We hear that WPGB/104.7 Pittsburgh's "War Room", heard locally on Clear Channel talk WHLO/640 Akron and in much of southeast Ohio on WWVA/1170 Wheeling, is now heard nationwide on XM Satellite Radio's "TalkRadio" channel 165 (PDF schedule file link).The channel is the renamed "Ask" channel, which has long featured political talk radio shows interspersed with the advice shows the channel was originally meant to hold. The show replaces a repeat of Premiere's "Coast to Coast AM". "TalkRadio" is … [Read more...]

It's not exactly a surprise, considering that authorities in the West Palm Beach FL area have been looking into this for a long time...but hearing "radio host gets arrested" is enough to perk up anyone's ears.As it turns out, Premiere's Rush Limbaugh came to a settlement with prosecutors over so-called "doctor shopping" charges, which involved turning himself in to local police in Florida this afternoon. He was released after posting $3,000 bail.The settlement reportedly calls for the filing of … [Read more...]

It turns out Clear Channel talk WKRC/550 Cincinnati may not have, umm, needed listener help to select a replacement for FOX News Radio host-turned-presidential spokesman Tony Snow.AllAccess is reporting that the station picks up TRN's Laura Ingraham for the 9-noon slot vacated by the new White House press secretary, starting next Monday.Ingraham was one of four hosts on WKRC's website poll - the others being former time slot occupant Glenn Beck, money host Dave Ramsey and Cox/Jones' Neal Boortz. … [Read more...]

It'll still be baseball, and still be at Jacobs Field...but the first non-Indians event for team TV outlet SportsTime Ohio will be a high school baseball contest between Cuyahoga Falls' Walsh Jesuit vs. Cleveland's St. Edward's.The game on May 4th at 7 PM, part of the 3rd Annual Cleveland Indians Charities (CIC) High School Hardball Classic, will also air in high-definition on SportsTime Ohio. The network says is the first ever local high school sports event ever presented in HDTV.That's not … [Read more...]

Late last month, OMW brought you word that Beacon Broadcasting daytimer WRTK/1540 Niles had picked up a new format.The Youngstown/Warren market station had been running a local urban format under previous ownership D&E Communications, which Beacon's Harold Glunt continued to run after taking over, mostly out of inertia. WRTK finally signed up with the ABC Radio Networks' "Rejoice" black gospel 24/7 format nearly a month ago.They'll have to look for another one.AllAccess reports that ABC is … [Read more...]

It had been feared that the WKYC/3-produced "Akron/Canton News" could end its run on Time Warner Cable channel 23 at the end of this month...but there's apparently been enough response to give it at least another month of life.The Akron Beacon Journal's R.D. Heldenfels reports on Ohio.com this afternoon that Time Warner will continue airing the newscast "at least" through the end of May, which gives TWC and WKYC more time to evaluate the future of the newscast anchored by WKYC's Eric … [Read more...]

Clear Channel talk WKRC/550 Cincinnati is now hosting an online poll...where listeners can go to tell the station who they'd like to hear in the 9 AM-noon slot vacated by FOX News Radio's Tony Snow with his move to the White House staff.The choices?Neal BoortzLaura IngrahamDave RamseyGlenn BeckWell, there are at least two of the options we pointed out here a while back. Ramsey already airs in a delayed 10 PM-noon clearance, and we think he's been elsewhere on the schedule before. And Boortz's … [Read more...]

OMW believes that Arbitron's guidelines don't allow us to put up the entire list of 12-plus numbers. But we think we're still allowed to give you the order in the "vanity" numbers for Akron's Winter 2006 book:1. WQMX/94.92t. WDOK/102.1, WMJI/105.7 and WNIR/100.15. WONE/97.56. WENZ/107.97. WAKS/96.58. WKDD/98.19. WZAK/93.110. WMMS/100.7Since we watch news/talk/sports a lot around here - Cleveland's WTAM/1100 took a dip in Akron, as did WHLO/640 (a smaller dip) and news/standards WAKR/1590. There … [Read more...]

It appears Cleveland market WB affiliate WBNX/55 Akron's long wait for approval of its digital TV facility is over.An OMW tipster gave word of the FCC's OK of the station's digital construction permit, and sure enough, it shows on the FCC website as being approved a week ago. (It's the one labeled "BPCDT-19991029AFM", which was filed way back in 1999.)WBNX had to resolve interference issues with a Canadian TV station on the same channel, the digital side of Global TV's Paris ON affiliate. Even … [Read more...]

With now-former FOX News Radio mid-morning host Tony Snow now headed to the White House press secretary's job, we've wondered more than once what Clear Channel talk WKRC/550 Cincinnati would do - as it loses a show it hired in part because of the host's local ties.The Cincinnati Post's Rick Bird checks in with the expected answer - WKRC has no plans to carry the FOX News Radio replacement for Snow, "Brian And The Judge", featuring FOX News Channel personalities Brian Kilmeade and Judge Andrew … [Read more...]