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...]
WOIO: Hello Akron, Canton
Posted on August 13, 2011 · 19 Comments
UPDATE 8/13/11 4:45 PM: Here's a good coverage map link for WOIO's new fill-in translator, courtesy of RabbitEars.Info's Trip Ericson. Use the standard Google map tools to zoom in and out, with solid green being the strongest coverage area... ---------- For many of those in the southern part of the Cleveland TV market, particularly in the Akron/Canton area, Raycom Media CBS affiliate WOIO/19 has largely been a cable/satellite-only channel since the digital transition. That, of course, is … [Read more...]
All That’s Not FM Sports
Posted on July 28, 2011 · 2 Comments
We've been spending quite a bit of time - and getting a lot of information - about CBS Radio's pending flip to an FM sports talk format in Cleveland. There are plenty of other items floating out there, so let's grab them... CURTIS HEADS SOUTH: Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 in Cleveland recently dispatched "Good Morning Cleveland" anchors Pete Kenworthy and Kimberly Gill off the show, as we've reported already. (Kenworthy returned to the station recently, in a short-term deal to do field … [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...]
Changes And Other Stuff
Posted on July 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
It's a changing world, but even more so in local media... THE CURIOUS CASE OF WINW...ER...WCER: When last we visited the world of Curtis A. Perry III, operator of gospel daytimer WINW/1520 Canton, he was basically drowning in water - radio wise. The station, which he claims to own through a time brokerage-to-purchase agreement (despite license transfer paperwork not being filed with the FCC), has been off the air since earlier this year. The FCC deleted WINW's license, saying the station … [Read more...]
NewsChannel 5 Busts Up Good Morning Cleveland
Posted on July 5, 2011 · 13 Comments
UPDATE 11:55 PM 7/6/11: OMW hears that Kenworthy and Gill's contracts were up at the end of July, and that station management told them Tuesday that the contracts wouldn't be renewed. We hear the moves were "a total shock to everyone" at 3001 Euclid. What can you blame for this sudden move, if anything? Weak ratings...the Gill/Kenworthy team running up against the buzzsaw that is Local TV WJW/8's "Fox 8 News in the Morning", and stability and ratings growth over at 13th and Lakeside (Gannett … [Read more...]
Entering July
Posted on July 1, 2011 · 2 Comments
And we start the month with a long list of topics, some that have been sitting here a while, and others brand new... MATT'S LANDING: Like, for example, the word of the Houston landing place of Northeast Ohio-born-and-bred talker Matt Patrick. The former Clear Channel Akron market hot AC WKDD/98.1 and talk WHLO/640 host, who holds the 1-4 PM Saturday slot at Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100 Cleveland, is making a big splash at a huge Clear Channel station in Houston. Starting Tuesday, July 5th, … [Read more...]
The Friday Mix
Posted on June 24, 2011 · 3 Comments
UPDATE 6/26/11 1:30 AM: In sorting through the various awards recently handed out for Kent State University public radio outlet WKSU/89.7-and-its-simulcasters, we missed this individual award from the Ohio Professional Writers, Inc. (OPW), the state affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW). And we feel bad about missing it, as it mentions "one of our own", the woman who is the conduit of all information about WKSU, who happens to have a more important title than just the one … [Read more...]
Opening June
Posted on June 7, 2011 · 1 Comment
Some changes, some "comings and goings" and a reminder or two... COMINGS AND GOINGS: They're both at Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5, with a long-time "NewsChannel 5" name heading out the door, and a new Internet hire coming in. From a memo that floated out of 3001 Euclid, took the RTA HealthLine downtown and then made a few transfers to get to the OMW World Headquarters(tm): Alicia Booth will be leaving Channel 5 after nine and a half years effective June 23rd. Alicia wants to spend more … [Read more...]
Moves And New Stations – Or Not
Posted on June 1, 2011 · 4 Comments
As media news items, like celebrity deaths, seem to come in threes...we couldn't wait anymore.... 3 GRABS LOTTERY TV: For decades in Cleveland, you could come to depend on some TV staples. Tune to Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8 weeknights, and you'll see Dick Goddard forecasting the weather (still true, even after 50 years on the air at age 80). Tune in to Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5, and you'll get the Ohio Lottery's live results. Scratch that one (so to speak) off your list. After many, … [Read more...]
