The man who has owned a small Mahoning Valley radio group often written about here in OMW has died.An obituary notes the death of Beacon Broadcasting owner Harold Glunt earlier this week:NILES – Harold F. Glunt, 75, died of cancer on Thursday evening, Jan. 21, 2010, at his home. (snip)He semi-retired from Glunt Industries in 2001 and purchased Beacon Broadcasting in Warren to focus on Christian Broadcasting in the area.Glunt Industries was the steel supply company Glunt started in 1966. (The … [Read more...]
TWC Answers
Posted on January 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Courtesy of Time Warner Cable, here are some answers for readers wondering about the Mentor-area conversion allowing more HD channels. And some more lineup changes are in the works systemwide in TWC's massive Northeast Ohio system.First, in regards to Mentor's conversion, TWC's Travis Reynolds tells OMW:The first "box swap" phase of the box exchange actually concludes today, followed by 6 other phases every 7 days. The final phase is scheduled Feb. 23. Each phase impacts approximately 1,200 … [Read more...]
THIS JUST IN: WOIO Channel 24
Posted on January 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
NOTE: To clear up any confusion, this is an ADDITIONAL translator fill-in channel for WOIO. The current operation on RF channel 10 will stay on the air, unless they find another permanent home for it...---------Thanks to a reader tip, we now know what Raycom Media CBS affiliate WOIO/19 wants to do (at least temporarily) to fix its reception problems, particularly in the Akron area.The station has applied to the FCC for a digital replacement translator on RF channel 24, an 11 kW facility which … [Read more...]
THIS JUST IN: Chris Miller Exits
Posted on January 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
AllAccess reports today that Clear Channel hot AC WMVX/106.5 and country WGAR/99.5 program director Chris Miller is out at Oak Tree.Clear Channel Cleveland operations manager Keith Abrams tells the trade site that he's looking for Miller's replacement... … [Read more...]
Boom and Booming
Posted on January 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment
We'd heard the rumblings...that Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting's new AAA format on WNWV/107.3 Elyria had to drop its name due to trademark issues.Sure enough, though the station occasionally tries to cleverly use the word "Boom", its official on-air name has reverted to a simple "107.3 Cleveland"...without the explosive word directly attached.Wbat happened?Blame another broadcaster competing with 107.3 in Cleveland, but in another market.Tom Taylor's always excellent "Taylor on Radio-Info" … [Read more...]
Out Of The Chute
Posted on January 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A lot of items on our plate, from all over the map, physically and topic-wise...let's have at it."SUMMIT" EXPANDS TO MAHONING: Akron Public Schools AAA outlet WAPS/91.3 "The Summit" is indeed, as noted in our previous item, being heard in the Mahoning Valley.An OMW listener in WAPS' signal range reported hearing a mention of a simulcast on WKTL/90.7 Struthers, the school district owned station which puts a decent signal into most of the Valley. A Valley listener confirmed the simulcast from the … [Read more...]
Snow Day
Posted on January 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
UPDATE 1/8/10 1:45 PM: The upcoming Jim Traficant radio show on Clear Channel Cleveland talk WTAM/1100 is "only the beginning", says the former Congressman's new management representation in an article in the Youngstown Vindicator this week. A choice quote:Traficant signed a three-month contract with WTAM with a clause that lets him out of the deal if he decides to run for Congress, said Dennis Malloy, his director of communications. Feb. 18 is the filing deadline to run in the May 4 … [Read more...]
Another Grab Bag
Posted on January 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Here's a bit of OMW Tradition for you in this changing time...a midweek grab bag post:CBS RADIO CLEVELAND'S NEW BOSS: The Cleveland CBS Radio cluster officially has its new market manager, to replace the unceremoniously-dumped Chris Maduri.A copy of the memo announcing the new market chief happened to float its way to the OMW World Headquarters:I am thrilled to announce that Steve Carver has been appointed SVP/Market Manager for CBS Radio in Cleveland. Steve is a terrific manager and … [Read more...]
Welcome to 2010
Posted on January 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Yes, your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) (and your Primary Editorial Voice[tm]) have made it into 2010.It was close, and touch-and-go for a while, but here we are.This is just a placeholder announcement. Due to circumstances beyond our control, our ability to update this report will vary widely over the next few weeks.We'll try to keep track of the "big stuff" and major changes, as soon as we can.But the updates will be sporadic for some time to come. We'll try to keep a regular presence here.One sad … [Read more...]
The Catchup Post
Posted on December 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The altered state of reality here at the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) means that, well, we missed some stuff...some that affects the coming year.So, here's at least some of What We Missed, and other updates, with a year-end message still to come...FREEDOM AVENUE CHANGES: There have been so many changes at Clear Channel's Akron/Canton cluster on Freedom Avenue that we wouldn't be surprised if you'd mistake it for a bus or train station, as opposed to a radio station cluster.First, as long advertised, … [Read more...]
