UPDATE 8/29/11 12:46 PM: Despite what was announced on Twitter on Friday, Jeff Phelps is not on the air alongside Andy Baskin on the station's midday show, "Cleveland's Talking Heads". The first two hours, former Brown Reggie Rucker took the second chair, and Cleveland Plain Dealer writer Dennis Manoloff will round out the show with Andy. We have no idea what happened between the announcements Friday on the Twitter accounts of Andy Baskin and producer Lindsey Foltin, but we'll keep you up to … [Read more...]
The Fan, One Week Out
Posted on August 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
With the debut of CBS Radio sports station "92.3 The Fan" on WKRK/92.3 less than one week away, we have to update some stuff...including some loose ends regarding the outgoing "Radio 92.3" alt-rock format... LINEUP (NEARLY) SET: The station's weekday host lineup is nearly set, with a couple of things still out there. * We already knew that former Fox Sports Radio duo "Kiley and Booms" (Kevin Kiley paired with Euclid's own Chuck Booms) were set to anchor morning drive. We hear that a familiar … [Read more...]
Some Other Stuff
Posted on August 22, 2011 · 1 Comment
We're just a week away from the debut of a new station that's held much of our attention lately...CBS Radio's incoming Cleveland sports talk outlet, the transformation of alt-rock WKRK/92.3 "Radio 92.3" to "92.3 The Fan" next Monday. We'll have plenty more to update about that story later today. But for now, some other stuff... JIM'S COMING BACK: With health problems sidelining him from calling Cleveland Browns preseason games on Gannett NBC affiliate WKYC/3, a lot of viewers are … [Read more...]
Quick Hits, Mid-August Edition
Posted on August 18, 2011 · 1 Comment
Getting a Round Tuit(tm) on a mid-summer's day.. FSR TO 92.3: OMW has confirmed that Fox Sports Radio will be used to fill the overnight hours on incoming CBS Radio sports talker WKRK/92.3 "The Fan", when that station launches a week from Monday. We also hear that a lineup for "92.3 The Fan" is nearly complete, and that the station's local evening programming will last until midnight. (It had been expected to run until 10 PM.) The use of FSR on 92.3 will likely mean the network's end on its … [Read more...]
The Fan Aftermath
Posted on August 5, 2011 · 8 Comments
You know how it goes around here...a big media news bombshell drops, and we kick it around the next day. (We'll get to some other stuff a little later today or over the weekend.) As expected, CBS Radio made Cleveland its 15th sports radio market, with the announcement that "Sports Radio 92.3 The Fan" will debut on WKRK/92.3 (what is now alt-rock "Radio 92.3") on August 29th. The station has only announced two shows so far, the shows that were already rumored - "Kiley and Booms" (Kevin Kiley … [Read more...]
IT’S OFFICIAL: 92.3 The Fan Debuts 8/29
Posted on August 4, 2011 · 10 Comments
We apologize if this sounds a bit familiar. Heh. CBS Radio has officially announced the start of "Sports Radio 92.3 The Fan" on August 29. Here's the press release as sent to OMW this morning. We'll have more detailed analysis and our thoughts later today... ------------ SPORTS RADIO 92.3 THE FAN, CLEVELAND’S FIRST AND ONLY FM SPORTS STATION, MAKES ITS DEBUT ON MONDAY, AUG. 29 Andy Roth Named as Program Director Beginning on Monday, Aug. 29, Cleveland sports fans will have a bold new … [Read more...]
What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
Posted on July 31, 2011 · 5 Comments
With apologies to former "CBS Evening News" anchor Dan Rather... We've covered the upcoming launch of the new CBS Radio FM sports talker in Cleveland, which some believe could launch as soon as Monday, like the proverbial blanket. You might have noticed that most of our mentions of the new station say something like this - "92.3-or-wherever it lands". We do that for a reason. As of this writing, Sunday afternoon, we have no confirmation of which frequency CBS Radio will use as the home of … [Read more...]
All But Inevitable
Posted on July 27, 2011 · 17 Comments
We have a separate item with a bunch of other news coming soon, but first, the athletic elephant in the room. There are skeptics, to be sure, that CBS Radio will launch an FM sports talk station soon in Cleveland, probably on the current WKRK/92.3 (now mostly unstaffed alt-rock "Radio 92.3"). There are also people who doubt man really landed on the moon in 1969. OK, so we are not ready to confirm on our own that "92.3 The Fan" - or whatever CBS ends up calling it - could launch as soon as … [Read more...]
That Pesky FM Sports Rumor
Posted on July 20, 2011 · 6 Comments
We've talked about it on Twitter. We've posted about it on message boards. We've vaguely hinted about it here. But with rumors once again floating around about CBS Radio converting one of its Cleveland FM stations to a sports station, is it about to happen? It may be, says Radio-Info.com columnist Tom Taylor, in this morning's Taylor on Radio-Info column. We haven't heard much, at all, from CBS Radio's operations locally. But Tom tracks down an interesting piece of information related to … [Read more...]
The Lost Item
Posted on July 16, 2011 · 6 Comments
We were researching something we had just written here, and...couldn't find it. As it turned out, the post below was written early in the morning Thursday. On our computer. All ready to post here, but...we never got (all together now!) "a RoundTuit"...and your Primary Editorial Voice(tm) was the only one who could read it. Until now. Here it is! Take a long breakfast or lunch, it's a long one... ----------- PETE'S BACK, SORT OF: A week after Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 parted ways with … [Read more...]
