It's been pretty quiet in local media circles this week, after a busy week last week.But as it turns out, we have a newsy update to close out the first week of September...with all the items having a least some connection to the world of sports, even if the first host doesn't consider himself strictly a sports talk show host these days...HE'S BAAACK: We haven't fished through the podcasts to figure out what day he returned, but Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100 afternoon driver Mike Trivisonno is … [Read more...]
Opening September
Posted on September 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment
We do have a pretty decent selection of items from across Ohio for our first update in September. Some of this we missed, some is new, and some of the items are updates of previous news items.This is a long one, so get that scroll bar ready...ANOTHER 33'ER EXITS: Just as we were marveling that Parkin Broadcasting ABC affiliate WYTV/33 Youngstown has kept much of its "look and feel" despite being swallowed into the New Vision/WKBN/WYFX universe, another key staffer has left.And it's a big … [Read more...]
TWC: OSU Big Ten Network Saturday Game In HD
Posted on August 29, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Time Warner Cable's Northeast Ohio division has announced that this weekend's Ohio State Buckeyes game on Big Ten Network will indeed air locally in high-definition.The contest between the Buckeyes and the Youngstown State University Penguins will air Saturday at noon on HD digital channel 433.A TWC Northeast Ohio press release on the subject is reprinted below:------------------Time Warner Cable To Offer OSU GameIn High-Definition on Channel 433Akron, OH (AUGUST 2008) – Time Warner Cable … [Read more...]
Akron/Canton News Returns – Sort Of – And People Meters
Posted on August 29, 2008 · Leave a Comment
We're actually surprised this didn't happen earlier this year, when the WKYC/3-produced "Akron/Canton News" ended its run on Time Warner Cable's "NEON" local programming channel....after a previous run over-air on ION-owned WVPX/23.WKYC Akron bureau chief Eric Mansfield has started what we guess could be called "Akron/Canton News 2.0" via a new video player on his WKYC "Have I Got News For You!" blog. The video player aggregates all of Mansfield's (and WKYC's) recent Akron/Canton-based stories … [Read more...]
A Newsy Thursday
Posted on August 28, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Items are popping up all over...CC CLEVELAND'S NEW OM: Clear Channel's Cleveland cluster has found a new operations manager.He's Keith Abrams, who comes to Oak Tree from the VP/Programming slot at CBS Radio's Denver cluster. Though the title is slightly different, he'll replace former cluster programming fixture Kevin Metheny...who parted ways with Clear Channel late last month.Abrams also has Salt Lake City, Seattle, Charlotte, Memphis and Pittsburgh on his programming resume. We hear that … [Read more...]
Big Ten Network, Time Warner Finally Reach Deal
Posted on August 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The Big Ten Network and Time Warner Cable have reached "an agreement-in-principle" to clear the network on TWC's expanded basic tier, along with providing high definition and video-on-demand Big Ten Network offerings.A joint statement between the two entities was released late Monday. Time Warner is the dominant cable provider in Ohio, serving over 2 million customers and nearly all of the state's major metropolitan areas.The "pending" pact means TWC will be able to carry this coming weekend's … [Read more...]
Monday Changes
Posted on August 25, 2008 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 8/25/08 6:28 PM: Toledo NBC affiliate WNWO/24 reports that it has granted another extension to Buckeye Cablevision, which will keep the station on cable through September 10th as negotiations continue...------------If you look closely, you'll notice a very slight change in our appearance.We've been putting it off here at the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm), but we finally decided to drag our old template into the new Blogger layout system. We're still tweaking some things, but this will allow us … [Read more...]
It’s That Time Of Year
Posted on August 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Back in the day, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and cable TV was in its infancy, you had just a handful of places to find a televised high school football game in Northeast Ohio.The primary carrier of high school football was local PBS affiliate WVIZ/25, which featured its "Game of the Week" on tape delay late Friday nights.Various other outlets, like cable access channels, carried some assorted games. But that was about it.Now, televised high school football has popped up all over - with a … [Read more...]
The (Early) Death of a Congresswoman
Posted on August 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Any hardened newsie will tell you that the death of a sitting member of Congress, especially unexpected, is Big Breaking News. But before reporting the death, you probably should make sure that the public official is actually, well, dead.That's the problem that was faced by both print and broadcast media in Northeast Ohio on Wednesday, with the death of long-time Cleveland congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones after she suffered a brain aneurism.About two hours after a noon press conference … [Read more...]
Some More Things
Posted on August 20, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Some stuff we left behind in our "Two-Fer Tuesday" update, and mostly minor notes...THE NATION'S STATION: Clear Channel has programming rights to a handful of channels on XM Satellite Radio, which was recently merged into competitor Sirius under the corporate name "Sirius XM Radio".Trade site AllAccess reports that Clear Channel is making a number of changes on its XM space, including the change of the "Sunny" AC format channel to "The Pink Channel", as described by a recent AllAccess item: … [Read more...]
