Er..."Highway 102" that is...it appears both FM signals don't use the ".5/.7" on air. … [Read more...]

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More Zanesville: WHIZ's Littick says relocated 102.5 will continue as country "Highway 102.5" with new Columbus market signal … [Read more...]

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Zanesville swap: Hot AC "Z92" takes historic WHIZ-FM calls, swaps WCVZ to 102.5 "Highway 102", http://ping.fm/nvt5U … [Read more...]

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OMW hears that veteran Local TV WJW/8 Cleveland "Fox 8 News" reporter Kristy Steeves is leaving South Marginal (and the Summit Mall food court - AKA the location of WJW's Akron bureau) to concentrate on her photography business.We hear her last day was today in Akron, and she'll exit South Marginal tomorrow...and that the departure from "Fox 8 News" was her own decision.More later... … [Read more...]

UPDATE 6/3/09 5:29 PM: We had no idea how quickly the link to Radio & Records' announcement of its own demise would go away. The R&R site went down roughly 5 minutes after we posted the below link. We did warn you to "click it as soon as you can", but we didn't think the R&R site would go under in minutes!To read more on R&R's closure, check out these stories from Inside Radio and Mediaweek...Our original item is below...---------If you're a Certain Age in the radio business, … [Read more...]

Yes, we have heard that Retro Television Network has found a home in the Cleveland market...well, something of a home on Media-Com LPTV combo WAOH-LP 29/W35AX Cleveland "The CAT".The station is, we believe, set to take the RTN programming June 1st.We will have more details later tonight or tomorrow morning...and many comments... … [Read more...]

Passing this along from WKYC/3 senior director Frank Macek's "Director's Cut" blog:Do you still need help with the DTV transition?A mobile assistance center will be in Northeast Ohio this weekend to help consumers. The switch to digital television takes place June 12.The mobile assistance centers will be in Canton this weekend. The staff can demonstrate how to hook up a converter box to an analog TV and to help you apply for a $40 converter box coupon.Saturday May 16 & Sunday May 179 a.m. to … [Read more...]

Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC/3 is reporting the death of long-timenews anchor Tom Haley...best known for his stint co-anchoring thestation's early morning "Today in Cleveland".Here is a link to the WKYC story on Haley's passing...we'll have moreto say about it later...http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=109435We are on the road, without direct access to Blogger, so if that linkdoesn't work, please copy and paste it. We'll try to put it up on … [Read more...]

Just one day after Dispatch's WBNS-FM/97.1 dumped hot AC "Mix 97.1"for sports, another Columbus station has stepped in.Saga oldies WODB/107.9 "B107.9" has picked up both WBNS-FM's discardedformat and identity as hot AC "Mix 107.9", launching with a "5,000song marathon"... … [Read more...]

OMW will return at "full strength" on Monday, November 3, 2008.See you then!--The Management … [Read more...]