Since it's been a day or so since we updated, we'll just let you know that we're still around.And coming in the next couple of days or so:* Photographic evidence of a certain heavily-watched future Northeast Ohio transmitter site, which is a much drier place than when we last dropped in. Publication of the photos here will result in a certain person quickly closing his eyes, so he can honestly say he doesn't know the status of the project if asked by a newspaper reporter.* A local radio … [Read more...]

No, we don't mean turkey and stuffing, we mean we've prepared some items for you to read on the holiday.And we give a salute to all of Ohio's broadcasters who have to work on Thanksgiving Day...THAT 101.7 STL ANTENNA: Much earlier in the saga "WJER-FM Is Moving North", your Primary Editorial Voice(tm) saw a mirage...an STL dish in a place on that Clear Channel Akron/Canton STL tower behind the company's World Domination HQ/Southern Command on Freedom Avenue in...oh, you know the drill.As it … [Read more...]

The Cleveland operation of Time Warner Cable, the former Adelphia-owned system which covers the bulk of the Cleveland area, is changing how it does its local programming.As a result, 17 Time Warner studio/production employees will no longer be working for the company as of December 1st. They produce a variety of programs seen on the company's cable channel 15. OMW hears that some employees have been with the former Adelphia system back to the days when it was owned by Cablevision, some 20-plus … [Read more...]

Cluster after cluster, we've been reading about Clear Channel groups dumping staff just about everywhere...presumably a massive chain-wide budget cut due to the recent announcement of a sale to private equity funds.The latest is Atlanta, where various trade websites report what can only be called the wholesale gutting of Clear Channel talk mainstay WGST/640.And that's where Ohio comes in.Though the top item on the list nationally is the exit of veteran morning host Tom Hughes and afternoon host … [Read more...]

We're not yet stuffed with turkey and the trimmings, so here's some more random items:MEDIA SHAKEUP: We can't give any more details yet, as we have yet to nail this down.But OMW is hearing pretty solid rumors of a major shakeup at one Northeast Ohio media outpost, including people being let go...and the way that operation does business being drastically changed.Expect to read more about this in the next day or two, as we're trying to get an official response from an executive of the operation … [Read more...]

Since your Primary Editorial Voice(tm) may be a bit busy with holiday-related stuff this Thanksgiving week, we'll put up some Monday items early on a Sunday night. We'll still be around and posting, but probably not as much this week...MORE CHRISTMAS MUSIC: It looks like we won't have to wait long for a traditional early entrant into the Cleveland Christmas Music Sweepstakes.Salem CCM WFHM/95.5 "The Fish" is announcing on its website that the holiday tunes start rolling Monday.And since we … [Read more...]

Some news and some musings to round out our end-of-the-week late dinner menu...UPDATE 11/18/06 11:07 AM: There is now a local streaming link up at the ESPNCleveland.com website for the below-mentioned special.To save time, since there's only an hour left in the show and you still have to sign up (for the umpteenth time) to get the link...we'll provide the direct link that's working for us now here.RIZZO ON WWGK, BUCKS ON WKNR: If Good Karma Broadcasting sports WWGK/1540 "Cleveland's ESPN Radio … [Read more...]

UPDATE 11:56 AM 11/17/06: WZAK has cancelled plans to cover the Levert memorial service. A WZAK personality has been announcing that the family asked the station not to carry the service live, but the station will still pay tribute to him this afternoon...-----------Cleveland's heritage R&B station is covering the public memorial of local music star Gerald Levert at Cleveland's Public Hall today. (It had been scheduled for the Music Hall, but was moved at the last minute.)OMW tipster … [Read more...]

Some random items, as "OMW on Shuffle" continues:WOIO SUIT: Like this one, for example, which we haven't had time to pursue in all the flurry of breaking news items the past couple of days.The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that David Eden, former managing editor of WOIO/19-WUAB/43's "19 Action News", is suing the Raycom Media outlet for wrongful termination.To distill Eden's suit into a nutshell: His lawyer claims it all went downhill for him at Reserve Square after he complained about … [Read more...]

OMW hears from two reliable sources that WHBC/Canton operations manager Terry Simmons was let go this morning.Simmons is not only OM for the NextMedia stations, he's been the co-host for WHBC-FM/94.1 "Mix 94.1"'s "Terry and Maddie in the Morning", and hands on programmer on the FM side of the operation.OMW hears the move was made immediately following his show this morning on WHBC-FM.More as we hear it... … [Read more...]