-returning sportswriter (well, after that small 22 year break in Akron), we know that Pluto's bringing his full ABJ repetoire to the PD sometime around Labor Day.That includes not only his popular Sunday … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: Pluto Moves To PD
Posted on August 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment
At OMW, we primarily cover the local broadcast media...but we'll post items about the print media if they're significant enough to warrant local attention. This one is.Long-time Akron Beacon Journal sportswriter Terry Pluto is leaving the newspaper after 22 years to join the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Beacon confirmed the move in an item just posted to Ohio.com.Rubber City Radio's AkronNewsNow website (WAKR/WQMX/WONE) had first confirmation of the rumor that was bouncing around local media … [Read more...]
And Tuesday
Posted on August 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Here we are, for once, for a second day in a row. Feels like old times, no?TOLEDO'S HOME OF THE BROWNS: ...is nowhere, at least on the radio.Some non-radio friends confirmed to us that no Toledo radio station carried the Cleveland Browns' pre-season win over the Kansas City Chiefs over last weekend. Not WTOD/1560, nor any other Cumulus or Clear Channel stations, or...anyone.And radio sources in the market say the situation is bleak for expecting any station to swoop in and carry the Browns … [Read more...]
