Congratulations to:Clear Channel oldies WMJI/105.7 Cleveland, for winning the Oldies Station of the Year honors at the NAB Marconi Awards last night...And Clear Channel rock WEBN/102.7 Cincinnati for its nod as the Rock Station of the Year... … [Read more...]

This just in, directly to us and via AllAccess (before we got a chance to post this):Rubber City Radio country WQMX/94.9 program director/operations manager Kevin Mason is leaving the Akron Radio Center to take a job as vice president and general manager of Nashville record label Rust Records.His last day in Akron will be October 13th, just days after he's inducted locally into the Radio and Television Broadcasters Hall Of Fame on October 8th.Mason has kept a high profile in the Country Radio … [Read more...]

And some more stuff...ESPN CLEVELAND WEBSITE: A regular OMW reader lets us know that the bare-bones "placeholder" page for the upcoming Cleveland ESPN Radio affiliate now has a logo.And as expected, and as predicted here and elsewhere, the logo says: "Cleveland's ESPN Radio - 1540 Days / 1300 Nights", with a "Coming soon!" notation under it.The logo is more interesting for what it does not say.The local rumor mill has been rumbling with noises that WABQ/1540 owner Craig Karmazin was going to … [Read more...]

And we didn't even coordinate these two items which found their way into our mailbox...two people who have surfaced after leaving local media jobs:RYAN'S JOB: Former WOIO/19 "19 Action News" anchor Ryan Andrews is back on the air in his hometown. No, not Cleveland...Orlando.A helpful OMW reader leads us to this Orlando TV news website, which says Andrews has been hired as a reporter and weekend anchor at WFTV/9 there. Andrews is originally from the Orlando suburb of Winter Park, and went to … [Read more...]

Starting at home, in Northeast Ohio...CASEY'S DAY: Veteran WTAM/1100 sportscaster and morning co-host Casey Coleman has been in just about everyone's prayers since he learned he had months to live in his battle with pancreatic cancer.He's apparently on the minds of those in Cleveland city government, as Mayor Frank Jackson will proclaim Tuesday, September 26th "Casey Coleman Day" in Cleveland.But it's much more than just another proclamation. With the event, a non-profit organization called … [Read more...]

And the breaking news just keeps on coming...The co-host of WEWS/5's long-running 5 PM show "Live on Five" is leaving the Cleveland ABC affiliate for a big national gig.The Cleveland Plain Dealer's Julie Washington reports on the paper's Entertainment blog that Stefani Schaefer will leave her seat alongside local TV veteran Leon Bibb...for a new job as one of three hosts on the upcoming NBC-produced daytime program "iVillage".Because of that show's December premiere date, Schaefer will be able … [Read more...]

After months of speculation, new Cleveland market CW affiliate WBNX/55 has let out a little more information on its upcoming digital signal.The station's "Trends" web page has now been updated with information we reported months ago, indicating the approval of the WBNX-DT construction permit. But it looks like it'll be a while before local viewers are watching "The CW" in high-definition:We are planning on making our digital and HD signal available to cable and satellite by mid to late October … [Read more...]

Northeast Ohio radio and TV go through cycles of change, we've figured out.Covering the local media beat reminds us of being a fireman, only without the flames and danger part. We could be sitting around here with nothing going on, and all of a sudden, changes seem to happen in bulk. And those changes may not even be related to each other.This is another of those weeks.We don't have any confirmation on it, so we won't run the full item yet, but OMW hears there could be programming personnel … [Read more...]

Monday was the start of Air America Radio's new lineup, as the liberal talk network moved former "Majority Report" co-host Sam Seder to his own new mid-morning show, and moved incumbent 9-noon ET host Jerry Springer to its syndication arm.Despite being trucked off the main AAR feed, Springer has at least one bright spot out of this - Chicago.Northwest suburban daytimer WCPT/850 Crystal Lake IL has decided to hang onto Springer in the 8-11 AM CT time slot, even after declining to take AAR's … [Read more...]

No details other than this:OMW hears from a reliable source that NextMedia's WHBC/1480-WHBC-FM/94.1 will soon announce a new general manager for the Canton stations, "as early as today", we're told.As we reported earlier, previous general manager Rich Bossler and general sales manager Sue Motts left the WHBC duo last week. NextMedia's Saginaw GM was tapped as interim GM in Canton, and we hear he's been dividing his time between the two markets since.More as it develops... … [Read more...]