...and our apologies for being a bit late, since we were "on the road".We're back, with at least one item we believe to be an exclusive...YET ANOTHER NEW SPORTS REPORTER: If we told you a Cleveland station was hiring a new sports reporter, you'd probably guess it would be ABC affiliate WEWS/5, right?We mean, after all, "NewsChannel 5" has but two sports anchors/reporters on staff, and station veteran Sue Ann Robak is the only one who's working full-time...with Andy Baskin still doing … [Read more...]
Tying Up Loose Ends
Posted on July 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment
And enjoy the weekend, for it's expected to be very nice weather-wise...CONFIRMATION: Cleveland Plain Dealer media columnist Julie Washington gives the official Mainstream Media Confirmation on two items reported here earlier this week.On the PD's Entertainment Blog on Cleveland.com, Washington confirms our item about the departure of Akron Beacon Journal politics and government reporter Kymberli Hagelberg to Ideastream NPR outlet WCPN/90.3 Cleveland. She'll cover a similar beat there.Since … [Read more...]
Quick Thursday Hits
Posted on July 19, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We're back, after a brief pause, with some new items...ANCHOR "ACTION": No, it doesn't involve WOIO/19 "19 Action News"' most controversial anchor, who was reported to be looking at a gig in Houston earlier. There's no word on that subject yet.But we once again tip the hat to the folks at a popular TV news/gossip site for this item involving the Cleveland CBS affiliate.NewsBlues reports that Tiffani Tucker, a "reporter and fill-in anchor" for FOX affiliate WSVN/7 Miami, is heading to Reserve … [Read more...]
That Newspaper To Radio News Migration
Posted on July 17, 2007 · Leave a Comment
OMW hears from a reliable source that yet another local newspaper type is trading in print for a radio microphone.Word out of a certain building on Exchange Street is that Akron Beacon Journal reporter Kymberli Hagelberg is exiting the newspaper, bound for a reporting gig at ideastream NPR outlet WCPN/90.3 Cleveland.The job change for Hagelberg would be the second such move in recent weeks.Long-time Canton Repository managing editor M.L. Schultze left the Canton newspaper to take the news … [Read more...]
Tuesday Stuff
Posted on July 17, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Just some unrelated stuff this time around...but you should be used to it, right?NEW SET AT SOUTH MARGINAL: WJW/8 "FOX 8" in Cleveland has spent the past few weeks building a brand new set for "FOX 8 News". It's a set we hinted at here a LONG time ago, back when FOX started tooling with the "look and feel" of its owned and operated stations...of which WJW is one, at least for now.The set made its debut on the air on Monday.Those who aren't within the FOX 8 viewing area, or who just want to call … [Read more...]
Second Anniversary
Posted on July 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We made a comment on an earlier item that our "second anniversary" has passed already.On June 26, 2005, what started as a series of message board posts turned into this little blog. We call it, jokingly, the "Mighty Blog of Fun(tm)", which played off of a quip from a regular reader.We had absolutely no idea what would happen in the following two years.Since those humble beginnings, where the link to OMW got passed around between message board types and their friends, we can now honestly say … [Read more...]
Not A Dare Anymore
Posted on July 13, 2007 · Leave a Comment
The co-host and "stunt guy" on a local radio morning show was sent to the hospital after one of his stunts unraveled.Dominic Dieter, known simply by his last name on WKRI/92.3 "K-Rock"'s "Rover's Morning Glory", won't be doing his "Dare Dieter" stunts anymore. At least for a while.WEWS/5 "NewsChannel 5" reports that Dieter's stunt this morning - rolling down a hill while in a barrel - ended up hurting Mr. Dieter.Host Shane "Rover" French told listeners and reporters that the lid came off the … [Read more...]
The Sharon Reed Shuffle?
Posted on July 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Some of our readers have already noticed an anchor change at Raycom Cleveland CBS affiliate WOIO/19's "19 Action News".The station has replaced long-time anchor David Wittman at 11 PM weekdays with Paul Joncich.Joncich, of course, is the former anchor at Sacramento CBS affiliate KOVR/13 who first came to "Action News" to co-anchor weekends with former Chicago anchor Danielle Serino. He then moved to the 10 PM edition of "19 Action News" on sister MyNetworkTV outlet WUAB/43.The TV industry … [Read more...]
Thursday’s Here
Posted on July 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment
And in keeping with our schedule, this may be the last update until early next week. Please keep checking, though, in case of breaking items.Or we could say something like - "At OMW, When News Breaks, We FedEx It Back And Wait For A Replacement"...THE GLORIOUS NEW SET WORLD: We scratch our heads over this one.In the two years we've been doing this - we missed our anniversary late last month! - we've seen very few topics that touch a hunger for information like the upcoming new set for FOX … [Read more...]
DVR ALERT: PBS 45/49 Special On Akron TV News
Posted on July 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment
We actually got a tip to this earlier, but hadn't gotten around to posting until now...just two hours before the show airs.WNEO/45-WEAO/49 "PBS 45 & 49" will air a special tonight, Tuesday, at 9 PM titled "Akron, Ohio: The City Where Commercial Television News Went Black".We'll presume it delves, in-depth, into the saga most of our readers probably know well...the end of local news on then-ABC affiliate WAKC/23 (nee' WAKR-TV), which eventually got sold to the PAX TV folks and was stripped of … [Read more...]
