And as it would happen, two of our newsmakers this Monday have the same first name, albeit with slightly different spellings... JASEN RADIO: The local talk show tipped in an earlier item at Rubber City Radio talk WAKR/1590 Akron will be hosted by an existing station staffer. As we post this, "The Jasen Sokol Show" is making its debut on WAKR, with a time slot of 10 AM to 2 PM weekdays. The show bridges the news/talk/information gap on 1590 AM, airing between the morning drive news block … [Read more...]
Robin’s Exit, Again
Posted on February 12, 2014 · 5 Comments
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...]
Yet Another Exits Broadcast Park
Posted on February 7, 2014 · 6 Comments
We'd been hearing the rumors Friday afternoon...that talk WNIR/100.1 "The Talk of Akron" weekend and fill-in host Bob Earley had left Broadcast Park. The rumors have been confirmed, first by Earley himself on Facebook, then by Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com pop culture writer Rich Heldenfels. Get ready...you're not gonna believe this one. (And a warning, we'll veer into musings and opinion here, as it's almost mandated.) Bill Klaus, WNIR CEO and station manager, said, “We had a … [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...]
Stan’s Exit? On The Way
Posted on August 27, 2013 · 5 Comments
OMW readers have known since last week that Media-Com talk WNIR/100.1 "The Talk of Akron" morning host Stan Piatt was headed for retirement after a 36 year run at the station. Now, WNIR listeners know, officially. The station aired a news story Monday, starting at 12 noon, that Piatt is indeed retiring "sometime between now and July". (Yes, July. More on that later.) The announcement was immediately followed by a call for "a funny person" to fill Piatt's shoes on the station's morning show, … [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...]
UPDATE Departures And, Uh, Departures
Posted on August 20, 2013 · 9 Comments
UPDATE 8/21/13 8:30 AM: The always plugged in Bob Finnan sheds more light on WKNR's Tuesday talent purge, where veteran personality Kenny Roda and the station's Will Burge and T.J. Zuppe were let go in one day. The News-Herald sportswriter says that Michael Reghi will have a more limited role as well, appearing only on the station's official Cleveland Browns programming...as host of "The Rob Chudzinski Show" with the Browns head coach (also appearing on co-flagship CBS Radio sports WKRK/92.3 … [Read more...]
Of George, Nash And Other Stuff
Posted on January 24, 2013 · 6 Comments
It's a "name" theme this time around for your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm)... GEORGE OF RESERVE SQUARE: Raycom Media CBS/MyNet combo WOIO/19-WUAB/43 has a new anchor who started this week, and he's coming off a national stage. George Smith was a reporter for sports TV giant ESPN for nearly 10 years, and moves to "19 Action News" as 4:30 PM and 5:30 PM weekday anchor (with Danielle Serino) and reporter for the station's 10 PM news on "My43 The Block", and the 11 PM news on "CBS 19". Smith's "Action … [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...]
Chad And Larry
Posted on December 4, 2012 · 2 Comments
Two names have dominated local media news the past few days. Let's start with the most recent update... CHAD'S OUT: It was pure speculation in our last item...a prediction that comedian and Clear Channel rock/talk WMMS/100.7 afternoon co-host Chad Zumock would ride out the storm of an OVI arrest in Lakewood, his second in the past four years. Here, let's just see how wrong we were: He might get a brief suspension under Clear Channel policy (as far as we know, Zumock wasn’t on the air Friday), … [Read more...]
