We almost forgot to mention the display ad we spotted in the sports section of yesterday's Akron Beacon Journal:A similar ad appears in today's Beacon Journal, and we presume it's running in the Plain Dealer's sports section as well... … [Read more...]

OMW keeps hearing rumors that SportsTime Ohio - the ramping-up Indians' TV network - has signed deals with two major holdouts, Armstrong and Insight. But we have yet to hear confirmation of those rumors.We did, however, stumble onto an article in the Columbus Dispatch, a newspaper which must recently have actually started offering some content to non-subscribers on its website. The Dispatch's Scott Priestle quotes STO's Jim Liberatore as expecting an agreement with Insight "by the end of the … [Read more...]

An update on our earlier item...about the sudden absence of CBS Radio morning star David Lee Roth from his syndicated perch this morning:AllAccess and Radio & Records Online quote a CBS spokeswoman on the matter. VP/Communications Karen Mateo tells the trade web site that "contrary to erroneous reports, David Lee Roth has not been let go. He is on his way back from Miami and is scheduled to return to the air on Friday."Roth was reportedly broadcasting from Miami since he was there for a … [Read more...]

ROTH-LESS: As it turns out, Cleveland's WNCX/98.5 did not have to fend for itself with the last-minute absence of CBS Radio syndicated morning pain, er, star David Lee Roth this morning.Instead, CBS offered up a live show by "Elvis and JV", the midday team at DLR flagship WFNY/92.3 "Free FM" in New York City. From their on-air banter, it would appear they may have showed up on many, if not all of DLR's affiliates, though even they didn't seem to be sure of that at first. The team was once … [Read more...]

This just in tonight from the folks at AllAccess: the popular radio trade site reports that CBS Radio syndicated morning man David Lee Roth (WNCX/98.5 locally) will not be on the air tomorrow.That's not a big deal, we guess, unless you consider that all of his affiliates have been informed to cover the morning drive slot locally on Wednesday. CBS Radio will apparently NOT be feeding any substitute program to the DLR stations, including WNCX, flagship WFNY/92.3 New York City, and affiliates in … [Read more...]

Media news sometimes seems to come in waves, and this morning, it's a TV-related wave:STO UPDATE: We haven't heard any confirmation, but an OMW reader tells us that a deal between SportsTime Ohio and Armstrong Cable was announced on a Youngstown radio show this morning. It has yet to be officially announced by STO. Armstrong serves the Youngstown suburb of Boardman, along with Medina, Orrville and Ashland.While we're in STO land, the cable channel's deal with Massillon Cable and sister Clear … [Read more...]

The list of area cable operators not offering the Indians' new TV network SportsTime Ohio is growing smaller.STO has announced deals with Massillon Cable and sister system Clear Picture in Wooster, alternative cable provider "WOW" in Cleveland and Columbus, and GLW Broadband, a small system in the Grafton area.The new pact leaves only Armstrong Cable (Medina County and the Boardman area of suburban Youngstown) and Insight (Columbus) among major systems which have not yet signed a pact with STO. … [Read more...]

A month ago, XM Satellite Radio added Clear Channel Cincinnati talk WLW/700 - the original CC "Big One" - to its lineup on channel 173.Today, XM announced that it'll add a whole suite of regional news/talk channels later this year, programmed by Clear Channel. From today's lineup announcement:-------------Regional News, Talk & Music ChannelsXM 134 - Northeast News & TalkXM 135 - Southeast News & TalkXM 136 - Middle America News & TalkXM 137 - Midwest News & TalkXM 138 - … [Read more...]

No, a certain hot place is not freezing over...Salem talk WHK/1420 Cleveland is actually running a TV ad!We first stumbled upon it tuning across the TV dial this morning. The commercial ran in a slot you would expect to be a prime buy for a conservative talk station...the FOX 8 broadcast of "FOX News Sunday". We saw it again this afternoon, though we're not sure where...as we were too busy getting snapshots for OMW:The spot is an overall promo for the station's lineup. With this kind of money … [Read more...]

This one's been bounced around the local rumor mill for a while, but it's official, according to the Plain Dealer's Julie Washington - WOIO/19-WUAB/43 weekend anchor Tiffany Burns is heading back home to Vancouver, British Columbia.Washington reports - in an item that apparently only has appeared on the PD's Entertainment blog - that Burns worked her last day at the Raycom Media CBS/UPN combo on Thursday.The former fashion model-turned-TV newsie wasn't very forthcoming about her future away from … [Read more...]