We had an item ready to post on Tuesday, but THIS JUST IN, as the saying goes...it's time to scrap the Digital Front Page. The other items are still here, and will follow... ROBIN LEAVING: There's been a lot of talk over the past few years in Cleveland about Robin Swoboda's career moves, exits and returns. Looks like she's exiting again. Gannett NBC affiliate WKYC/3 has announced that Swoboda, co-anchor of the station's 7 PM newscast with sports director/anchor Jim Donovan, is heading … [Read more...]
Sorting Through The Week
Posted on February 7, 2014 · 3 Comments
Here are some items we'd been working on, but put on the back burner after the passing of WKYC legend Del Donahoo... NORM GONE: A long-time radio personality known for oldies music is out at SiriusXM. The departure of Cleveland's Norm N. Nite wasn't specific to him, though, as numerous reports say the satellite radio service dumped all air personalities from two channels, "50s on 5" and "90s on 9". Norm did Saturday and Sunday shows live from the Alan Freed studio at Cleveland's Rock … [Read more...]
Stocking Full Of News
Posted on December 11, 2013 · 2 Comments
No, no Holiday Hiatus yet, as too much is going on... COLBY DC: OMW hears that Radio One Cleveland operations manager Colby Colb is headed for our Nation's Capital. Colb will take the VP/Programming post at Radio One in Washington DC, a huge promotion for the programming vet...who also helms the afternoon drive shift on hip hop WENZ/107.9 "Z107.9". (At this point, it's not clear if Colb is headed for DC for Radio One's local cluster programming gig or for the company nationwide. Radio One … [Read more...]
A Busy First Post
Posted on November 22, 2013 · 9 Comments
Now that we've resolved all our technical issues with the new blog, let's stock it with some content. And yes, we have a long, long list of items coming up here. A note: E-mail subscribers, who signed up for notification, should not have to resubmit at the new site. We are requesting that the E-mail subscriber lists be moved over. Until then, we'll post a link to the new content on our old WordPress.com site, so E-mail subscribers can still be notified... HO HO HO HOLIDAY: We knew that … [Read more...]
From TV To FM Radio
Posted on October 25, 2013 · 5 Comments
And it's mostly an FM thing this time...but let's start with some TV... DR. GONE: Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 made a big deal out of its choice to replace Oprah Winfrey at 4 PM, when the queen of TV talk left the over-air airwaves for her own "OWN" - "Oprah Winfrey Network". Dr. Mehmet Oz from the Oprah Universe, who had already been airing on WEWS at 10 AM weekdays, would air also at 4...with the later edition being his "newest" show, and the 10 AM airing a repeat from a week earlier. "Dr. … [Read more...]
Updates And More Updates
Posted on August 24, 2013 · 1 Comment
In which more is revealed, and new things come out... WKNR CHANGES: The Semi-Extreme Makeover of Good Karma sports WKNR/850 "ESPN 850" has some more details attached to it. For that, we thank two people...Good Karma boss Craig Karmazin, and Akron Beacon Journal sportswriter George M. Thomas for writing about Karmazin's appearance Wednesday afternoon on his station. And the lineup changes prompted by the dismissal of 21 year veteran Kenny Roda, along with Will Burge and T.J. Zuppe and the … [Read more...]
Rover And Kidd And Dave
Posted on July 29, 2013 · 3 Comments
A status update, first...Life is Intervening(tm) much less than it was, and we should be back to more regular blog updates soon. We're still mulling around a regular schedule, but for now...let's delve in... ROVER'S NEW GLORY: As posted below this, Clear Channel rock/talk WMMS/100.7 morning doggie Rover has been in the legal doghouse as of late. But instead of his court schedule being on the TV news, the man known on his driver's license as Shane French is getting attention for something much … [Read more...]
L’Affaire Rover
Posted on July 6, 2013 · 4 Comments
So, it's been a season for local media personalities to get into trouble with the law. Just below this item, we shared news of OVI charges against two of them - sportscaster Chuck Galeti, still off SportsTime Ohio, and reporter Kenny Crumpton, seen this past week back once again "Kickin' It With Kenny" on Local TV LLC Fox affiliate WJW/8's "Fox 8 News in the Morning". (Oh, and as a brief mention, WJW and the other Local TV LLC stations are being sold to Tribune. More on that, some other … [Read more...]
Welcome To A Busy 2013
Posted on January 5, 2013 · 2 Comments
And as usual when we start a new year, or return from a hiatus, there's stuff waiting to land like so many airplanes. We are probably missing a topic or three, so don't be surprised if there's a crash...we'll pick up where we left off in a future update... UPDATE 1:35 AM 1/5/13: Cox and Raycom have reached an agreement, and OMW social media followers tell us that the local stations, WOIO/19 and WUAB/43, are back in the Cox lineup. Here's part of what we originally wrote before Friday … [Read more...]
Posting To The Holidays
Posted on December 15, 2012 · 4 Comments
This will be the last regular news post of 2012, barring any major (and we mean major) Northeast Ohio media news. We'll continue to put breaking media bulletins and other observations on the OMW Social Media Presence(tm) (uh, our Twitter and Facebook accounts). May all of our readers have a very happy holiday season, and we'll see you in January...but, until then... AL BARTHOLET'S REPLACEMENT: Kent State University public radio outlet WKSU/89.7-and-its-many-simulcasters has found its … [Read more...]
