For whatever reason, everything at the top of our pile this Monday morning is a followup to earlier items...except our first, and even that's the "next step" of an earlier report...THIS JUST IN: An OMW reader passes word via Trip Ericson's RabbitEars.info - TBN O&O WDLI/17-1-2-3-4-5 will get their RF channel change.This FCC decision (PDF file) means that the Canton-licensed station can move from RF channel 39 to RF channel 49.We just noticed that the decision's release date was late this … [Read more...]
Friday Pileup
Posted on July 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We've had a rough time fitting the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) into our regular week this week, so here are some of the items that have been on that back burner...GRAPHIC CUTS: OMW hears that Scripps, owner of Cleveland ABC affiliate WEWS/5, has joined the Graphics Outsourcing Parade.It was announced by the group today that like other TV ownership groups with Cleveland market holdings - Gannett (WKYC/3) and Fox (former owner of WJW/8) - Scripps will centralize its graphics operations. Since … [Read more...]
We’re Back, Again
Posted on July 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We didn't intend on this being something of a lengthy hiatus, even with the July 4th holiday...but there hasn't been that much to write about.It's still not all that busy in the world of Media News here in the Buckeye State, but we'll do what we can...WEWS HIRES AND: That's "AND" as in "assistant news director", and the recent appointment of a second-in-command to news director Jill Manuel has some questions coming from some occupants of 3001 Euclid.The questions aren't about the new hire … [Read more...]
ODTV: A Letter To Dave Folsom
Posted on July 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Oh, sometimes poking a little fun is too easy.Read our comments to a TVNewsday letter writer's response to the trade site's article about VHF DTV problems, and why we're poking a little fun at the letter, on our Ohio Digital TV blog... … [Read more...]
ODTV: Some Hope For WJW Signal?
Posted on July 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We're not sure we're releasing the balloons and celebrating just yet, but an OMW/ODTV reader is sharing what could be good news for those over-air digital viewers struggling to receive Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8.Read more on our Ohio Digital TV blog... … [Read more...]
Changes, Cuts And Kudos
Posted on July 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We've got a news-filled update this morning...linked only by alliteration...WAVE MAKES MORNING CHANGE: Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting Cleveland market smooth jazz mainstay WNWV/107.3 "The Wave" is making a change in morning drive.OMW hears that Tom Murphy, who's been helming the Wave morning drive shift since 1996 (according to his bio), is no longer in the building...and apparently not of his own choice.Though we don't know why Murphy is not with WNWV anymore, the voice who will replace him is … [Read more...]
ODTV: We Give Up On WJW, WOIO Signals
Posted on June 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment
OK, we've ranted enough.And just like with our earlier ranting about the afternoon drive talk programming on a certain major Cleveland market AM radio station, we've realized that ranting and raving about it here isn't going to change the situation.Read more on our Ohio Digital TV blog... … [Read more...]
WOAC Flips
Posted on June 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 6/25/09 2:23 PM: A reader comment on this item led us to our digital tuner, and indeed, the WOAC call letters and channel 67 identification are both history.PSIP information now displays the Canton-licensed station as "47-1, WRLM-DT". We did not have to rescan our Zenith converter box to get the new information.The onscreen legal ID automatically inserted under the WOAC days appears to be in flux...it may well say "WRLM", but the last time we saw it, the call letters went above the top … [Read more...]
We Know And We Don’t Know
Posted on June 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 6/25/09 2:21 PM: Our report of the buyouts accepted by WJW/8 "Fox 8" veterans Belinda Prinz and Dan Coughlin has been confirmed/separately reported by Cleveland Plain Dealer media columnist Julie Washington...---------There is a lot of information floating around, most of it related to broadcast television in Northeast Ohio.And we "know" most of it, though some of it is still speculation based on information that's out there...WE KNOW - TV: OMW hears that two veteran local TV names are … [Read more...]
ODTV: The VHF DTV Struggle
Posted on June 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Here we are, now over a week out from the June 12th digital TV transition, and stations which "transitioned" to a VHF frequency for their permanent digital channels are still getting a lot of flack.Read more on our Ohio Digital TV blog... … [Read more...]
