Here's that announcement we promised for Monday.Starting immediately, OMW will cease trying to maintain a regular update schedule.We will continue this effort, but basically, we're adopting an "as we feel like posting" policy. In other words, we'll become like pretty much every other blog in America. Heh.This isn't to say you won't still find news items here, or other things that we feel we can report on our own.It's to say that we will no longer be self-bound by a "regular update schedule", … [Read more...]
The End Of The Todd Kelly Story
Posted on February 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Posted here, because of his tenuous connection to Northeast Ohio radio...Former WDJX/Louisville KY personality and promotions guy Todd Kelly (Todd Smith) has been sentenced for defrauding listeners and donators by faking ALS, otherwise known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease".The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that Smith has been sentenced to 15 years on state charges, which will be reduced to 5 years if he pays back some 74 thousand dollars in restitution, with interest. He'd already been … [Read more...]
A Million Dollar Big Deal
Posted on February 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The announcement promised for today will be put up later this afternoon or tonight.In the meantime, kudos to a vital local radio effort to raise money for an area hospital.OMW hears that the annual WKDD/98.1 Akron Children's Hospital "Have a Heart, Do Your Part" Radiothon hit not only a record over the weekend, it hit a milestone.The folks on Freedom Avenue tell us that the radiothon raised $1,000,760 for the hospital - the only such million-dollar-plus effort in any market below the top 15.Here … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: WDOK’s Miller, Ex-Cleveland GM Out In CBS Cuts
Posted on February 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Now, it's CBS Radio's turn to downsize.After other companies have announced massive job losses or budget freezes, the other shoe dropped today on the CBS side of the street...with word of what appears to be a nationwide staff reduction at the company.AllAccess reports that AC WDOK/102.1 "Soft Rock 102.1" Cleveland program director Scott Miller is out, just days after his station added new co-host Terry Moir to the "Trapper Jack" morning drive show.Miller is a reader of OMW, and if he has … [Read more...]
Some Midweek Stuff
Posted on February 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment
This will be our only update from now until next week, barring the usual major breaking media news (format changes, major personality changes, or such).OMW will start next week with a major announcement. Check in on Monday morning for details.Until then...let's play some catch up!NEW ACTING GM ON EUCLID: OMW hears that Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 Cleveland has tapped the station's marketing/promotions chief as acting general manager.Peter Noll takes the interim role after the departure of … [Read more...]
TWC Getting Systems Together?
Posted on February 1, 2008 · Leave a Comment
It hasn't been publicized anywhere else that we know of, but an OMW reader tipped us off to what could be pretty big news in the Time Warner Cable Northeast Ohio universe.According to this required legal notice on TWC's local website, it would appear that the cable operator is finally going about starting the business of standardizing lineups among the three different parts of the TWCNEO universe...the original "legacy" systems in Akron/Canton, the former Adelphia systems and the former Comcast … [Read more...]
WKNR Changes
Posted on January 30, 2008 · Leave a Comment
We've heard the rumors, but AllAccess makes it official today: Good Karma sports WKNR/850 "ESPN 850" Cleveland producer, anchor and reporter Bernard Bokenyi is no longer working at the station.The radio trade site says Bokenyi, one of Good Karma boss Craig Karmazin's first two hires for his Cleveland operation, left the station on Friday. Bokenyi was originally hired for Good Karma's WWGK/1540, now "Cleveland's AM 1540, KNR2", which started before Karmazin bought sports talk mainstay WKNR from … [Read more...]
Losing Tony – The Third Time
Posted on January 28, 2008 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE: WARF has already posted a new schedule, with 1-4 PM host Dan Patrick moving to a new live clearance from 9-noon, and new SNR addition "The 2 Live Stews" airing from 1-4 PM...both changes starting next Monday...---------------Clear Channel sports talk WARF/1350 Akron "SportsRadio 1350" could be the only sports radio station in America which has lost talk show host Tony Bruno for the third time.Via AllAccess: Sporting News Radio has officially announced Bruno's departure from the network's … [Read more...]
The CC Sale And Northeast Ohio
Posted on January 28, 2008 · Leave a Comment
What's been "topic number one" in Northeast Ohio radio-land the past few days doesn't concern the debut of a new co-host this morning on CBS Radio AC WDOK/102.1 "Soft Rock 102.1".It's not Craig Karmazin's latest move in his Sports Radio Empire, sort of headquartered these days at the Galleria in downtown Cleveland - depending on where Mr. Karmazin hangs his hat most of the year.No, it's something that hasn't even happened yet.Various trade publications last week reported the official word that … [Read more...]
Furman Resurfaces
Posted on January 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment
It's not a full-time sports talk show, but long-time Cincinnati radio sports voice Andy Furman has landed a new gig.Starting Monday, Furman will deliver one minute weekday commentaries on Cincinnati oldies outlet WDJO/1160 "Oldies 1160", during the morning drive show with Dusty Rhodes.The station's website would seem to indicate that he'll opine on a broader scale:Andy Furman talks about more than just sports! Listen Monday morning at 7:55 to find out what he knows, and what his opinion … [Read more...]
