Radio and TV, both traditional and "new", in this update. But first... NEXT RADIO MOVE: We're still compiling items for our "#TheNextRadio" series, focusing on non-broadcast versions of "radio" in 2015. One long-time OMW reader is diving into that universe head first. Chuck Matthews, who has a thriving voiceover business, is leaving his "day job" at Akron's Rubber City Radio Group to join the region's most high profile online radio operation. It was John Gorman's "oWOW" that we first … [Read more...]
Piled This High
Posted on March 31, 2015 · 2 Comments
It's a wide assortment of news items this time, that apparently didn't melt like those piles of snow we had... JAMIE'S IN DC: Now-former Raycom CBS-MyNet combo WOIO/19-WUAB/43 "19 Action News" (stay tuned!) morning traffic reporter Jamie Sullivan disappeared so quickly and quietly late last year, she was almost on milk cartons. And despite the best efforts of This Space and others, no one would share a peep about What Happened To Jamie. We now know. A week ago, Jamie Sullivan landed as a … [Read more...]
On The Street
Posted on March 6, 2015 · 2 Comments
And we'll start with a, uh, "handful of layoffs" at a local TV station... SCRIPPS HAMMER: Word spread among various markets that Scripps was letting a few people go (to the parking lot, then home for good). We have been told that the layoff count is a pretty big "handful" (more on that phrase later) at Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 here in Cleveland...the last number we heard was that seven people are no longer "on your side" at NewsChannel 5. We don't have any names at this point, but we're … [Read more...]
The Next Radio 1: oWOW
Posted on February 23, 2015 · 2 Comments
Our first #thenextradio installment is a question and answer session with John Gorman. Both in Cleveland and beyond, he is best known for his stint programming iconic rock station WMMS/100.7, which is today the iHeart-owned blend of talk, rock and sports. Here's a snippet of his bio, in case you're one of a handful of readers at a Northeast Ohio media blog who doesn't know his past: Gorman programmed and served as Operations Manager at WMMS from 1973 to 1986, the station’s glory years, while … [Read more...]
