Try as we might, we can't get our daily updates to always fit into a neat, tidy little bag...THIS IS A TEST, OR WILL BE: Say, what are you doing on May 21st, at 7:30 AM, 12:30 PM or 7:30 PM?If you're watching over-air analog TV that day, anywhere in the nation, you could be watching a national DTV test.The Wall Street Journal reports this week that the FCC is working on a plan that would ask TV stations across the United States to, quoting the article, "suspend regular programming and instead … [Read more...]
Regrouping On Monday
Posted on May 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We're back for a Monday morning update, with some new stuff, and not one direct mention of Something Else that's been kicking around the local media world recently. But this update appears to be All About Clear Channel...like most of last week...A CLEVELAND VALENTINE: OMW reported last week that Los Angeles-based Sean Valentine, he of the one-named "Valentine in the Morning", would be once again expanding his empire to Cleveland.The hot AC KBIG/104.3 "My 104.3" host's syndicated offering was … [Read more...]
Clear Channel Cuts Aftermath, Second Time Around
Posted on April 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment
As with the last time radio giant Clear Channel cut large numbers of employees in a one day sweep, we're still dealing with the aftermath in day two.First, the big picture, courtesy of our friends at AllAccess:-----CLEAR CHANNEL has announced another major wave of staff reductions resulting in the loss of 590 positions, just over 3% of the company, focusing on positions in programming, on-air, engineering, information technology and business office posts such as accounting and customer … [Read more...]
CC Cuts: Akron/Canton and Youngstown Updates
Posted on April 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Even our short hiatuses go interrupted! Heh.But we have come up with some more information regarding Clear Channel markets we hadn't heard about yet, and felt the need to put these items up...AKRON/CANTON: OMW hears that Clear Channel's Akron/Canton cluster on Freedom Avenue has lost four staffers:Amy Malone, morning co-host at AC WHOF/101.7 "My 101.7"Megan, 7-midnight personality on rock WRQK/106.9 "Rock 106-9"/afternoon traffic reporterProduction staffer Chad JensenEngineer Bruce … [Read more...]
Clear Channel’s Running Job Loss Total
Posted on April 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The national radio trade websites have mostly been eerily silent about the latest round of Clear Channel job cuts today, but we've been pointed to one running list...courtesy of the folks at FMQB.com.This list contains one other Ohio name we have not yet listed:Nathan Reed has exited as PD of Top 40 WVKS/Toledo.This may be the tip of the iceberg. We have unconfirmed rumblings that a host of "Kiss FM" Toledo staffers are being pushed out the door along with their program director.And though it's … [Read more...]
Toledo Radio And TV Changes
Posted on April 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment
There's one change on the radio side in Toledo, and one change coming related to TV in that market.OMW readers tell us that Matrix talk WNWT/1520 Rossford has indeed abandoned the talk format in favor of a simulcast of co-owned WNKL/96.9 Wauseon's "K-Love" Christian contemporary music format.The two stations are in the process of being sold by Matrix, the broadcast arm of Toledo's Cornerstone Church, to "K-Love" owner Educational Media Foundation. WNKL has been running the "K-Love" format under … [Read more...]
Tuesday’s Mixed Bag
Posted on April 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment
This time, we promise we're not going to inadvertently insert ourselves into contract negotiations...DAVE AND JIMMY MINUS DAYTON: We don't spend a lot of time watching the Dayton radio market these days, particularly with the attention now paid to Southwest Ohio by Jeremy Moses' Tri-State Media Watch out of Cincinnati.But this one affects Columbus, one of our secondary markets.Radio-Info.com columnist Tom Taylor picks up word that Clear Channel Dayton top 40 outlet WDKF/94.5 is apparently … [Read more...]
News, Snow and Trouble
Posted on April 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 4/7/09 2:10 PM: Thanks to WNIR listener and OMW reader "Wayne in Akron", here's your answer to the "when it starts" question for the Akron talk station's new weekend show with Bob Earley:----- WNIR's new weekend "Earley In The Evening" show begins on Saturday, April 25th according to the station's website scroll and the commercial that has aired a few time.-----When we checked the website earlier, the scroll wasn't working for us, and Earley hasn't been added to the "24/7 Program Guide" … [Read more...]
First TWC Northeast Ohio HDTV Wave
Posted on March 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment
As noted in our Twitter update, it does appear that Time Warner Cable's Northeast Ohio division has rolled out the first wave of its coming HD channel lineup expansion.We aren't near the OMW World Headquarters and our own TWC installation, or we'd verify it for ourselves.Anyway, since we've already written about this extensively, with the help of TWC NEO executive Bill Jasso, we'll just put up the company's press release in this space...with thanks to the company's Travis … [Read more...]
The Harvey Menu Fills Up
Posted on March 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment
AllAccess reports that ABC Radio Networks has announced some of the personalities available in the "menu" of commentators that will be offered to affiliates of Paul Harvey News.The next up on the Not Replacing Paul Harvey List? Citadel/ABC Radio's own Roe Conn, the popular afternoon host on the company's Chicago talk station, WLS/890.AllAccess quotes ABC Radio as saying the Roe Conn commentaries will be "one of the options available to our affiliates" to fill the time slots left behind by … [Read more...]
