Look at what we saw in the AllAccess "Job Market" section recently:"WZKL & WDPN in Canton Ohio, needs a Promotions Director yesterday!! We’re looking for a creative, go-getter with a positive attitude."Here's what they CAN'T say:"...who is not currently facing prison time for running a fake charity!"The slot, of course, was once temporarily filled by former Louisville KY promotions director and radio personality Todd Kelly Smith, who was recently arrested on fraud charges in connection with … [Read more...]

There's not much to it yet...But we hear changes could be afoot somewhere within the Clear Channel World Domination HQ on Oak Tree. Could those "Triv to WMMS mornings" rumors from a couple of weeks ago finally be gaining steam, or is it something else? Is it time for the OMW Technical Staff to set up a recording or two on 100.7? … [Read more...]

Plain Dealer radio/TV writer Julie Washington checks in - via phone from New York - with newly-reinstalled CBS Radio bad boy talkers Opie & Anthony...with an item that appears in today's PD Entertainment Blog, and will presumably make print Friday or Saturday.There's not really much new in the item, which spends most of its time recapping recent events and the events which got the pair fired from then-Infinity back in 2002.It does have comments from Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia … [Read more...]

So, it's good to know we're not alone in our speculation.When OMW first published the list of markets where CBS Radio is aiming to exit, Cincinnati stuck out like that proverbial sore thumb to us. Oh, Columbus as well, but especially Cincinnati.We had a thought: Wouldn't THAT be an interesting return to major market radio for one Randy Michaels?Mr. Michaels, of course, is the long-time former head of Clear Channel's radio division, going back to the "make some noise" days at Jacor. He's … [Read more...]

What are the odds that two large market Ohio Clear Channel music stations would feature air personalities with the single name "Maxwell"?Apparently, even money.AllAccess reports that the artist we'll call "Maxwell #2" has landed in the open night slot at CC top 40 WNCI/97.9 Columbus. He's inbound from Lafayette LA, where he's been APD/MD/nights at Citadel top 40 KSMB. He's also done morning drive in New Orleans. AllAccess says he'll pick up MD duties at WNCI at some point down the road.Our … [Read more...]

That's 58, as in what you get when you add "3" to "55" for this update:WKYC HD: We've noticed, in watching Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC/3's new HDTV newscasts, that not everything is "there" yet for the debut week. This morning, meteorologist Hollie Strano apologized for not having her usual morning quiz graphics, saying "not everything's been converted yet" to HD. While she said that, we couldn't help but notice a flat screen monitor just above her head...which appeared to still be wrapped in … [Read more...]

CBS Radio has been making noises about selling its smaller-market stations for something close to a year now, but the company has finally nailed down which markets it expects to exit.The company says it intends to sell all of its stations in 10 markets, including the company's entire clusters in Columbus and Cincinnati. That'd leave only Cleveland in the CBS Radio portfolio in Ohio. (You can read the whole story at Radio & Records Online.) Other soon-to-be-former CBS Radio markets include … [Read more...]

As expected, Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC/3 did indeed start broadcasting local newscasts in high definition today...beginning with the 6 PM edition of "Channel 3 News".The station did a slight revamp of their existing set, adding bright, colorful parts like the sign that now says "WKYC NEWS HD" at the top, and what may be an upgraded video screen in the middle of the main set. The weather area also got a makeover, with new "WeatherPlus" graphics.WKYC appears to have the capability to shoot HD … [Read more...]

ONE FROM COLUMN A: A followup to our item about Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC/3 and its impending change to HDTV local news.The station is now doing its newscasts from a temporary newsroom-based set, which looks to us like it's roughly "just behind" where the station's regular set would be. Here's a screen shot from Sunday night's "Channel 3 News at 11":If we remember the placement of the regular WKYC set, it'd be to the left of where Lydia Esparra, Scott Newell and Betsy Kling are sitting, and … [Read more...]

Regular readers know that here at your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm), we aren't usually at a loss for words when the subject is "19 Action News", the dual-headed monstrosity that occupies airtime at Raycom's local CBS affiliate, WOIO/19, and sister UPN-to-become-MyNetworkTV affiliate, WUAB/43.We've hit that inability to say much more with this story, which we found in Saturday's "Tipoff" column by the Cleveland Plain Dealer's Michael K. McIntyre.We find it hard to improve on the original, so we'll put … [Read more...]