It's a wide assortment of news items this time, that apparently didn't melt like those piles of snow we had... JAMIE'S IN DC: Now-former Raycom CBS-MyNet combo WOIO/19-WUAB/43 "19 Action News" (stay tuned!) morning traffic reporter Jamie Sullivan disappeared so quickly and quietly late last year, she was almost on milk cartons. And despite the best efforts of This Space and others, no one would share a peep about What Happened To Jamie. We now know. A week ago, Jamie Sullivan landed as a … [Read more...]
Here We Go Again
Posted on March 23, 2015 · 1 Comment
Another week, another week opener. We haven't forgotten our #TheNextRadio series. It's just that Life has Intervened to the point that we haven't had time for the extra processing needed for the next segment. But in the meantime... BEEFING UP THE WX: Some more changes (stop us if you've heard this before!) are coming to 3001 Euclid. But it's an effort to add staff to the weather department at "NewsChannel 5". An Alert OMW Reader actually spotted one of the two new additions coming to Scripps … [Read more...]
Sad, Sudden Death
Posted on March 21, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Thursday morning, ABC O&O WABC/7 New York reporter Lisa Colagrossi was doing her job, covering a news story (a fire) and reporting live. But Friday, WABC had to air another story...not produced by her, but about her own sudden death. Lisa Colagrossi, Eyewitness News reporter, anchor, wife and mother, has died at age 49. Lisa suffered a brain hemorrhage while returning from covering a story Thursday morning. And it's a death that sent shock waves through the New York City ABC … [Read more...]
So Many Changes
Posted on March 10, 2015 · 1 Comment
So many changes, so little time...just one day for most of this... NEW ND: Raycom CBS/MyNet combo WOIO/19-WUAB/43 has found its replacement for now-former news director Dan Salamone, and it appears quite obvious he won't be leading the "19 Action News" newsroom. Well, OK, not the newsroom under that long-time moniker. Here, let's share the first few lines of the official press release from Raycom HQ in Montgomery AL: Fred D’Ambrosi has been named News Director at WOIO/WUAB, the Raycom Media … [Read more...]
Pieces Of Information
Posted on February 27, 2015 · 1 Comment
We have a pretty scattered list of items. But first, what we don't actually have... NO IDEA AT THIS TIME: If you've followed us on social media the past few days, well, we've been a bit annoyed. Our apologies, but we've been shelled with questions (and many E-mails as well) about a certain Cleveland AM sports talk radio host and his absence from the airwaves - and apparently, the station's own website. What we know at this point is that the host, Good Karma sports WKNR/850 "ESPN Cleveland" … [Read more...]
Kristi Capel, Round Two
Posted on February 25, 2015 · 3 Comments
We, along with many others, thought that "Fox 8 News in the Morning" co-anchor Kristi Capel's Worldwide Ordeal would be over on Tuesday. As reported that day, Capel returned to Tribune Fox affiliate WJW/8's morning newscast/talkfest. She delivered an apology similar to the one she ended up leaving on her Twitter account, and got genuine support from co-anchor Wayne Dawson. We tried to catch her apology for using an outdated racial slur on Monday's show, watching on and off during the … [Read more...]
You Say One Word
Posted on February 23, 2015 · Leave a Comment
...and if it's the wrong word, you, a local news anchor in Cleveland, become an international celebrity. And not at all in a good way. That's what happened to Tribune Fox affiliate WJW/8 "Fox 8 News in the Morning" co-anchor Kristi Capel on Monday morning. Talking about the Oscars from Sunday night with co-anchor Wayne Dawson, Capel was trying to compliment singer Lady Gaga, when a very old racial slur fell out of her mouth to describe Lady Gaga's musical performance. Now, we don't know … [Read more...]
Held A Virtual Hostage
Posted on February 9, 2015 · Leave a Comment
And other items...but first... RADIO/TV HOLDUP: Last month, a tiny West Michigan radio station was turned asunder...as parties unknown held a virtual gun to its computer systems. Grand Rapids NBC affiliate WOOD-TV/8 covered the story at Jim Higgs-owned standards WAKV/980 Otesgo MI: On Jan. 9, crooks used software called “ransomware” to remotely shut down the computers Higgs uses to get his station on the air. His files were encrypted so he couldn’t get to them. “Our entire music … [Read more...]
Stations New And Old
Posted on February 3, 2015 · 3 Comments
And our opener today is a big signal upgrade for a translator that'll apparently add to iHeart's Oak Tree stable... LATEST FORMAT?: Our content partners at RadioInsight first spotted a move that'd turn translator W291BV/106.1 Solon into a player in the Cleveland market, signal-wise: In Cleveland, an application filed by iHeartMedia will see EMF’s 106.1 W291BV Solon, OH move to the current auxiliary antenna of CBS’ 102.1 WDOK where it will operate with 200 watts at 264 meters rebroadcasting an … [Read more...]
Youngstown Weather Icon Dies
Posted on January 27, 2015 · 1 Comment
Not many people west of Portage County may be familiar with Don Guthrie. But Don was very much to the Mahoning Valley as Dick Goddard is to the rest of Northeast Ohio, and sadly, Don lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on Sunday night. His long-time home station, now-Media General CBS affiliate WKBN/27, has more on his passing. Despite battling a horrible disease, the same one that felled long-time Cleveland TV and radio sportscaster Casey Coleman, Don Guthrie worked as long as he … [Read more...]
