Legendary broadcaster and executive Van Lane passed away Sunday night. Born Morris Schecter, Lane achieved his greatest success from 1955 until 1968, mostly through daily freelance Thoroughbred racing news that Lane provided to WHK/1420, KYW/1100, WERE/1300 and WJW/850. Those racing reports were so popular (as the sport enjoyed its' pinnacle at that same period) that Schiltz Beer even served as a sponsor for several years. He also was the play-by-play voice for the old AHL Cleveland Barons on … [Read more...]
THIS JUST IN: Former WUAB owner Steven Cannell passes away
Posted on October 1, 2010 · 3 Comments
Former Raycom MyNetwork TV affiliate WUAB/43 Lorain owner Steven J. Cannell passed away late last night at age 69, from complications associated with melanoma. He was far more known for the multitude of TV series that he created or produced over the past forty years, including "The A-Team," "21 Jump Street," The Commish," "Baretta," "The Rockford Files," "The Greatest American Hero," and "Wiseguy," among others. Even his studio's production logo, which featured him pulling out a piece of paper … [Read more...]
Ohio SPJ honors WNEO/WEAO “Final Edition” documentary
Posted on October 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A 2009 documentary about the Akron Beacon Journal and it's founding family has won very high accolades for public TV outlet Western Reserve PBS (WNEO/45 Alliance-WEAO/49 Akron). Final Edition: Journalism according to Jack and Jim Knight, which tells the story of the Knight family, the Akron Beacon Journal and the rise and fall of the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain, won a top award in the 2010 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists competition. The hour-long documentary, which was a three-year … [Read more...]
News, Scattered and Sown
Posted on September 26, 2010 · 1 Comment
There have been so many stories that have popped up over the past week (notwithstanding the flap between Matt Patrick and the entire Michigan State Spartans fanbase for his remarks on coach Mike D'Antonio back on Monday... so much has been said that this list of articles across the country should suffice). As OMW's Primary Editorial Voice (tm) noted late last week, a guest editor would likely be brought aboard to help out as a Secondary Editorial Voice (tm). As such, this will be my first … [Read more...]
New Starts, Part Two
Posted on August 27, 2010 · 4 Comments
A week ending update of some new starts...some temporary, some permanent... FILL-INS: Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 has gone to some experienced freelance sports help while it awaits the legal resolution of the case of weekend sports anchor Terry Brooks. The station is turning to former WKYC/3 weekend sports anchor Mike Cairns to fill-in on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Since leaving WKYC, Cairns has physically gone - well, not far at all - as he's been freelancing on various shows for SportsTime … [Read more...]
And Another Update
Posted on August 24, 2010 · 3 Comments
We're mostly updating some of the busier items we've posted in the past couple of weeks...with one new piece of information, though it's been sitting for a while... JIM MANTEL REDUX: Helpful OMW readers have been alerting us to TV appearances by now-former Clear Channel country WGAR/99.5 morning host Jim Mantel, who was shown the door a week ago when the company reportedly declined to renew his contract. Also gone from the morning show at WGAR is producer "Captain Tony" McGinty, who we … [Read more...]
Starting With Beginnings
Posted on July 28, 2010 · 1 Comment
Since we started with life ending in our last update, let's start with life beginning... NOT VOICETRACKING...YET: A new baby with quite a local radio "head start" entered the world over the weekend. Katherine Ann, born Saturday morning (7 pounds, 20.5 inches), is the brand new daughter born to a couple of local Clear Channel stars... top 40 WAKS/96.5 "Kiss FM" assistant program director/music director/afternoon driver/OMW reader Kasper and his wife, hot AC WKDD/98.1 morning co-host Krissy … [Read more...]
Making Up For It
Posted on July 25, 2010 · 1 Comment
Life for your Primary Editorial Voice(tm) has been busy, and unfortunately, the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) has been on the back burner. Somewhat more important, crucial items have been dominating our time. That means we haven't gotten some items we promised we'd put up, or planned to put up...but we'll try to make it up here somehow... THE FILL-IN PARADE PART 1: A former Cleveland morning radio host will get some morning radio time again this week. Brian Fowler (ex-"Brian and Joe" co-host) will … [Read more...]
The Last To Know
Posted on July 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 11:42 AM 7/22/10: OMW has confirmed that former Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100 producer Ryan Gohmann is returning to WTAM, after a stint as morning producer/assistant program director at sister talk station WFLA/970 Tampa FL. We also hear Gohmann will indeed be assigned to the Mike Trivisonno show, though his exact role on the show will be determined later. He's scheduled to be back in Cleveland in mid-August... ------------ We're kinda used to being on the cutting edge of local media … [Read more...]
Not Just LeBron
Posted on July 11, 2010 · 1 Comment
We have plenty of items that have nothing to do with a talented young athlete choosing to throw a ball into a hoop in a different city. But since LeBron James has dominated the media both here and outside of here, we'll start off this item with the obvious... LESOUTH BEACH: The now-former Cleveland Cavaliers star was Topic 1, 2 and 3 even before he scraped Northeast Ohio off of his shoe in an hour-long ESPN special on Thursday. That special, by the way, was the highest rated TV show Thursday … [Read more...]
