The continuing rollout of HD Radio's secondary formats is now set to roll into the Cleveland and Columbus markets, according to a release today by the industry group HD Radio Alliance. (Radio and Records Online reports it here.)The Ohio markets join existing markets Cincinnati and Dayton on the list, and 22 other cities which will see the move to add second (and third) programming streams to the stations' digital signals.In Cleveland, three of CBS Radio's FMs - alt-rock WXRK/92.3, classic rock … [Read more...]

As expected, former CBS Radio afternoon bad boys Opie and Anthony are officially back in the saddle again at the company, taking over for the fired David Lee Roth in morning drive in six of Roth's markets - with a simulcast on their current home of XM Satellite Radio.And as tipped last week by AllAccess, the pair's show will indeed air here in Northeast Ohio not on former Roth/Howard Stern affiliate WNCX/98.5, but delayed into afternoon drive on CBS Radio alt-rock sister WXRK/92.3 "K-Rock". The … [Read more...]

For people outside the area, the name "Barnaby" may refer to TV's Barnaby Jones.Here, for most people over a certain age, it brings back memories of long-time Cleveland TV kids host Linn Sheldon, better known as the character of that name. Word is out today that Sheldon has passed on at the age of 86.WTAM/1100's newscasts noted that Sheldon was seen on "all local TV stations" at some point in his career. But our memories of him, like most people around our age, was on weekends at WUAB/43. … [Read more...]

SNOW-ED OUT?: Clear Channel talk WKRC/550 Cincinnati recently replaced Premiere's Glenn Beck with FOX News Radio's Tony Snow in middays. The station touted Snow's local ties - he was born not far from Cincinnati in Kentucky, and went to school in the Queen City. Now, the station may have to look somewhere else, as numerous media sources report that Snow is on the "short list" to replace departing White House press secretary Scott McClellan.Snow's radio show hasn't really gained much traction … [Read more...]

Some items and follow-up to close out Friday and the work week:ITEM 1: Veteran former Cleveland radio general manager Walt Tiburski is moving up at his current radio home. Tiburski has been named market manager for Renda's stations in Fort Myers FL. He moves up from a post as director/sales for the group of four stations, which includes stations running hot AC, classic hits, rhythmic oldies and talk formats.It'd be easier to name which Cleveland FMs Mr. Tiburski did NOT manage - the stations … [Read more...]

We haven't confirmed this yet, so take it with a rumor-ish grain of salt, but...OMW hears that former WTLV/WJXX "First Coast News" Jacksonville FL news director Mike McCormick is headed north to take Gannett Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC/3's open ND slot, effective June 1st.The opening was created when WKYC VP/News Dick Moore left the station for a broadcast news teaching position at the University of South Carolina.McCormick stays in the company for this move - an item on TV agent site … [Read more...]

The first part is now official, from both David Lee Roth and CBS - the former Van Halen rocker is now free to rock again, as CBS Radio is pulling the plug on his morning radio experiment. Roth said so himself on the air this morning, and a CBS Radio spokeswoman has confirmed it.CBS Radio has yet to announce replacement plans for Roth, but popular trade website AllAccess confirms that it'll be former afternoon bad boys Opie and Anthony directly replacing Roth in six markets, including flagship … [Read more...]

ITEM 1: OMW caught former WKYC/3 and "PAX 23 News" reporter John Freiss back on the local airwaves last night. He's apparently doing fill-in work for WOIO/19-WUAB/43's "19 Action News", reminding us of the stint that former WKBN/27 anchor Catherine Bosley did last year. Bosley's now a full-time reporter at "Action News".ITEM 2: We're not sure why, but WKYC weekend anchor Scott Newell made the trek down to Main and Market, and anchored the station's "Akron/Canton News" on Wednesday (6:30 and 10 … [Read more...]

The Cincinnati Enquirer's Cliff Pease finally informs the newspaper readers of Cincinnati about the CW Network's decision to go with Clear Channel's WKRC/12, which will host the new network this fall on a subchannel of digital outlet WKRC-DT.WKRC general manager Chris Sehring tells the Enquirer that they plan on building "a separate television station" around the programming provided by the CW folks. (It did appear somewhat unlikely that WKRC-DT would default to running the "CW-Plus" cable-only … [Read more...]

OMW received a note from the man known online as the Resident Bovine behind the sports radio website/webcast "Moohead Radio". He took exception to the impression our earlier item about DirecTV and SportsTime Ohio left in regards to the fan interest in the outer (out of Cleveland/Columbus immediate metro) zones.We're reprinting his letter in full here, and will have a comment or two below:-------------------Please print this on your blog. I think it presents a clear picture of what has … [Read more...]