Well, we can pretty much blame ourselves.As it turns out, at least on the radio side of things, we apparently have a new "competitor". A trip to a local message board provided us with a link to "Northeast Ohio Radio Report", which just started up on Monday.We'll assume that two recent events - our latest hiatus, and the move to close comments to only registered Google users - prompted the new creation. If we may take the liberty of quoting the site:Yes, the comments sections are open, and we … [Read more...]
Browns Silence In Toledo?
Posted on August 6, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Yeah, it surprised us, too.Unless something's changed since late last week, it appears the Cleveland Browns currently have no Toledo radio affiliate lined up for the 2007 season.Clear Channel sports WCWA/1230 ran the NFL team's games in 2006, but the Toledo Blade's John Wagner reports that "FOX Sports 1230" is declining to renew for this year. And he says sister rocker WIOT/104.7, which ran the games since the franchise started up again in 1999, is also not expected to carry Browns football.The … [Read more...]
Media Icons And Their Talented Sons
Posted on August 3, 2007 · Leave a Comment
It's no surprise, especially to those who follow the world of "independent" films, that Shaker Heights native David Wain has a new critically-acclaimed film opening over the weekend.Wain's "The Ten" opens up Saturday at the Cedar Lee and Shaker Square Cinemas locally, and at other locations across the country. It's described as a "far out, raucous comedy", and features stars like Paul Ruud, Liev Schreiber, Gretchen Moll, Wynona Ryder, and Jessica Alba. Wain wrote and directed the film.Here's … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: WKYC Names New News Director
Posted on August 1, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Gannett Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC/3 has officially named a news director.WKYC senior director Frank Macek's "Director's Cut" blog alerts us that acting news director Rita Andolsen, who was assistant news director under now-former ND Mike McCormick, takes the top news job on a permanent basis.After McCormick left "Channel 3 News", he landed at WPMI in Mobile AL.We'd heard rumblings of other possible news director candidates at 13th and Lakeside over the past few months.But from what we've … [Read more...]
Apology And Policy Change
Posted on July 31, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Before we hit the policy change...It's almost as much a part of the blog as the news items, it seems...our regular complaints about how the comments section here at OMW gets out of hand, and occasional threats that we'll remove said comments area because of it.This time, it was your very own Primary Editorial Voice(tm) who got out of hand, with a caustic reply to an anonymous reader who apparently wasn't very excited by news of the official approval of the sale of a Youngstown TV station.Whoever … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: FCC Approves WYTV Sale
Posted on July 31, 2007 · Leave a Comment
This just in: The Federal Communications Commission has given its approval of the sale of Youngstown ABC affiliate WYTV/33 from Chelsey Broadcasting to a new Los Angeles-based company called Parkin Broadcasting.Andrea Wood of the Youngstown-based Business Journal reports that the FCC approved the sale Monday, with little word about why a petition by the NABET union to block the sale was turned away.But Wood says that in a letter, an FCC official outlined the rejection of the union's objection, … [Read more...]
The H Word
Posted on July 31, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Yep, it's that time...due to various Real Life Issues(tm), OMW is going on hiatus (AIIIIII!!!) for now.We have no idea when this report will resume updating on a regular basis, but we'll try to be here for any major, breaking media news - i.e. station format changes, sales, or major personality or anchor shakeups.So, keep checking in...just don't expect the usual update cycle.And no, don't worry 'bout us...we're fine. It's just time to go off into the Outside World for a while... … [Read more...]
And…Friday
Posted on July 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment
There's not really much "out there" right now...but we felt the need to clear up the week's agenda...WEATHER SET: In our continuing, 50-part, in-depth series on WJW/8 "FOX 8 News"' new news set...OMW hears that Dick Goddard, Andre Bernier and the gang will soon get a new "weather center", if it hasn't happened already. For now, the FOX 8 weather folks have been camping out outside, or in front of a green screen.But we hear that the set won't be all that different from the alcove that the … [Read more...]
No Officials Day
Posted on July 26, 2007 · Leave a Comment
A lot of things you see on local TV news are somehow driven by a consultant's recommendation, or some sort of concerted effort by management to tweak the station's image, or correct perceived problems with the station.You should keep that in mind when watching WEWS/5's newscasts today.OMW hears that today, Thursday, has been proclaimed "No Officials Day" in the newsroom at "NewsChannel 5".What does that mean?Our sources tell us that news staffers at 3001 Euclid have been told not to use any … [Read more...]
Just Falling Together
Posted on July 25, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Sometimes, before we expect to publish one of these items, we wonder if enough news will be available to us to put up a post.And then, it just happens...ANOTHER HIRE ON EUCLID AVENUE: Though it appears to be no closer to solving its sports problem, Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 "NewsChannel 5" in Cleveland has tapped a permanent co-anchor for "Good Morning Cleveland".OMW hears that the station is bringing aboard Kimberly Gill, who's been morning anchor at Media General CBS affiliate WBTW/13 in … [Read more...]
