It's that time of year again for the folks at Clear Channel's WKDD/98.1.The Akron/Canton hot AC outlet undertakes the 8th Annual "Have a Heart - Do Your Part" radiothon for Akron's Children's Hospital, this weekend.It actually started Friday, and continues with pledge lines open (866-543-0981) this Saturday and Sunday from 7 AM to 9 PM. You can also donate online at the station's website.We hear that new this year, the radiothon becomes almost a telethon, or maybe you can call it a … [Read more...]
Next On The WKNR List: Les Levine
Posted on February 9, 2007 · Leave a Comment
OMW hears that local sports talk veteran Les Levine is next up in the "Saturday Morning Sports Show" hopper at Good Karma sports WKNR/850, Saturday from 9 AM to noon.We're not sure if that means anything - if the presence of Levine in that time slot one week after WJW/8 "FOX 8" sports anchor Tony Rizzo means that new WKNR owner Craig Karmazin wants to hear a rotation of possible future WKNR hosts for himself.Or, it could be nothing more complicated than tapping some local sports media veterans … [Read more...]
Three Thursday Things
Posted on February 8, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Some stuff that's been hanging around and really, really needs to be freed:DIRECTOR'S CUT: As an OMW reader, you're probably used to a look "inside" various local radio and TV operations, usually involving talent moves or other station changes.You can't get any more "inside" one local TV station without showing up on their doorstep, thanks to a relatively new blog.WKYC/3 senior producer/director Frank Macek's "Director's Cut" is must reading for those who want to know all the details of why … [Read more...]
The REAL Story Behind WYTV’s Acquisition
Posted on February 7, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Kudos to one of the most dogged reporters in the entire Youngstown market, Andrea Wood at the Business Journal, for uncovering THIS little gem.As it turns out, the announced sale of Chelsey Broadcasting ABC affiliate WYTV/33 in the Valley to Parkin Broadcasting has more to it than meets the eye.Wood and The Business Journal dug into FCC records for the proposed sale, and found this gem...we'll quote the last part of it, since the FCC's all-upper case style in the online database is hurting our … [Read more...]
Up From The Minors
Posted on February 7, 2007 · Leave a Comment
The long-time play-by-play voice of the AAA Buffalo Bisons is following a number of players for that Indians minor league team, and is moving up to the major leagues.Bisons' radio voice Jim Rosenhaus has been named as radio pre-game host, and producer/engineer, for the Cleveland Indians Radio Network broadcasts - which originate at flagship station Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100.The position had been advertised as an opening for some time.OMW believes that it's a new hybrid position, and doesn't … [Read more...]
Master Of Our Own Domain
Posted on February 7, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Effective immediately, we now have ownership and control over the domain OhioMediaWatch.com.As it has in the past, the domain still points to the original OMW URL - ohiomedia.blogspot.com.We're not sure what will happen in the future, but for now, you can use the address in case there are problems with Blogger. We'll put up status notifications and be able to publish news items in the case of Blogger outages.There are other changes in the works, soon, as we've been hinting. For one, we've … [Read more...]
WYTV Sold To New Company
Posted on February 7, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Youngstown market ABC affiliate WYTV/33 is being sold to a company that is just starting out in the world of TV.The sale is to Los Angeles-based Parkin Broadcasting. Despite the name, it has no other broadcast interests.The Youngstown Vindicator has more on the sale by Chelsey Broadcasting to a company that has focused on Internet ventures:The Youngstown-based station will become the platform for "ideas to marry new media, such as the Internet, with television," Todd Parkin, chairman and chief … [Read more...]
Garrett Hart Lands
Posted on February 6, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Former Cumulus rock WRQK/106.9 Canton "Rock 107" program director Garrett Hart, who was one of those leaving the station after Clear Channel took over operations last month, has a new gig.AllAccess reports that Hart has been named Format Manager of two Sirius Satellite Radio channels, "SIRIUS Gold" and "'60's Vibrations". He'll also be in charge of Sirius programming produced out of Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and will remain in Ohio... … [Read more...]
Chris Miller Leaving WEWS For DC
Posted on February 6, 2007 · Leave a Comment
OMW hears from a reliable source that WEWS/5 sports director Chris Miller is leaving the Cleveland ABC affiliate at the end of this month.We hear Miller is leaving the station for a new gig at Comcast SportsNet, a regional sports network in Washington DC.Like Cleveland-based FOX Sports Net Ohio, Comcast SportsNet is in a very heated battle with a new competitor. In the Washington/Baltimore area, that competitor is the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network - the new network started by the owners of the … [Read more...]
OMW On HD Radio
Posted on February 5, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Regular readers may have caught on that we picked up one of those Radio Shack Accurian HD Radio receivers recently. Total cost "after rebate": $99, otherwise known as The Price Point We Wouldn't Have Bought This Above.(It's now listed at RadioShack.com at $199. Our pricing was during the Christmas shopping season.)We've always been technology freaks here at OMW, so here we go again!And we've picked up two new HD Radio signals on the air in Northeast Ohio. One was expected, and one was a … [Read more...]
