While looking for a story on the naming of UPN affiliate WNGT-LP/48 as Toledo's MyNetworkTV affiliate, we stumbled onto something else, which lead us to stumble onto something else. Now, as we get up off the floor, here's your official OMW Stumbling Update:HARVEY LEAVING 5: WEWS/5 reporter Brad Harvey is apparently leaving the Cleveland ABC affiliate, according to Toledo Blade media columnist Russ Lemmon.Lemmon says Harvey's heading to the Glass City as a co-anchor of CBS affiliate WTOL/11's … [Read more...]

Some updates and some news:NOT BOOMING: AllAccess "independently confirms" our item from late last night about Euclid's Chuck Booms being out at FOX Sports Radio.While we were doing some Google searching on his name last night, we uncovered an interesting article out of the Cleveland Free Times from over a year ago. It seems Booms was very much involved in an 2005 effort to recall the mayor of Euclid, and the article says if that recall was successful, the sports talker and comedian could have … [Read more...]

OMW hears from a good source on what we believe is an exclusive: Euclid resident Chuck Booms, who's been hosting weekend late night and fill-in shifts on FOX Sports Radio, has left the building. Well, virtually, that is, since he did his programs via ISDN from Northeast Ohio.We hear that Booms was officially no longer employed by the sports talk radio network as of last Friday.We heard Chuck do a show a couple of weeks ago in his regular Sunday night time slot with veteran San Diego sports … [Read more...]

It's not often when a syndicated talk radio show host takes one of his own affiliates to task on his show, live, but that's what Jones Radio liberal talk host Ed Schultz has been doing this afternoon."Big Eddie" launched right into Cincinnati affiliate WSAI/1360 "The Revolution of Talk Radio", the Clear Channel liberal talker which recently swapped positions with sports WCKY/1530. We missed his first litany of complaints, but just heard Schultz take his Cincinnati station to task again."You … [Read more...]

Just some random stuff, mostly followups:COMCAST NFL: OMW hears that after a few days of only a notification message, Time Warner Cable has finally returned the NFL Network to subscribers on the former Comcast system locally.It's back on its usual channels as of Tuesday - 180 and 275. And an OMW reader reports that the notification that TWC plans to pull the NFL Network without a new agreement has been moved to a rather odd place...cable channel 116. Not digital cable channel 116, which … [Read more...]

This just in...OMW hears it has been officially announced this morning...Cumulus rock WRQK/106.9 Canton ("Rock 107") is headed for Clear Channel.We don't have many details, but we understand that a station swap may be involved among the two companies. Though we do not know what other stations are involved at this time, we are making the assumption that the other property or properties are outside Northeast Ohio.More details as soon as they become available... … [Read more...]

ABC Radio commentator Paul Harvey is in his final week on Clear Channel Cleveland talk station WTAM/1100.The station's been running on-air notices to that effect, including after this afternoon's Paul Harvey "Rest of the Story"...saying Harvey's last broadcast on "The Big One" will take place Saturday.And at the start of the 11 AM segment on his show this morning, WTAM mid-morning host Bob Frantz officially announced the expansion of his program starting August 14th - when it will air from 9 AM … [Read more...]

We've mentioned it before, but a new Cincinnati market non-commercial station is up and running.It's WMWX/88.9 "ClassX" Miamitown OH, which hit the airwaves Saturday evening with what owner Bill Spry calls a "Triple A meets classic album rock" format.The station's music mix includes "more than the songs that hit the top 5 on Billboard," Spry tells OMW. "We will be playing many many album cuts and songs that left Cincinnati radio 20 years ago. It is an extremely fresh sound and not much … [Read more...]

It's only Monday, it's only about 1 PM, but maybe this week will be as busy as last week.DUNCAN GONE: We start off in the sports media world again, with news that the Cleveland Cavaliers have - as expected - fired public address announcer Ronnie Duncan.Duncan tells Cleveland Plain Dealer sports/media columnist Roger Brown that "I didn't fire myself - they fired me".“I feel I made a very positive contribution to the Cavs organization and the game atmosphere last season. And I honestly don’t feel … [Read more...]

While sitting in the still-air conditioned part of the palatial OMW World Headquarters...ROGER'S MUSINGS: Cleveland Plain Dealer sports/media columnist Roger Brown has some radio/TV musings in his Sunday column.The Artful Roger elicits a new quote out of deposed Cleveland Cavaliers TV voice Michael Reghi, days after Dan Gilbert and company replaced him with Detroit Pistons TV voice Fred McLeod.Reghi tells Brown that he "really hoped" he'd be calling Cavs games for the rest of his career...but … [Read more...]