And enjoy the weekend, for it's expected to be very nice weather-wise...CONFIRMATION: Cleveland Plain Dealer media columnist Julie Washington gives the official Mainstream Media Confirmation on two items reported here earlier this week.On the PD's Entertainment Blog on Cleveland.com, Washington confirms our item about the departure of Akron Beacon Journal politics and government reporter Kymberli Hagelberg to Ideastream NPR outlet WCPN/90.3 Cleveland. She'll cover a similar beat there.Since … [Read more...]
Quick Thursday Hits
Posted on July 19, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We're back, after a brief pause, with some new items...ANCHOR "ACTION": No, it doesn't involve WOIO/19 "19 Action News"' most controversial anchor, who was reported to be looking at a gig in Houston earlier. There's no word on that subject yet.But we once again tip the hat to the folks at a popular TV news/gossip site for this item involving the Cleveland CBS affiliate.NewsBlues reports that Tiffani Tucker, a "reporter and fill-in anchor" for FOX affiliate WSVN/7 Miami, is heading to Reserve … [Read more...]
Tuesday Stuff
Posted on July 17, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Just some unrelated stuff this time around...but you should be used to it, right?NEW SET AT SOUTH MARGINAL: WJW/8 "FOX 8" in Cleveland has spent the past few weeks building a brand new set for "FOX 8 News". It's a set we hinted at here a LONG time ago, back when FOX started tooling with the "look and feel" of its owned and operated stations...of which WJW is one, at least for now.The set made its debut on the air on Monday.Those who aren't within the FOX 8 viewing area, or who just want to call … [Read more...]
The Sharon Reed Shuffle?
Posted on July 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Some of our readers have already noticed an anchor change at Raycom Cleveland CBS affiliate WOIO/19's "19 Action News".The station has replaced long-time anchor David Wittman at 11 PM weekdays with Paul Joncich.Joncich, of course, is the former anchor at Sacramento CBS affiliate KOVR/13 who first came to "Action News" to co-anchor weekends with former Chicago anchor Danielle Serino. He then moved to the 10 PM edition of "19 Action News" on sister MyNetworkTV outlet WUAB/43.The TV industry … [Read more...]
Thursday’s Here
Posted on July 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment
And in keeping with our schedule, this may be the last update until early next week. Please keep checking, though, in case of breaking items.Or we could say something like - "At OMW, When News Breaks, We FedEx It Back And Wait For A Replacement"...THE GLORIOUS NEW SET WORLD: We scratch our heads over this one.In the two years we've been doing this - we missed our anniversary late last month! - we've seen very few topics that touch a hunger for information like the upcoming new set for FOX … [Read more...]
DVR ALERT: PBS 45/49 Special On Akron TV News
Posted on July 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We actually got a tip to this earlier, but hadn't gotten around to posting until now...just two hours before the show airs.WNEO/45-WEAO/49 "PBS 45 & 49" will air a special tonight, Tuesday, at 9 PM titled "Akron, Ohio: The City Where Commercial Television News Went Black".We'll presume it delves, in-depth, into the saga most of our readers probably know well...the end of local news on then-ABC affiliate WAKC/23 (nee' WAKR-TV), which eventually got sold to the PAX TV folks and was stripped of … [Read more...]
Enough To Publish
Posted on July 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Aside from our own time issues, we sometimes aren't here because there's nothing to publish. That certainly isn't the case this early Tuesday morning...ANNOUNCEMENT FEVER: Why do at least two local radio stations find Tuesday morning a good time to announce things?That's what Good Karma sports WKNR/850 "ESPN 850"'s "Rizzo on the Radio", and Akron market talker WNIR/100.1 "The Talk of Akron" have done...picked the late Tuesday morning time slot to make on-air announcements.WNIR's, which we … [Read more...]
RUMBLINGS: Sharon Reed To Houston?
Posted on July 6, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We mark this item very clearly as "gossip", but it's from a good source for such things.An alert OMW reader tipped us off that the popular industry gossip site NewsBlues is reporting Sharon Reed sightings in Houston.The anchor/reporter for Raycom Media's WOIO/19 "19 Action News" was apparently seen, according to the NB folks, being "squired around" the studios of FOX Houston O&O KRIV/29, which has a vacant morning anchor slot. The item says Reed would appear to be "in line" for that … [Read more...]
Post-Holiday Fill
Posted on July 5, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Some other stuff that's popped up, and we're getting around to adding on this Thursday:REPOSITORY MANAGING EDITOR TO WKSU: We actually saw the headline on one of the local news websites, about Canton Repository managing editor M.L. Schultze leaving the paper - recently purchased by GateHouse.What we didn't know is her destination.The Repository itself reports that Schultze is leaving the newspaper later this month to become news director of Kent-based NPR outlet WKSU/89.7.The article on her … [Read more...]
Thursday Stuff
Posted on June 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment
And unlike our last update, most of this is not related...THIS PORTION OF OUR ITEM IS PAID PROGRAMMING: No, not really. We don't have an ad sales department here at the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm).But Raycom Media is at it again in Cleveland.Numerous readers let us know that the company's CBS affiliate, WOIO/19, pre-empted an hour of CBS prime-time programming Wednesday night from 8-9 PM for...paid programming. Infomercials. You know them. (We'd love to know what they actually aired.)The paid … [Read more...]
