No, it's not involving any on-air talent. At least, at this time...But an item posted to WKYC/3 senior director Frank Macek's excellent "Director's Cut" blog gives us the heads up to an approaching schedule shuffle at the Gannett NBC affiliate.The moving around is prompted by the station's carriage, starting in September, of the fourth hour of NBC's popular morning show "Today". You know, the show which once aired from 7-9 AM, and then expanded to 10 AM...and now, adds another hour in the … [Read more...]
The Most Slight Cleveland Connection
Posted on August 15, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Those who keep track of the Cleveland radio market know that former WFAN/New York-Westwood One morning host Don Imus did his time in Northeast Ohio radio, before ending up establishing a long-time beachhead in New York City.(Well, until he got bounced recently for on-air comments.)With word that Imus has settled with WFAN owner CBS Radio, the Other Shoe Dropped, and the popular New York sports radio outlet has hired a new morning team with Ohio connections."Boomer and Carton in the Morning" … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: Pluto Moves To PD
Posted on August 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment
At OMW, we primarily cover the local broadcast media...but we'll post items about the print media if they're significant enough to warrant local attention. This one is.Long-time Akron Beacon Journal sportswriter Terry Pluto is leaving the newspaper after 22 years to join the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Beacon confirmed the move in an item just posted to Ohio.com.Rubber City Radio's AkronNewsNow website (WAKR/WQMX/WONE) had first confirmation of the rumor that was bouncing around local media … [Read more...]
And Tuesday
Posted on August 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Here we are, for once, for a second day in a row. Feels like old times, no?TOLEDO'S HOME OF THE BROWNS: ...is nowhere, at least on the radio.Some non-radio friends confirmed to us that no Toledo radio station carried the Cleveland Browns' pre-season win over the Kansas City Chiefs over last weekend. Not WTOD/1560, nor any other Cumulus or Clear Channel stations, or...anyone.And radio sources in the market say the situation is bleak for expecting any station to swoop in and carry the Browns … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: WAKR/1590’s Pat Kennard Exiting
Posted on August 13, 2007 · Leave a Comment
This just in from Rubber City Radio news chief Ed Esposito on his new blog:WAKR/1590 news anchor Pat Kennard is leaving the Akron station after a long, long stint in the news department of WAKR.Esposito isn't saying where Kennard will go after her last day at Rubber City (August 24th), but notes that it's "an excellent opportunity for Pat and we are very happy for her."Many of us who've been around Northeast Ohio also remember Pat for her work at formerly co-owned TV 23 (WAKR/WAKC).More as we … [Read more...]
A Monday In Mid-August
Posted on August 13, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Items for a Monday...MAGGIE'S AUDITION: OMW has nailed down, thanks to an anonymous tip, details on the upcoming week-long audition by former Akron market talker WNIR/100.1 morning co-host Maggie Fuller on another Northern Ohio station.Maggie will be on the air one week from today (August 20th) on Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting talk WEOL/930 Elyria, alongside Les Sekely on his "Les in the Morning" show in morning drive.As we hinted in our earlier item, the Elyria station is actually a lot closer … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: Lynn Kelly To WQMX Middays
Posted on August 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment
This just in:Lynn Kelly, who has been doing middays at Akron Public Schools non-comm AAA outlet WAPS/91.3 "The Summit", is moving back to the commercial radio dial.Starting August 20th, Kelly will take over middays at Rubber City Radio country powerhouse WQMX/94.9.Of course, Lynn is no stranger to that commercial part of the FM band, with a long stint in the very same time slot at Clear Channel hot AC WKDD/96.5-98.1 in the Akron market.WQMX program director Sue Wilson tells OMW:She’s a great … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: WEWS/5 Names Sports Director
Posted on August 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 12:50 PM 8/10/07: Our apologies to Akron Beacon Journal sports/media columnist George M. Thomas, an OMW reader who has Andy Baskin's appointment Thursday as WEWS/5 sports director as the lead item in his sports media column today.OMW learned the news late Thursday night, separately, from one of our regular sources at "NewsChannel 5".We weren't aware that it was in the Beacon Journal today. We don't subscribe to the Dead Trees edition of either the Beacon or the Cleveland Plain … [Read more...]
One Of Those Follow-Up Posts
Posted on August 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment
So, since we've mostly been gone for the past week or two, it would figure that our first big "return" post is almost entirely an update of our most recent item.But we'll start with a new one...MS. GILL: OMW told you some time ago that Kimberly Gill was headed for 3001 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, taking the permanent co-host gig on Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5's "Good Morning Cleveland".Gill's not on "GMC" yet, but she's in town, and like Akron bureau chief Pete Kenworthy before her, she's … [Read more...]
Catching Up From Our Hiatus, Sort Of
Posted on August 9, 2007 · Leave a Comment
OK, so we've been quiet.We can't guarantee that we'll be here daily (or twice daily, as some hinted, and thank you), but we'll try to be more regular from now on, at least as long as we're around...TK ON THE MOVE: OMW, kind of late to the party, pointed out the recent end of the relationship between Brecksville-based syndicated music show host Tom Kent and his former syndicator, the TKO Radio Network.We haven't yet passed along word that two well-known hosts have been hired to take over Mr. … [Read more...]
