Cooler because, though we have highs in the mid-80s, it's sure cooler than it was last time we set the air conditioning in the OMW World Headquarters to "freeze"... A STEADY HAND: So, you're a Cleveland TV station, and your news director has "made the move up" to a job with your parent company. You're heading into an all-important period which will gain you new viewers...the 2012 Summer Olympics, live from London. But SOMEONE has to run the newsroom until a permanent candidate is found, and … [Read more...]
Youngstown And Nearby
Posted on July 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Most of the items this time around are from the Mahoning Valley, though at least one is from nearby...and one item involves the Cleveland market... RICH MORGAN: Readers in the Youngstown/Warren TV market have been peppering our inbox with questions about market veteran Rich Morgan...who's been absent from his duties as morning and noon meteorologist for New Vision-to-be-LIN CBS affiliate WKBN/27's "27 First News". We did some digging, but the question could have more easily been answered (for … [Read more...]
The Post-Howie Era Begins
Posted on July 3, 2012 · 13 Comments
In announcements airing now on Media-Com talk WNIR/100.1 "The Talk of Akron", the station says it's about to begin the process of filling the open 10 AM-3 PM weekday time slot. The station says it can't "replace" legendary voice Howie Chizek, who died suddenly last month at the age of 65 while taking underprivileged kids and their chaperones to Walt Disney World in Orlando FL. But the announcement - "a message from the Klaus Brothers (owners Bill and Bob Klaus)" voiced by WNIR production … [Read more...]
The Week Ender
Posted on June 29, 2012 · 7 Comments
The week ender, as we head into the weekend... ALBRIGHT TO MIDDAYS: The death of iconic Akron talk radio host Howie Chizek has left a major hole in the schedule of his 38 year home station, Media-Com talk WNIR/100.1 "The Talk of Akron", which is vowing to continue its all-local talk lineup...while faced with the unenviable task of figuring out who will be heard on WNIR, permanently, from 10 AM to 3 PM weekdays. The unfortunate demise of Akron's talk radio king has also presented an opportunity … [Read more...]
Job Board, June Edition
Posted on June 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Long time OMW readers know that we eagerly accept employment related posts...both from job seekers, and those with actual employment opportunities..and post them free of charge. Here's a good one for the right, up and coming radio engineer. Radio One's Cleveland cluster is looking for an assistant chief engineer. The cluster's chief engineer, Gary Zocolo, tells us: I have a great position for an aspiring engineer who has the fundamental knowledge accumulated. It would probably be one of the … [Read more...]
Press Release Theatre, Vol. 4 (The Drew Carey Edition)
Posted on June 27, 2012 · 1 Comment
It's not often we get two press releases within a day about the same person, with wholly unrelated topics behind them...but that's what's happened with Cleveland native Drew Carey ("The Price is Right", "The Drew Carey Show"). As per usual, Friend of OMW Ann VerWiebe, marketing and public relations guru for Kent State University's WKSU/89.7-and-its-many-simulcasters, goes first...with help from Cleveland's Ideastream (WCPN/90.3)... --------------- Drew Carey on Stage for Live Presentation of … [Read more...]
The 87.7 Bombshell
Posted on June 26, 2012 · 6 Comments
So, we were right to be skeptical of talk (and even some rumors, not connected to us) that Venture Technologies could LMA WLFM-LP/87.7 to local sports radio operator Good Karma Broadcasting (WKNR/850-WWGK/1540) to simulcast their operation on the FM band. No, as it turns out, we should have paid attention to these curious, anonymous comments on our own item about the so-called "Franken FM" radio station, posted the night of June 14th by an OMW reader named "Kate": Interesting new FM Cleveland. … [Read more...]
Viral TV News Video, Round 2
Posted on June 22, 2012 · 2 Comments
UPDATE 6/22/12 6:53 PM: "ABC World News with Diane Sawyer" featured a portion of this video in tonight's newscast, though Sawyer called Johnson "Mark Jackson"... - - - - - - - Just about everyone in Northeast Ohio knows by now that Akron native and former Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James finally got his "ring"...as an NBA champion, his Miami Heat closing out the NBA Finals series with the Oklahoma City Thunder last night. Note, of course, that both teams have weather related … [Read more...]
Much Ado About Sports Radio
Posted on June 21, 2012 · 4 Comments
We actually predicted this before local CBS Radio sports outlet WKRK/92.3 "92.3 The Fan" debuted last August. We'd been hearing rumors that CBS was going to launch its own national sports talk radio network, though at the time we believed it would be limited to the night/weekend hours to fill time on its full-fledged sports talkers. The comparison we made was with CBS' initial efforts to air KMOX/1120 St. Louis-based overnight host Jon Grayson ("Overnight America") on other large market CBS … [Read more...]
Press Release Theatre, Vol. 3
Posted on June 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
We're not even going to explain these items anymore...but first, "Ann's Mini Corner"! With at least one day left in "this week" (sorry, Ann!)... ----------- VIVIAN GOODMAN REPORTS FROM EUROPE ON THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA YOUTH ORCHESTRA TOUR (Press release from Ann VerWiebe, WKSU) This week, WKSU Reporter/Producer Vivian Goodman is on the road with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra in Europe as they travel to Vienna and Salzburg, Austria. She is capturing audio during the day and … [Read more...]
