Two brief items that we haven't posted yet...SOUTH AVENUE CHANGES: OMW hears that some lineup moves are starting today at Clear Channel's Youngstown cluster.We have confirmed that top 40 WAKZ/95.9 "Kiss FM" midday voice Krissy Taylor is moving her voice to afternoon drive at sister hot AC WMXY/98.9 "Mix 98.9". Her show will take the time slot once occupied by Dan Gonder, who left the station in Clear Channel's second round of budget cuts.That results in the following lineup on WAKZ: … [Read more...]
ODTV: Almost Done
Posted on June 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment
At this writing, the end of full-power analog TV in Northeast Ohio is nearly complete.Only the analog signals of WKYC/3 (NBC), WVIZ/25 (PBS), WNEO/49 (PBS) and WQHS/61 (Univision) remain, and the last three will be gone before midnight tonight. WKYC's "nightlight" DTV information loop will continue through June 26th...the station having taken all entertainment and news programming off of analog 3 at 10 AM.Over in the Mahoning Valley, only the analog signal of WFMJ/21 (NBC) is still on the air … [Read more...]
ODTV: Cleveland Switch: First Impression
Posted on June 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The first wave of analog shutoffs in the Cleveland/Akron TV market happened, as planned, at 10 AM this morning.And here at the OMW World Headquarters somewhere in western or northern Summit County, it's mostly good. Mostly.Analog signals for the following stations are no longer broadcasting: WEWS/5 (ABC), WJW/8 (Fox), WOIO/19 (CBS), WVPX/23 (ION), WUAB/43 (MyNetwork TV) and WBNX/55 (CW).WKYC/3 analog (NBC) is airing the expected DTV information-only "nightlight" video loop, with video and text … [Read more...]
ODTV: On The Night Before DTV
Posted on June 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
...there were some clarifications, some changes, and more testing...Read the full item on our Ohio Digital TV blog... … [Read more...]
ODTV: Analog Shutoff Times As We Know Them
Posted on June 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
It has taken us far too much time to compile this list...and it's not even complete.View the analog TV shutoff list for Friday, at least what information we do have, on our Ohio Digital TV blog... … [Read more...]
A Busy DTV Week
Posted on June 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We've reached the point of no return in regards to the digital TV transition. And at this point, even a member of Congress wildly waving hands and laying down on the DTV Track won't stop the end of full-power analog TV in the United States, by the end of the day this Friday.Yep...THIS Friday.Read the entire article at our Ohio Digital TV blog... … [Read more...]
Friday Quick Follow
Posted on June 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
It's Friday, follow quick!WE'LL MISS IT, BUT...: We may well miss all the activity, but OMW hears that if you're interested in watching activity involving a new digital TV antenna...Broadview Road in Parma is the place to be this Friday afternoon. (Any regular OMW/ODTV reader needs no help finding the location.)It is, of course, one week out from the official end of full-power analog TV, and both stations camped out on that new tower hope to start up brand new full-power digital … [Read more...]
Hey, Is Someone Retiring This Week
Posted on May 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment
In case you're reading OMW from underneath a rock, a reminder...Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 is saying goodbye this week to one of the few remaining news anchor icons in the Cleveland market.You can be forgiven if you get a sense of "deja vu" this week while watching the station pay tribute to long-time "NewsChannel 5" anchor Ted Henry...who exits the anchor chair after the 11 PM newscast on Tuesday.After all, the station celebrated his 35th anniversary a few years ago with various clips and … [Read more...]
TWC HDTV Request
Posted on May 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
OMW would like to know if any readers are still experiencing various glitches related to the rollout of new HD channels in Time Warner Cable's Northeast Ohio footprint.This request is only for those in areas which have already received the most recent set of channels released to areas with Switched Digital Video (SDV) activated, who have seen such issues as channel breakup or audio with no video.Please tell us where you live (city/community), and which part of the TWC system you are in...legacy … [Read more...]
TWC’s Next HD Wave
Posted on May 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
OMW hears from Time Warner Cable locally that the wave of HDTV channels planned for addition in Northeast Ohio in late April is now showing up for local cable subscribers.A quick check of the HD DVR here at OMW World Headquarters shows that the channels are indeed available to your Primary Editorial Voice(tm).OMW hears that though the new HD channels are indeed rolling out, some TWC Northeast Ohio subscribers may not have them yet.We're told that the launch is indeed, as we've already speculated … [Read more...]
