Some scattered items, the first two from long-time OMW reader/tipster Nathan Obral:WWVA CHANGES: Nate tips us off to the addition of TRN's Michael Savage to the lineup at Clear Channel talk WWVA/1170 Wheeling WV.The station carries two hours of Savage from 6 PM-8 PM, which clips local afternoon drive show "The Drive Home with Steve Novotney" down to 3-6 PM. It's actually the second TRN placement on the weeknight WWVA schedule, as the network's "Advice Line with Roy Masters" airs as part of the … [Read more...]

There's actually some meat this week, for those of us who take apart Cleveland Plain Dealer sports/media columnist Roger Brown's Monday Media Column...ESPN NIGHTS: As speculated here repeatedly, Brown reports that "word is" that Radio One talk WERE/1300 may be handling the nighttime ESPN Radio programming commitment in Cleveland, from 7 PM to 6 AM 7 days a week.The main ESPN Radio affiliation in the market is expected to move from Salem sports WKNR/850 to current gospel outlet WABQ/1540 … [Read more...]

Our apologies for the indigestion being suffered by Blogger this morning. We're thisclose to investigating alternatives.TOLEDO TO CLEVELAND: OMW hears that WTOL/11 Toledo reporter Bob Jones is heading "back home" from the CBS affiliate to Cleveland ABC affiliate WEWS/5...the tip coming from the folks at NewsBlues.Jones' WTOL bio says the Euclid native has been a reporter for "Toledo 11" since 1994, joining the station a year earlier. He's listed as WTOL's "court and crime reporter". And his … [Read more...]

With the title as a nod to late ABC Sports commentator Howard Cosell...BROWNS BITS: Just a couple of things we noticed about the radio broadcast of the Cleveland Browns' 20-17 pre-season victory over the Buffalo Bills.For one, during pre-game, Browns Radio Network flagship WMMS/100.7 in Cleveland was clearly on a long delay. We noticed it when network stations WONE/97.5 Akron and WHBC/1480 Canton were airing items a good 10 seconds or so before they were heard on WMMS.Our guess: WMMS was … [Read more...]

SportsTime Ohio is picking up the "Champ Car" NBC race that WKYC/3 pre-empts today for a Cleveland Indians game...the TV rescheduling that'll take the place of an October 1st Indians game that will air on STO.In case you're hunting for the race in about an hour and can't find it, here's why:TODAY ON STONBC Sports Special, Champ Car: Montreal.Due to late notice, not all cable operators will carry this race.Of course, outside the Cleveland market, NBC affiliates will generally carry the race … [Read more...]

It's funny how questions can get answered not long after you think about them.We were watching FSN Ohio/WKNR's "Cleveland Rants" the other night, and wondered what'll happen to show co-host Les Levine on the cable network after the show ends - presumably at the end of the Cleveland Indians season in just over a month.It didn't take long for our answer to appear - during the final edition of FSN Ohio's Browns Training Camp show on Thursday.Show co-host Michael Reghi informed viewers that he'd be … [Read more...]

We don't have much to say about it, because - for one, we don't know much about it...and we don't think much changes here.Clear Channel has undertaken a major reorganization of its regional management staff, which doesn't appear to have had much effect in Northeast Ohio.According to reports on AllAccess and Radio & Records Online, the company's Cleveland management structure remains as it is, with Cleveland-based market manager Mike Kenney keeping that role at Oak Tree, and VP/Programming … [Read more...]

As reported earlier, WKYC/3 is giving up an October 1st Cleveland Indians contest to SportsTime Ohio...so it won't preempt a NASCAR race on that day.As the other half of that deal, Akron Beacon Journal TV columnist R.D. Heldenfels reports that WKYC will instead air an Indians game this coming Sunday.That bumps NBC's "Champ Car Series" race from Montreal, but STO will air that race instead of WKYC, starting at 1:30 on Sunday afternoon.We don't know the ins and outs of auto racing rights, but it … [Read more...]

From what we've been told, staffers at Cumulus rock WRQK/106.9 Canton are getting a visit from their soon-to-be Clear Channel co-workers today. Clear Channel plans to operate WRQK in an LMA starting a week from today.And once again, we've heard nothing beyond WRQK in the "Clear Channel's Cumulus acquisitions" file in Northeast Ohio... … [Read more...]

In his Friday outing, Cleveland Plain Dealer sports/media columnist Roger Brown brings up something that's been asked off-air by some locally - what's wrong with Bernie Kosar?The former Cleveland Browns star quarterback's demeanor has been talked about ever since he appeared via phone on WTAM/1100's afternoon show with Mike Trivisonno.The response to that appearance even prompted Triv to launch into a spirited defense of his friend Kosar - pictured here with Browns TV cohorts Sam Rosen and Brian … [Read more...]