Not like it was a big surprise, but there's word that the new CW Network will be seen in the Youngstown market this fall on the current WB affiliate there, "WBCB", currently known on-air as "The Valley's WB".The cable/digital-only station originates as a sub-channel on the digital side of NBC affiliate sister WFMJ/21. Since Youngstown has no UPN affiliate - cable systems in the market import WUAB/43 out of Cleveland - there was basically no other choice for the new network to be created out of … [Read more...]

As first reported here on OMW, the Associated Press reports today that FOX affiliate WYFX "FOX 17/62" will be the Youngstown TV market's affiliate for over-air Cleveland Indians TV games this season. "FOX 17/62" is the low-power combo of WYFX-LP 62 Youngstown/WFXI-CA 17 Mercer PA, sister of Piedmont Television's CBS affiliate WKBN/27.The AP also notes that NBC affiliate WLIO/35 will be the Lima outlet for those 20 over-air Indians games originating at WKYC/3 in Cleveland.It once again states … [Read more...]

One thing we like to make clear on OMW - if we're wrong, we'll correct ourselves and own up to the mistake. In this one, we just don't want to look silly.In an earlier item, we intimated that CBS Cleveland classic rocker WNCX/98.5 had removed CBS syndicated morning host David Lee Roth from its website, including the front page and all mentions except from the "Contact Us" page. We speculated that the station had done the same in Howard Stern's last days.An Alert Reader pointed out that WNCX, … [Read more...]

Clear Channel's Toledo cluster has hired a new "Director of News and Information" for its five station group, and they didn't have to go far to find a qualified candidate for the job.AllAccess reports that the Clear Channel Toledo stations have hired Cassie Wilson to manage news coverage...she brings experience in radio news in markets such as Washington, Baltimore, Atlanta and Buffalo. She'll also do anchoring on the cluster's news/talk station, WSPD/1370.And perhaps that's why her name would … [Read more...]

We've had a lot of TV-related items on the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) the past couple of days, so here's some radio stuff of minor note:* As this is being written, we're about four and a half hours away from the supposed return of CBS Radio syndicated morning host David Lee Roth, after a one-week vacation that came earlier than anyone who knows radio would have expected.Though Roth is still missing from Cleveland CBS affiliate WNCX/98.5's website, aside from the "Contact Us" page, OMW did see a … [Read more...]

OMW can confirm what we saw on the web site of Youngstown FOX affiliate WYFX ("Fox 17/62") - the station will indeed be the Youngstown market home of the over-air Cleveland Indians broadcasts that will air in Cleveland on NBC affiliate WKYC/3.We also can clear up the HDTV situation with the over-air broadcasts. We understand that markets outside Cleveland will only be fed a standard/analog signal, and that HDTV broadcasts of the over-air games will only be seen on flagship WKYC...at least this … [Read more...]

This is sort of a TV review...not our usual style, but we felt like sharing this early morning.We've said it once, we've said it a hundred times to friends and colleagues...we're generally not fans of the "reality TV" genre.We can count on two hands how many minutes of "Survivor" we've seen over its entire run. We tried "The Apprentice", and ended up wanting to fire Donald Trump from our TV screens. We step into "American Idol" only long enough to wince at really bad singers for a few minutes. … [Read more...]

Regular OMW readers know that we're a stickler for high-quality digital TV, usually in high-definition. Our Adelphia HD DVR is set to record, among other things, FOX 8's local newscasts and network shows like NBC's "Saturday Night Live", and an occasional movie on HBO.Anyway, people who watch HDTV closely know that it's not all created equal. Many debates will start over sports events broadcast in one of the two main HDTV standards - 720P (FOX, ABC/ESPN) or 1080i (NBC, CBS). Even when the … [Read more...]

It looks like Piedmont FOX affiliate WYFX in Youngstown (WYFX-LP 62 Youngstown/WFXI-CA 17 Mercer PA) will be the broadcast affiliate for Cleveland Indians baseball in the Youngstown/Warren TV market.It looks like that to us, because an alert reader tipped us to this short line on the WYFX online schedule web page:"Coming in April, FOX17/62 Cleveland Indians Exclusive!"FOX, of course, carries Major League Baseball games, and we believe there are currently two Indians' games on their national … [Read more...]

Though it's likely not going to exist as a separate entity in about three months, the Adelphia Cleveland system has quietly been adding new channels...some with no fanfare.The latest addition on Adelphia's digital cable lineup: WKYC/3's "NBC Weather Plus" feed, which OMW just noticed today on digital cable channel 183. The 24/7 weather feed had already been added to other local cable systems, and is also on WKYC's digital over-air channel (3.2). That is, if you're one of those lucky folks … [Read more...]