OMW would like to know if any readers are still experiencing various glitches related to the rollout of new HD channels in Time Warner Cable's Northeast Ohio footprint.This request is only for those in areas which have already received the most recent set of channels released to areas with Switched Digital Video (SDV) activated, who have seen such issues as channel breakup or audio with no video.Please tell us where you live (city/community), and which part of the TWC system you are in...legacy … [Read more...]
Metro About To Close In Ohio
Posted on May 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
There's really nothing new here for OMW readers, except some details and timing.This item on AllAccess' Net News scroll jumped out at us:METRO NETWORKS/WESTWOOD ONE Regional Dir.Operations/DETROIT-CENTRAL HOWARD BOUTON tells ALL ACCESS, "I am looking for talent in DETROIT for our Metro Networks Regional Hub. I need traffic producers and editors, traffic anchors for DETROIT, GRAND RAPIDS, CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI, COLUMBUS, TOLEDO and DAYTON Radio and TV stations. News anchors for same markets. … [Read more...]
News About Radio News: Part 1
Posted on May 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
As promised in our Twitter update, here's the first of two items about radio newspeople.We wondered, when posting the "Help Wanted" ad put up by Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100 Cleveland, if news director Darren Toms would look to the outside in hiring a replacement for anchor/reporter Ted Klopp...who left the station on his own to pursue a job outside radio.It appears that outside hiring has happened.OMW hears that Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting talk WEOL/930 Elyria news reporter/anchor Colleen … [Read more...]
THIS JUST IN: Ike Exits WQMX
Posted on May 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment
OMW has confirmed that Rubber City Radio Akron market country powerhouse WQMX/94.9 has parted ways with night personality Michael Izic, also known as "Ike the Night Guy"."Ike" had been with WQMX since 2001, and moved from overnights to nights four years after he started on the air. We don't know why he is no longer with the station.An OMW reader tells us that WQMX weekender George McFly was heard in the 7-midnight slot Tuesday evening, though we don't know if he has a shot at the full-time … [Read more...]
TWC Updates – Everyone
Posted on May 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We've been getting scattered reports from our readers about the Time Warner Cable HDTV situation in Northeast Ohio.Since we reported earlier that the company's latest wave of HD channels has been rolling out in some, but not all, of the Northeast Ohio footprint due to the implementation of SDV - "Switched Digital Video" - TWC has basically acknowledged that in its latest "Programming Notice" online, updated Tuesday afternoon.Quoting some of the important parts, first, in reference to the April … [Read more...]
Three Quick Hits
Posted on May 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We have been working on some things that aren't confirmed - or can't be printed, yet - so here's what we CAN bring you...THE DECLINE OF WOAC: OK, so most of our readers would say that Canton-licensed WOAC/67's decline began when the station dumped its Canton-focused secular independent programming for infomercials, home shopping and then, more infomercials.But we're getting an insight into the financial problems faced by the TV division of brokered ethnic radio king Arthur Liu's Multicultural … [Read more...]
Monday’s Breakfast Menu
Posted on May 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
So, we're a bit hungry, but are out of eggs...THERE'S A REASON THEY'RE LOOKING: Late last month, as we were swimming in news of Clear Channel's latest nationwide job cuts, we got a couple of interesting questions from readers.They'd spotted a relatively new "help wanted" ad placed on various trade websites by Clear Channel's Cleveland cluster on Oak Tree Boulevard in suburban Independence:News Anchor/Reporter - Cleveland, Ohio Newsradio WTAM 1100, Cleveland, Ohio has a full time opportunity in … [Read more...]
TWC’s Next HD Wave
Posted on May 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
OMW hears from Time Warner Cable locally that the wave of HDTV channels planned for addition in Northeast Ohio in late April is now showing up for local cable subscribers.A quick check of the HD DVR here at OMW World Headquarters shows that the channels are indeed available to your Primary Editorial Voice(tm).OMW hears that though the new HD channels are indeed rolling out, some TWC Northeast Ohio subscribers may not have them yet.We're told that the launch is indeed, as we've already speculated … [Read more...]
Odder Mix Than Usual
Posted on May 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
And mostly items on the fringe of our usual OMW coverage area wrap up this Friday.But we'll start in Cleveland, and to our friends on South Marginal Road...thank you for the Twitter Shout-Out! Quoting:-----A special Fox 8 Twitter shout-out to Ohio Media Watch. Glad you're enjoying our tweets! Stay tuned, more to come-----We don't know who handles the Twitter account at Cleveland Fox affiliate WJW/8 "Fox 8". We suspect it's one of those Additional Duties added to a newscast producer's already … [Read more...]
Thursday’s Mixed Bag
Posted on May 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Try as we might, we can't get our daily updates to always fit into a neat, tidy little bag...THIS IS A TEST, OR WILL BE: Say, what are you doing on May 21st, at 7:30 AM, 12:30 PM or 7:30 PM?If you're watching over-air analog TV that day, anywhere in the nation, you could be watching a national DTV test.The Wall Street Journal reports this week that the FCC is working on a plan that would ask TV stations across the United States to, quoting the article, "suspend regular programming and instead … [Read more...]
