OK, we'll run out of "really big" titles at some point. More on Friday's bombshell at the Galleria, and since we're now getting complaints about our verbosity, we'll save the other stuff for a later update. A reminder: if you don't like our writing or the length of our posts, feel free to file for a refund of every penny you've paid us to read OMW. All of the rumors and speculation this past week, much of it fueled by a Facebook update by Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100's Mike Trivisonno, … [Read more...]
The Really Big Bombshell
Posted on January 21, 2011 · 14 Comments
As it turns out, all those rumors about Good Karma sports WKNR/850 Cleveland "ESPN 850" midday host Tony Rizzo being heard in the afternoon were true. But...not in late afternoon, as expected in a Facebook status update by Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100 afternoon drive host Mike Trivisonno and/or his staff. As OMW tipped minutes before a "big announcement" on WKNR, Rizzo's "Really Big Show" is not moving...it's expanding. Starting Monday, Rizzo, Aaron Goldhammer, Chris "Negative Ned" Fedor and … [Read more...]
Some Big Updates
Posted on January 19, 2011 · 2 Comments
We have some big updates from the fringes of the OMW coverage area, but let's start in Cleveland first... THE MOSSMAN AND REBECCA SHOW?: We didn't see it, so we don't know what Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8 "Fox 8" is calling the temporary replacement for "The Robin Swoboda Show", taking the 10 AM weekday time slot after the sudden departure of that show's namesake host on Friday. But we're told that indeed, Fox 8 entertainment reporter David "Mossman" Moss was in the former "RS" studio … [Read more...]
Subscribe To OMW
Posted on January 19, 2011 · 1 Comment
It's a question we get every so often... can someone subscribe to OMW via E-mail? As it turns out, that's possible in WordPress, and we've officially turned on the widget. Just look over there -----> to the right. If you're not a WordPress user, there's a box to put in your E-mail address. WordPress will send you a confirmation E-mail. Just click the link, and you'll get an E-mail each time we put up a new post. If you're a WordPress user, click the link, and it'll do the same for … [Read more...]
Two Really Big Items
Posted on January 17, 2011 · 6 Comments
An update on two big Cleveland items, one TV, one radio related... THE RS SHOW: Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8 "Fox 8" has replaced "The Robin Swoboda Show" with..."The Robin Swoboda Show", at least for now. As expected, the station aired a repeat of a previous "RS" show on Monday, and OMW hears that it will do so again on Tuesday. Starting Wednesday, we're told, a live, local 10 AM show will resume, with WJW entertainment reporter David Moss expected to be a fill-in host. We don't know how … [Read more...]
Items Left Behind
Posted on January 15, 2011 · 1 Comment
IF YOU MISSED...our big Friday night update, keep reading after this item! ------- Every so often, we'll get tips on items...look at them, read them, respond to them, and have every intention of posting them. And then, we don't. The E-mail gets archived, the information gets lost in the shuffle and doesn't get posted. Or in this case, a spate of other "breaking news" overwhelms what we had intended to post. Or, "real life" outside the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) takes over. We've fired the … [Read more...]
Busy News Cycle
Posted on January 14, 2011 · 2 Comments
UPDATE 10:30 AM 1/15/11: We have corrected now-former WTAM/1100 evening anchor Dean Leyland's name below. Sorry about that! And we hear that now-former WTAM weekend evening anchor Cliff Baechle is not leaving the building - his voice will be heard elsewhere, moving to a weekday gig feeding news to Clear Channel hub stations WPGB/104.7 Pittsburgh and WKBN/570 Youngstown from Oak Tree... ------------ Though your Primary Editorial Voice(tm) clearly has his own schedule when it comes to updating … [Read more...]
Robin Swoboda Leaving WJW Show
Posted on January 13, 2011 · 5 Comments
Long-time WJW/8 personality Robin Swoboda is leaving her perch at the local station, again. We had a tip from inside South Marginal about the end of Swoboda's hosting gig on "The Robin Swoboda Show", weekdays from 10-11 AM on Local TV's "Fox 8", and when we went to send a tweet hinting about it, we found a tweet from Akron Beacon Journal pop culture writer Rich Heldenfels confirming it. As it turns out, Heldenfels quoted her Facebook account in his "Heldenfiles" blog: "Friday is my last show. … [Read more...]
WOSV, Round 2
Posted on January 10, 2011 · 6 Comments
Those disappointed with WOSU Public Media's decision to go all-classical on Mansfield repeater WOSV/91.7 are continuing to express their disappointment on WOSU GM Tom Rieland's blog. And despite continued suggestions to try for distant signals, listen online or go get HD Radio equipment to hear NPR programming in Mansfield, gone since the move to rebroadcast WOSU's "Classical 101" (WOSA/101.1 Grove City) on 91.7, those suggestions aren't going over well with those used to picking up NPR … [Read more...]
Other Early January Stuff
Posted on January 7, 2011 · 8 Comments
UPDATE 1/7/11 12:30 PM: There's one additional item we forgot to add, later in this update. If you've already read this, scroll down... ---------- Let's run through some other items not involving a homeless former Ohio radio personality appearing on major network TV shows... RICK'S GONE: Long-time local traffic reporter Rick Abell is apparently gone from his perch at Raycom Media CBS affiliate WOIO/19's "19 Action News". Readers have been asking about his absence since the start of this … [Read more...]
