Mostly followup to stuff posted below this item, with some new items as well..."RIK AND SARAH" NOW CORE OF WHBC-FM MORNINGS: For at least some time, WHBC-FM/94.1's Madison Woods actually hosted morning drive solo at "Mix 94.1", NextMedia's Canton AC outlet.When Rik Elliot showed up, the two teamed up. And now, "Maddie" is out of mornings.A memo from the station flew out of Market Street South and somehow made the trip up I-77 to us. It says "Mix" is "building" the morning show around Rik and … [Read more...]
Short Weekend Wrap
Posted on August 31, 2007 · Leave a Comment
OMW will not be updated between now and Labor Day, as barbecue sauce doesn't mix well with keyboards.But coming early next week, we'll have an exclusive (as far as we know) Q&A with a former local TV news anchor who's working on a very interesting new project...WOW! PIGS DO INDEED FLY!: It's not often that the other local media outlets praise Raycom Media's WOIO/19 and the Cleveland CBS affiliate's "19 Action News", but it's happened today.Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Regina Brett has … [Read more...]
The Big Ten Notwork
Posted on August 30, 2007 · Leave a Comment
No, that's not a typo. We meant to say "Notwork" in our title.That's because unless you have a DirecTV satellite connection, the new Big Ten Network is not likely to be in your TV lineup card now that it has officially launched.The All Big Ten, All The Time Network has been negotiating with major cable multi-system operators like Time Warner, which is by far the dominant cable provider in most of the OMW coverage area.So far, nothing.It would appear the placement of the channel is still the … [Read more...]
Some TV Quickies
Posted on August 28, 2007 · Leave a Comment
The first is something that's already happening...the other is one that's likely to happen soon...IN PLACE: WEWS/5 "NewsChannel 5"'s lineup for "Good Morning Cleveland" is finally in place, as new co-host Kimberly Gill joins Paul Kiska this week, along with Jack "Air" Marschall, Susanne Horgan and Tricia Skidmore.Gill has been doing some field reporting since she arrived in Cleveland.The show's lineup has been in what seemed like permanent flux after the departure of personalities like Adam … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: Kalinowski Exits 19
Posted on August 24, 2007 · Leave a Comment
OMW hears that WOIO/19 "19 Action News" morning weather forecaster/meteorologist Bruce Kalinowski has done his final forecast for the Raycom CBS affiliate in Cleveland.We're told that Bruce stepped down, quietly, after his final report during the station's noon news on Friday. We're also told that the station did not intend to renew his contract, which expires in just over a month, and that he was given the option to exit the station today.As far as we know, this is an exclusive, as we are told … [Read more...]
Something To Write About
Posted on August 22, 2007 · Leave a Comment
UPDATED! See below...--------We've been quiet here at the OMW ranch for a couple of days, but mostly because we haven't had much to write about. We've found enough...THIS JUST IN: An alert OMW reader tips below that Good Karma sports WKNR/850 "ESPN 850" in Cleveland has signed up to be the home of the American Hockey League's Lake Erie Monsters.Here's the blurb on ESPNCleveland.com:The Lake Erie Monsters and WKNR announced on Wednesday that ESPN 850 WKNR will be the exclusive radio home for … [Read more...]
Monday Pile
Posted on August 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment
And, welcome to Monday!We've been trying to bring up items separately, lately, but we'll do our usual "all-in-one" for this edition...BIG TEN CRUNCH TIME: That light at the end of the tunnel for those hoping for local cable carriage of the new "Big Ten Network" could be that of an oncoming deadline train instead.The "hope" came in an item in the Columbus Dispatch, where BTN honchos were doing last minute pitching to local media outlets in the days before the network's scheduled to launch on … [Read more...]
We Know Who To Believe Now
Posted on August 16, 2007 · Leave a Comment
In a June 29th item, we mulled over an article by the Youngstown Business Journal's Andrea Wood on the future of WYTV/33.Back then, the company buying the Youngstown market ABC affiliate was being peppered with questions about its "Shared Services Agreement" uncovered in the FCC filing to buy WYTV - questions which led new owner Todd Parkin of Los Angeles to write a letter denying two things:1) That Parkin Broadcasting would dismantle the existing "33 News" operation, giving control of the … [Read more...]
A Thursday Snack
Posted on August 16, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Some items to keep your information hunger pangs from getting TOO loud...SOME ADDITIONS TO THE PLUTO FILE: We have a couple of more questions answered about the move of Akron Beacon Journal sports columnist Terry Pluto to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.Thanks to the PD's own article about their now-returning sportswriter (well, after that small 22 year break in Akron), we know that Pluto's bringing his full ABJ repetoire to the PD sometime around Labor Day.That includes not only his popular Sunday … [Read more...]
The Channel 3 Shuffle
Posted on August 15, 2007 · Leave a Comment
No, it's not involving any on-air talent. At least, at this time...But an item posted to WKYC/3 senior director Frank Macek's excellent "Director's Cut" blog gives us the heads up to an approaching schedule shuffle at the Gannett NBC affiliate.The moving around is prompted by the station's carriage, starting in September, of the fourth hour of NBC's popular morning show "Today". You know, the show which once aired from 7-9 AM, and then expanded to 10 AM...and now, adds another hour in the … [Read more...]
