We have mostly Cleveland TV-related items today...in fact, all of them are...BIG APPLE BOUND: OMW has learned that ABC affiliate WEWS/5 in Cleveland will be losing reporter Carolina Leid.Ms. Leid is leaving "NewsChannel 5" for the nation's largest TV market, New York City. She takes a reporting job at ABC O&O WABC/7 in the Big Apple.Carolina's last day at 3001 Euclid will be December 28th.OMW hears that WEWS is looking for her replacement...AC WITH JN: Long-running WEWS weekend show … [Read more...]
The Midweek Skip
Posted on November 15, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Looks like we're doing the "Tuesday/Thursday" thing this week, as far as updates go...RONNIE DUNCAN OUT?: Regular OMW reader and alert tipster Nathan Obral in Lake County gets the hat tip for this.He doesn't know when it happened - and for that matter, neither do we - but it appears morning drive host Ronnie Duncan is out at Radio One Cleveland urban talker WERE/1490.Sure enough, Duncan has been excised from the "Newstalk 1490" website. The schedule now lists the "WERE Morning Show" from 6-9 … [Read more...]
Tuesday Catch Up
Posted on November 13, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Our apologies for "radio silence" so far this week.As noted earlier, our away-from-the-Mighty-Blog(tm) schedule has been in flux recently, so we'll basically get here when we get here.But...we got here, so here we are..."AKRON/CANTON NEWS" REBRANDS, A LITTLE: When a large news operation agrees to produce a news program for another outlet, either co-owned or not, it's often a tough decision how to brand the new newscast.In Pittsburgh, for example, Cox NBC affiliate WPXI/11 produces the 10 PM … [Read more...]
Short Cuts
Posted on November 8, 2007 · Leave a Comment
As we mercifully bring this week to an end in one day...MARK AND ABBY: In the first of two "heads up" reminders from WKYC/3 senior director Frank Macek's "Director's Cut" blog - the station's new morning "Channel 3 News Today" team launched this morning.The most significant changes involve the previously reported move of chief meteorologist Mark Nolan to the co-host spot of the show.And he'll be joined by new hire Abby Ham - recently of Gannett sister NBC affiliate WBIR/10 in Knoxville TN. … [Read more...]
The Football Blues
Posted on November 1, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We're coming up to another fall football weekend, and once again, many people will have to take measures to see games they may want to see, but can't see at home...BIG TEN NETWORK MESS, AGAIN: As we hinted earlier, this weekend's Big Ten football showdown between the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes and 21st-ranked Wisconsin Badgers has been picked up by the Big Ten Network - which is visible in roughly 14 cable homes in Northeast Ohio. OK, maybe a few thousand.Those with satellite TV, or … [Read more...]
Here’s Some Hot News For You
Posted on October 31, 2007 · Leave a Comment
OK, so we couldn't resist.WFMJ/21 reports that early Wednesday morning, the Youngstown/Warren market NBC affiliate had to cover a fire...and they didn't have to go far from the station's headquarters in downtown Youngstown to get to it.In fact, they didn't have to leave the station at all.Quoting WFMJ's website:An early morning basement fire broke out in the WFMJ building. Nobody was hurt, but the fire damaged a number of systems used in our news and programming operations.The time of the fire, … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: WKYC’s Mark Nolan Moves From Weather To News
Posted on October 29, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Now, here's a switch that doesn't happen every day.WKYC/3's "Director's Cut Blog" reports that station chief meterologist Mark Nolan is hanging up the umbrella and leaving the weather center. But he's not leaving 13th and Lakeside - as he moves a few feet over to become co-anchor of the morning "Channel 3 News Today"...filling the position vacated by John Anderson, who just started his new job today on Philadelphia FOX O&O WTXF/29's morning show.A WKYC release quoted in Frank Macek's … [Read more...]
Monday Odds And Ends
Posted on October 29, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Not much really stands out about the below items, or for that matter, connects them. Well, aside from the fact that all the items have to do with persons no longer on the air in Cleveland in 2007 - or are about to leave the area.But it's Monday, and we're dragging ourselves back to the grind.A reminder: we're still in "sporadic update" mode due to various personal/off-blog issues. But we'll try to check in at least once every day or two...MORE ON THE ANDERSON MOVE: The Plain Dealer's Julie … [Read more...]
Midweek Update
Posted on October 24, 2007 · Leave a Comment
A heads up - this will be one of our slower update weeks, due to off-blog concerns. But sometimes stuff just begs to be put up...COLUMBUS MOVES: Within a half-hour of each other, two OMW readers gave us the heads up... the long-awaited move of Clear Channel's WMRN/106.9 Marion into the Columbus market is about to take place.In fact, the station itself has announced the change to listeners on a web page, which gives word of WMRN's upcoming COL move from Marion to the Columbus suburb of Dublin, … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: “19 Action News” Joins The 21st Century
Posted on October 21, 2007 · Leave a Comment
As rumored for well over a year, as hinted here more times than we can count...Porcine creatures are officially airborne over Reserve Square, and the temperature in Hades is under 32 degrees and holding.Raycom Media Cleveland CBS/MyNetworkTV combo WOIO/19-WUAB/43's "19 Action News" is now broadcasting in HDTV format.We don't know when exactly it happened, but based on the flurry of E-Mail we received from our ever vigilant readers, "19 Action News HD" would appear to have debuted with the 6 … [Read more...]
