Mid-October is apparently the season for local TV and radio signal upgrades, and there are two more we haven't yet told you about.Briefly before that: everyone short of the Cuyahoga County dog catcher has E-mailed us to let us know that producer/sidekick/update anchor Josh Sabo is apparently out at Good Karma sports WKNR/850 Cleveland "ESPN 850", at least according to an announcement made on the station's "Really Big Show with Tony Rizzo" earlier today.We didn't hear the announcement, and as of … [Read more...]
On The Tuesday Radio Side
Posted on October 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
After an item chock full of digital TV news, it's time to expand our Tuesday diet to radio. And yes, we know. We know...the below.KIM'S RETURN: Yes, you let us know by E-mail, by carrier pigeon, by taking out a billboard (well, almost).That was indeed former Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100 afternoon drive co-host Kim Mihalik on her former home station over the weekend, guest hosting the Clear Channel talk station's local Browns post-game coverage on Sunday afternoon.(WTAM airs its own post-game … [Read more...]
Digital TV Activities
Posted on October 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Suddenly, the over-air digital TV scene is as nearly as active in Northeast Ohio as it was in the days before the analog TV shutoff, back on June 12th...A 19 UPGRADE: OMW hears, third-hand, that Raycom Media Cleveland CBS affiliate WOIO/19 has completed an interim digital signal upgrade.We're told that last Wednesday, WOIO's engineers nearly tripled the power coming out of the station's transmission system - with a power level of 9.5 kW. WOIO's digital signal has been pumping out just 3.5 kW … [Read more...]
All Sorts of Things
Posted on October 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
So, it's a dreary, rainy mid-October day...what better day to stay inside and update the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm)?NEW TWC HD: As expected, as earlier announced and as confirmed by OMW, Time Warner Cable's Northeast Ohio system has added 10 new HD channels for its subscribers.The list, courtesy of a TWC press release:Biography HD – 469Cartoon Network HD – 459Disney XD HD – 457Outdoor HD – 481Turner Classic Movies HD – 465Fox Business News HD – 488Style HD – 468Headline News HD – 484E! HD – … [Read more...]
Returning With A Full Basket
Posted on October 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment
As we officially exit from our latest hiatus (is there a ceremony we have to do or something?), news from every corner of our media world is breaking out. And if there's breaking media news, we're here to fix it...RATINGS CURRENCY: We've heard for a few weeks now that Arbitron's Portable People Meters, the electronic future of radio audience measurement, were filtering into the Cleveland market.And we've heard for months that the PPMs will basically "change everything" when it comes to radio … [Read more...]
The Weekend Cleanup Post
Posted on October 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
As usually happens when we go "on hiatus" here at your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm), media news happens. It's an indisputable Law of OMW...if we push away the keyboard, the flood comes in, and that's already the case this time around.So, though we're still trying to "stay away", let's briefly expand on the two items that we've popped onto our Twitter feed.And again, you don't even have to access our page directly...they show up over there to the left of the main scroll here. Just keep watching that … [Read more...]
Gone Fishing
Posted on October 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Yes, it's that time again.OMW is now officially on hiatus until the middle of next week, likely Tuesday or Wednesday.As usual on hiatus, we will try to pass along at least short updates on any major breaking media news stories that we hear about, especially in our core area of Northeast Ohio. That includes, but is not limited to, major radio or TV personality changes, radio format changes, station ownership changes or anything of that nature.We may occasionally pop in via our Twitter feed, but … [Read more...]
They Meant Toledo Radio
Posted on October 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
With the hat tip to long-time friend and colleague Scott Fybush and this week's Radio Journal, we're passing along word that the Toledo market could be getting a new FM radio station.The proposed move-in is no surprise: BAS Broadcasting AC WPFX-FM/107.7 North Baltimore has filed with the FCC to move to a very Luckey city of license. (Sorry, Scott...we couldn't resist the pun, either.)Luckey, Ohio, that is...and a quick look at the map puts that small town just north of Pemberville in extreme … [Read more...]
Danny Lands New Gig
Posted on October 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Veteran Cleveland radio personality Danny Wright is returning to nationally syndicated radio, and with the help of some other Clevelanders.Yes, it's Beachwood-based Envision Radio Networks that has officially announced Danny's latest gig - a syndicated weekend show called "The Live Ride". From a press release by the locally-based syndicator:Envision Radio Networks® is pleased to announce the launch of The Live Ride, a new weekly radio show hosted by country radio veteran Danny Wright.The Live … [Read more...]
Outside Our Area, But…
Posted on October 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Occasionally, we feature items from outside the main OMW Coverage Area...but with comments relating the items to things that could happen here. This is one of those collections...SMOOTH JAZZ LOSES ANOTHER: The ailing smooth jazz format has lost another big city outlet.This time, it's CBS Radio's WVMV/98.7 Detroit, which stopped playing smooth jazz Friday. After a bit of weekend stunting, it's carrying one of CBS' current pet formats - top 40, under the moniker "98.7 AMP Radio".That's the same … [Read more...]
