When pretty much everyone agrees that your name is synonymous with your chosen lot in life, you're an icon. That certainly applied to Jim Johnson, who symbolized coverage of high school sports in Stark County for decades. His long-time employer, NextMedia talk WHBC/1480 Canton, reports Johnson's death. Johnson retired from WHBC in 2007 after a 29 year run covering thousands of high school and other sports events. His total career length? 43 years. Quoting WHBC's own news story on Johnson's … [Read more...]
All Over The Map
Posted on October 10, 2012 · 4 Comments
UPDATE 12:10 AM 10/11/12: Jim Davison tells OMW that he will continue as operations manager of WHTX/1570 Warren, which will continue in its current standards format as "The Fabulous 1570" and retain its current staff and features. Jim also confirms that WYCL/1540 Niles has changed from classic country to a Spanish-language format as of Tuesday afternoon... ----- We're catching up again with a wide variety of media items, both in kind and location... DISH DEAL: Viewers to Gannett NBC … [Read more...]
From Sports To TV To New Radio
Posted on October 3, 2012 · 3 Comments
The title says it all. And as usual as of late, some of these are brand new, and some are catching up over the past few days... INDIANS STAYING ON WTAM: So, we hinted about this both on our social media presence and earlier this week right here on the blog, on an item we posted last week: "Before we dive into this item, one note: Don’t print those “92.3 The Fan/Indians” bumper stickers just yet..." We got a little "back patting" flack pointing back to this on Twitter, but really, we were far … [Read more...]
Press Release Theatre, Vol. 7
Posted on October 1, 2012 · 3 Comments
The releases are piling up. But we'll start, as always, with Ann's Corner, from long-time Friend of OMW Ann VerWiebe...promotions and marketing guru for Kent State University's WKSU/89.7-and-its-many-simulcasters. There's even a picture as a bonus! ----- WKSU LAUNCHES STREET-SIDE STUDIO IN ITS AKRON NEWS BUREAU WKSU is pulling back the curtain and putting its news production on view in downtown Akron. The street-side studio in the United Building fronts South Main Street with a view of the … [Read more...]
Engineering Giant Passes
Posted on September 28, 2012 · 1 Comment
It's not difficult to call Cleveland-based Telos Systems co-founder Steve Church an "engineering giant". Colleagues and engineering and other friends of Cnurch are mourning his passage, even far away from the company's headquarters on Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland. He passed away earlier today at age of 57, after a long battle with brain cancer. We'll start with an extensive remembrance of Steve Church, posted on the Telos Alliance website: Frank Foti, CEO of The Telos Alliance, … [Read more...]
A Savage Exit
Posted on September 28, 2012 · 2 Comments
As we quipped when liberal talk radio network Air America died, this would have been a much bigger story here a few years ago. But with syndicated talk show host Michael Savage making his "triumphant" exit from syndicator Talk Radio Network now, we believe that only affects a single station in the OMW immediate coverage area. Savage declared victory in his contract battle with the Oregon-based TRN, as he was seeking to be released from his deal to pursue deals with other syndicators. From the … [Read more...]
Press Release Theatre (Vol. 6, The Kate And Travis Edition)
Posted on September 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment
A mix of items, with today's new releases and yesterday's favorites...well, not quite. The below items are in no particular "copy and paste" order, and as the title suggests, come from Fox Sports Ohio's Kate Buddenhagen and Time Warner Cable's Travis Reynolds. Before we dive into this item, one note: Don't print those "92.3 The Fan/Indians" bumper stickers just yet... ----------- FOXSportsOhio.com Announces EXTRA POINTS Online show featuring NFL & Browns discussion hosted by Zac Jackson … [Read more...]
WCLV Going Non-Commercial
Posted on September 26, 2012 · 1 Comment
Classical WCLV/104.9 Lorain, the Cleveland market's commercial classical music station, is joining its new sister stations in noncommercial land beginning January 1, 2013. The status change is part of the transfer of WCLV to Ideastream, owner of public radio outlet WCPN/90.3 and PBS affiliate WVIZ/25. WCLV moved its studios to the Idea Center before that announcement was made. Cleveland Classical Radio, with management led by WCLV president/co-founder Robert Conrad (an OMW reader, by the way), … [Read more...]
Our Big Catchup Post
Posted on September 25, 2012 · 8 Comments
Yes, we've been gone a while. ("Life Intervenes", you know.) As things settle down a little, we can come up for air and shovel out a lot of items. We'll revisit some items both here and on our social media accounts, and put in some new items as well. A warning...you'll definitely need to bring a lunch for this one... NFL NETWORK, TWC MAKE FRIENDS: Northeast Ohio's Time Warner Cable subscribers didn't have to wait until Thursday to get the long-awaited NFL Network. TWC's Travis Reynolds … [Read more...]
THIS JUST IN: TWC, NFL Network Reach Deal
Posted on September 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE: OMW readers tell us that the NFL Network is already showing up on channel 346 (1346 HD), and RedZone is being seen on channel 347 (1347 HD). TWC's Travis Reynolds confirms that channel placement... ------- For football fans, the long, cable nightmare is over. Well, at least the nightmare for Time Warner Cable subscribers. After what seems to have been a decade, Northeast Ohio's dominant cable provider has struck a deal with the NFL Network. NFL Network will be on Time Warner Cable … [Read more...]
