From time to time, we will directly put up press releases from area broadcasters, shows or other media related entities... mostly of items we don't intend to "cover" in any depth. Many of these will be put up in a group of more than one, like we're doing with this entry. Some of these are a few days old, since we just started this feature. We reserve the right to not post releases sent to us, especially if they don't meet the criteria we're looking for. We also reserve the right to put … [Read more...]
The Train Goes On
Posted on May 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Here we go...it's time to distribute what we have as of late, and even some stuff we missed... MORE PRAYERS: It is a scene unlike anything we've seen in local media. A popular personality not as a polished TV host, but a crying wife just praying for her husband to be brought back to her. Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8 "Fox 8 News in the Morning" co-host Stefani Schaefer wasn't smiling about the latest news or Hollywood gossip in her return to the show on Wednesday morning. No, she was Roger's … [Read more...]
We’re Back
Posted on May 3, 2012 · 6 Comments
Whew. That was a long hiatus, wasn't it? As explained in the previous items, various issues affecting your Primary Editorial Voice(tm) are not done yet. But we missed this blog, frankly. We will not "be back" on a daily basis, and life off-blog may still intervene from time to time. But, overall, we have returned. We'll start with some newer stuff, and recap some other things that happened in our absence...most of it in a "Twitter Recap" of items we've posted before on our social media … [Read more...]
THIS JUST IN: Romona Robinson to “19 Action News”
Posted on January 24, 2012 · 1 Comment
There's a TV news bombshell this time...out of Reserve Square. Raycom Media's WOIO/19-WUAB/43 "19 Action News" announced just moments ago the hiring of former Gannett NBC affiliate WKYC/3 "Channel 3 News" primary anchor Romona Robinson, who will start at "19 Action News" on February 2nd. The untold story here...apparently at least one person at Reserve Square is not happy with the hiring, and "not happy" is perhaps an understatement. The hiring, oddly enough, also returns Robinson to her … [Read more...]
Weekend Cleanup
Posted on January 22, 2012 · 3 Comments
With such a busy week, even the weekend provides us with the opportunity to clean up news from the remainder of the week... NOLAN RADIO AND THEN SOME: We were mostly playing around last week when we were speculating about the radio future of now-former Gannett NBC affiliate WKYC/3 morning news co-anchor Mark Nolan. Though that speculation intersected with changes at CBS Radio AC WDOK/102.1, now known as "New 102", it turns out Mark's return to radio will take place at a different location - … [Read more...]
The Local Media Scorecard
Posted on January 16, 2012 · 5 Comments
Yes, as a reader asked, this has indeed been one of the busiest periods of change in Northeast Ohio media...and we've been covering that particular topic for some six years and change. "You can't tell the players without a scorecard," so the saying goes, so let's update the Local Media Scorecard as we write this late on Sunday night... YES, THERE IS A RUSS: Heading off our scorecard is the debut of Gannett NBC affiliate WKYC/3's new evening anchor and managing editor Russ Mitchell, whom you … [Read more...]
Two TV Notes
Posted on January 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment
And from the world of local TV on this Tuesday... MORNING GLITCH: The world of morning TV news has quickly become a hotly competitive landscape. From the days where congenial "Today in Cleveland" hosts Tom Haley and Del Donahoo held forth on a folksy kitchen set on Gannett NBC affiliate WKYC/3, the playing field has turned morning news into a multi-hour, multi-anchor extravaganza at all four local TV news operations. To say "the stakes are high" in local TV morning news would be an … [Read more...]
The Other Stuff
Posted on January 10, 2012 · 5 Comments
As promised, a few hours late...let's go through the other stuff not connected (mostly) with the rebranding of CBS Radio AC (we think it still is) WDOK/102.1, now known to the world as "New 102". For now... THAT OTHER CONTRACT: The renewal of the contract of WDOK..er..."New 102"'s morning man Trapper Jack Elliot became a public item, when Elliot told the Plain Dealer's Chuck Yarborough late last week that the 2 year deal was sitting there, unsigned. When he came back to the 102.1 airwaves on … [Read more...]
THIS JUST IN: Nolan Exiting WKYC
Posted on January 4, 2012 · 7 Comments
We were aware of this "off stage", but thanks to Gannett NBC affiliate WKYC/3 morning co-anchor Mark Nolan talking to a trade site, it's now public. MediaBistro's TVSpy reports that Nolan is leaving 13th and Lakeside, sometime between now and March. Quoting: “After 18 years here at WKYC, I’m allowing my contract to run out and moving on,” Nolan told TVSpy in an email. (snip) The date of his last broadcast is undetermined, but he says it will be before March 14, which is the last day of his … [Read more...]
Last Call For 2011
Posted on December 19, 2011 · 4 Comments
This will be the last regular item until 2012, as we're going on Holiday Hiatus. Any major local radio/TV changes will be noted on our social media presence...and a reminder, you don't even have to be "on" either Twitter or Facebook to find those. Hit this link for our Twitter page, or look at the "OMW on Twitter" section of this very site. The updates are mirrored on both services. On behalf of the entire Ohio Media Watch staff (OK, your Primary Editorial Voice[tm] and our Secondary Voice, … [Read more...]
