tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166575122011-09-08T11:20:29.921-04:00John Kiesewetter files news, comments and observations on the world of local and national TV.John Kiesewetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10960713219075133095noreply@blogger.comBlogger8691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16657512.post-86202479547013194022008-05-22T10:11:00.007-04:002008-05-23T07:47:36.809-04:00

We've moved the blogs today, as I mentioned earlier this week. I've already posted a couple of things -- Why the Reds-Dodgers game wasn't in HDTV last night... My thoughts on the "American Idol" finale... The Channel 5 story about Jackie Broo (Ken's wife) and her battle with cancer... and Time Warner's plan to expand HDTV channels. Later today I'll post the May sweeps news ratings on the new

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Congratulations WGUC... You did it! Loyal listeners obviously appreciated the experimental one-way pledge drive. I just checked the WGUC website tonight and saw that the station exceeded its goal of 800 pledges in one day. The counter says 827.Great news!The station also beat its financial target ($85,000) by $373. At least 20% of those who made pledges were new members. Worth doing again, right

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If only the TV ratings race were this close...Channel 12's Michelle Boutilette and Cammy Dierking squeaked – and we mean squeaked – past Channel 5's Rani Rico and Eric Green to win WKFS-FM's (KISS107.1) "Cincinnati Television Newsperson Idol Rip-off" karaoke contest by less than one percentage point.The results: --Ch 12's Michelle Boutilette and Cammy Dierking, "See You Again" 35.87%--Ch 5's

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If you're tired of those annoying public radio pledge drives that go one forever, today you can do something about it. Classical WGUC-FM (90.9) is experimenting with a one-day fund-raiser today, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. The station wants to raise $85,000 in 14 hours from about 800 people. As of 9:30 a.m., 'GUC had 249 pledges. I listened to it this morning, and at least donor noted that he/she was

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Danielle Sparks of Middletown gets her turn in the "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" hot seat at 4:30 p.m. today on WKRC-TV (Channel 12).Sparks, 23, the daughter of Steven and Terri Sparks of Middletown, taped the episode in New York earlier this year. The 2003 Middletown High School graduate earned a political science degree last year from Ohio State University.If she wins the million -- or a

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Here's a head's up for you: By the end of this week, you'l notice some changes on my blog.Soon our blogs will be hosted here at by Cincinnati.com, and not at Blogger. It's all part of a relaunch of Cincinnati.com coming soon. I hope to make some big improvements, like adding links to the networks and other sites you'll find handy. When the switch occurs, this old blog won’t go away. You'll be

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Former Cincinnati resident Sarah Jessica Parker talks about her career – and why the new "Sex and The City" movie almost wasn’t made – on "Inside the Actors Studio today (8 p.m., Bravo). It's a safe bet that host James Lipton will recap her network TV career, which started with CBS' short-lived comedy, "Square Pegs" (1982-83), which will be released on DVD Tuesday.Parker, 43, was born in

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Monday morning update: Here's the link to ESPN's "Roller Derby Revival" story which aired on "SportsCenter" last night. Enquirer reporter Lauren Bishop provided the narrative.http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3401989The Cincinnati Rollergirls with our own Lauren Bishop smash their way onto ESPN’s “SportsCenter” at 11 p.m. Sunday.The “SportsCenter” story – which may air

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Walnut Hills High School won the state championship last night on the Ohio News Network's "Brain Game" quiz show over Shawnee High School. The Cincinnati team advanced to the finals because it scored the most points (455) of the 60 schools in the competition. The Walnut Hills students won $10,000 for the school.The show was taped in Columbus on Feb. 23, the day after Walnut Hills sophomore won

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Eric said it would be like this??? Meteorologists from three local TV stations – and some of their co-workers – want your vote for their video in KISS107's clever local "American Idol" contest, the "KISS107 FM's Cincinnati Television Newsperson Idol Rip-off." They karaoke is cheesy and corny, but it's fun to watch the TV folks cut loose and show some personality.Your choices:--Channel 5's Randi

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Chris Seelbach is getting some buzz nationally, but you wouldn't know it in Cincinnati. Same with long-time radio personality Marty "With the Party" Thompson.Seelbach, a political consultant for various Democratic candidates, has been named the political correspondent for "The Daily Buzz," a nationally syndicated morning show. It airs on 141 stations – but not here. The northern 'burbs might be

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Only two new Fox series this fall -- one comedy and one drama -- as Fox follows the other shows in moving cautiously after the 100-day writers strike. Fox again gets the jump on other networks by starting the season 3 weeks early, the week of August 25 with "Prison Break," "Bones" and "Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?"The new drama is "Fringe" (9 p.m. Tuesday) from J.J. Abrams ("Lost") about

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Good news for "24" fans who have been waiting a year for a new season. Fox will air a two-hour movie Sunday, Nov. 23, to set up the seventh season coming next January. Jack Bauer will be involved in an international crisis in South Africa while a new US president (Cherry Jones) prepares to take office. Here's the Fox announcement on the movie and season seven:EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER “24”

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Of all places, Ellen Degeneres has quite a nice relationship with Spaulding Elementary School in Goshen.The fifth Spaulding student in three years appears on the "Ellen Degeneres Show" Thursday (10 a.m., Channel 9; 4 p.m., Channel 7) when Sami Stephens, 9, shows off her "sock pizza." (She sewed together two circles of mesh fabric with Velco-sealed wedged-shaped pockets so you can wash and dry

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Jordan, the afternoon guy on KISS 107, will be around for a couple more years. He has been promoted to assistant program director at WKFS-FM (107.1) in a new two-year deal announced today. Jordan joined KISS 107 in March 2004 as music director and night DJ, after gigs in WEZB-FM New Orleans and WWHT-FM in Syracuse. Jordan, 3-7 p.m. DJ since September, remains KISS 107 music director, says Mark

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CBS will add three dramas -- only one of them a crime-solving show! -- and two new comedies in the fall. Again CBS will try to establish a 8-9 p.m. Wednesday block, where so many shows have failed ("Yes Dear," "Still Standing," "Cosby" ""The Nanny," even "Murphy Brown" and "Dave's World"). This time you'll see "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and a new Jay Mohr-Paula Marshall sitcom called "

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Have you been listening to Jim Kelch, the Louisville Bats announcer working with Marty Brennaman on Reds Radio this week? I think he's doing a good job. I've got to admit I miss the strong opinions of Jeff Brantley (and Thom Brennaman too). Never thought I'd say this, but I miss the Brantley-isms ("right down Broadway" ... "throw him a cookie" ... "that one's going all the way to the wall"...).

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The CW has announced its fall schedule -- two new dramas, including the "90210" spin-off, and a reality show. Gone are "Aliens in America," "Life Is Wild" and "Girlfriends." No word on "Beauty and the Geek," which isn't on the season announcement. The "Reaper" will come back at midseason. Two Sunday comedies ("Everybody Hates Chris," "The Game") move to 8-9 p.m. Friday, because "WWE Smackdown"

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Only two new shows on ABC's fall lineup announced today, so ABC is playing it safe. With viewing down since the writers' strike, ABC has opted to bring back five promising shows cut short by the strike his year: "Pushing Daisies," "Private Practice," "Dirty Sexy Money" (with Lucy Liu added to the cast), "Samantha Who?" and "Eli Stone."Back are "Boston Legal" which was on the bubble (it moves to

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Long-time Enquirer readers will recognize the name Tom Brinkmoeller. He was my predecessor, the Enquirer's TV critic from 1980 or so (after Steve Hoffman) to 1985. He and Linda and their two children moved to Orlando in 1985.Nine years ago, Linda suffered a stroke. Here's an update in an Orlando Sentinel story published last week:http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/lifestyle/

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OK, the clock is ticking now on Jay Leno's exit from "The Tonight Show." NBC hiring Jimmy Fallon today to replace Conan O'Brien’s "Late Show" is the first step in the plan announced in 2004 for O'Brien to replace Leno next year.No transition dates for either were announced by NBC announced, because Leno's future remains unresolved. Last Thursday night he joked in his monologue: "I'm getting

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Dish Network this morning announced plans to add 20 national HD channels today, and two more on Wednesday. Here’s the list: -- ABC Family HD (DISH Network Ch 180) -- Biography HD (Ch. 119) -- Bravo HD (Ch. 129) -- Cartoon HD (Ch. 176) -- Cinemax 5 Star (Ch. 381) -- Cinemax HD West (Ch. 380) -- CNBC HD (Ch. 208) -- CNN HD (Ch. 200) -- Disney HD East (Ch. 172) -- ESPNews HD (Ch. 142) --

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This is quite an eclectic gang -- country singer Bonnie Lou, Otis Williams from the Charms, drummer Philip Paul, bassist Ed Conely, the daughter of country singer Cowboy Copas and Syd Nathan's nephew...They'll all be at the main Public Library downtown Saturday for two panel discussions celebrating the 65th anniversary of King Records, Syd Nathan's old Evanston studio where James Brown recorded.-

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After free-lancing for WLWT-TV (Channel 5) since October, Andrew Setters has made the move permanent. Today is Setters' last day as WLW-AM (700) assignment editor and anchor. The 10-year radio veteran starts Monday at Channel 5 as an evening news general assignment reporter. "The biggest change is that I won't be able to wear jeans to work, like I've been able to get away with at the Big One. But

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I confess: After eight years of watching "Survivor" -- from the first one with Rudy and Richard Hatch -- I scratched it off my Must See TV list this year. Maybe it had something to do with Jonny Fairplay being back on this Fans vs. Favorites game this time.I didn't go completely cold turkey (my wife continued to watch religiously), and I'm glad. I had seen enough to want to watch last night's

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This should be fun to watch: Randy Michaels, the former Q102/WLW-AM/Jacor/Clear Channel executive has been named chief operating officer of the Tribune Company by Sam Zell, Tribune chairman and CEO.Michaels will be responsible for all aspects of the company's publishing, broadcasting and internet divisions. He had been executive VP and CEO of the Tribune's interactive and broadcast divisions

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I'll be honest, I was never a big Twister Sister fan, but I think Dee Snider's son got robbed on MTV's "Rock the Cradle" tonight.Jesse Blaze Snider lost in the fan vote to Crosby Loggins, Kenny's son.Based on showmanship alone, Snider was the better of the two. His shirtless rocked-out version of Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time" was great fun to watch. But the subdued Loggins won the $100,000

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For you Paul Harvey fans: WDJO-AM (1160) website says the station will start Harvey reports today at noon and 5:55 p.m. (for the "Rest of the Story"). Harvey reports are scheduled to air at 6:40 a.m., 8:40am, 12 noon and 5:55 p.m.http://www.oldies1160.com/Harvey, 89,hasn't returned to broadcasting yet. Ron Chapman of Dallas was still subbing for him yesterday. Harvey's wife died last Saturday. He

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Now I can figure out why Dara Lind, a Yale junior from Symmes Township, never called me back to talk about her experience on the "Jeopardy!" college championship. Lind, 20, a 2005 Sycamore High Schgool graduate, lost it all on "Jeopardy!" tonight.She finished last with no money in the first round.Lind incorrectly guessed that John Quincy Adams – not Theodore Roosevelt – was the youngest U.S.

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I guess we'll never know which TV station was considering dropping sports from local newscasts. None of the local TV stations say they know anything about a telephone survey conducted here last month asking viewers how they would feel if a local TV station dropped sports. Some other stations in other cities have done this over the years, including WSYX-TV (Channel 6) in Columbus in 2005. I've

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If you're watching the "Today" show Thursday, keep an eye out for Jay Shatz, the Covington-based TV producer and former Channel 9 reporter. Shatz, who produces the "Desperate Landscapes" yard make-over show for Scripps' DIY Network, will be watching four finalists from the "America’s Most Desperate Landscape" contest compete on a Rockefeller Plaza obstacle course. (He thinks it will be in the 8:

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Warm up the Powdermilk Biscuits, Garrison Keillor is coming back to Music Hall. Keillor broadcasts his second Thanksgiving weekend "A Prairie Home Companion" in three years from Music Hall on Nov. 29.Keillor is truly enamored with Music Hall. He called it "the grandest hall we've ever done our show in" on his broadcast here on Nov. 25, 2006. Folks at Cincinnati Public Radio (WGUC-FM/WVXU-FM)

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Dayton has lost a TV icon. Long-time Channel 2 sports anchor Omar Williams died Saturday at his Florida home. He was 83.Williams was a Cincinnati native -- all my years doing this job, I never knew that until I read his obituary -- who worked at Channel 2 for 45 years (1951-96). Channel 2 called him "The Dean of Dayton Sportscasters." If you wanted to see Dayton area sports, or get a Dayton take

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Lynne "Angel" Harvey, wife of newscaster Paul Harvey, died Saturday after a year-long battle with leukemia. She developed and edited her husband's "The Rest of the Story" feature. In 1997, she became the first producer inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame.Born Lynne Cooper in St. Louis, she met Paul Harvey when they both worked at a radio station in her hometown in 1939. They married in 1940, and

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When Tim Russert agreed six months ago to speak at the Plum Street Temple fundraiser tonight, he figured it would be a quick trip to Cincinnati and back to NBC's Washington bureau. But it turns out tonight's speech conveniently fit into his travels. Tomorrow he's headed to Indiana to cover the primary Tuesday. His guest Sunday on "Meet The Press" will be Barack Obama.Russert was very insightful,

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Some big surprises for you in the winter quarter radio ratings in today:--Eddie Finger and Tracy Jones won the afternoon slot with all listeners (age 12 and up) and the 25-54 demographic advertisers want. Some of you will be surprised too (from reading your posts about them on this blog for four months).--WEBN-FM, Fingers old rock station down the hall from WLW-AM, had its worst ratings book in

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Wake up, Uhmerika, and help get Gary Burbank into the Radio Hall of Fame. Online voting started today at Chicago's Museum of Broadcasting websitewww.radiohof.org for the retired WLW-AM afternoon personality. He's one of four nominees as a "Local or Regional Pioneer."And he'll need all the help he can get. His competition includes long-time Philadelphia Phillies announcer Harry Kalas, Los

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Those weasels at ABC! Making us wait 56 minutes into the "Dancing With The Stars" results show to update the condition of actor Cristian De La Fuenta, who ended up in the hospital with an arm injury while dancing a samba on Monday's live show.They kept teasing us all night, before they finally interviewed Cristian in the closing segment during the elmination round. He said his arm injury will

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Public TV viewers in Northern Kentucky – and throughout the state – could see some changes on Channel 54 and the rest of the KET network due to state budget cuts.This statement was issued this afternoon by KET: "The recently enacted Fiscal Year 2009-10 Kentucky state budget eliminates $1.8 million in general funds for KET, representing a 12% cut from KET's original FY 2008 state funding.

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For Butler County residents who missed parts of "Morning Edition" early today on Oxford's WMUB-FM (88.5), here's the explanation from General Manager Cleve Callision:"Sometime overnight the computer controlling WMUB's unattended operations locked up and failed to make the necessary switches to transfer us from overnight jazz to Morning Edition at 5 am. By the time our staff could fix the problem

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Congratulations again to Cris Collinsworth. He won a record eighth Sports Emmy for best studio analyst last night, for his work on NBC’s Sunday night pregame show, HBO's weekly "Inside the NFL" (which was canceled in February). He broke his own record of seven Emmys in that category.Unlike last year, the former Bengals reciever and WLW-AM "SportsTalk" host did not win the Emmy for outstanding

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Good news for Steve Overbeck fans: He says he'll be back on the radio soon, after being terminated last week by Clear Channel’s WKRC-AM.Local radio's auto mechanic guru says he has offers and meetings with people, "so I will be back on the air on another station." His "Autoline" has been heard on WCKY-AM, WVXU-FM and WKRC-AM for about 30 years.Overbeck won't say why he was dumped before last

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Well, this didn't take long. Paul Harvey, dropped today by WLW-AM, will be heard on oldies WDJO-AM (1160) by the end of this week. It's a good move for the oldies station, which called Harvey's bosses at ABC News last Friday when they heard Bill Cunningham announce that WLW-AM was dropping Harvey starting today. Harvey should be popular with WDJO's 25-64 target audience.Harvey returned to his

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It must be tough being a 15-year-old superstar trying to show your maturity while working for the Walt Disney Co.Vanity Fair has an excellent profile of Miley Cyrus, star of the Disney Channel's "Hannah Montana," in which she's called "the biggest child start since Shirley Temple, give or take a couple of Macaulay Culkin movies, or an Olsen twin." She seems very grounded to me.Yes, she says "Sex

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Don't be surprised if WKRC-AM auto expert isn't on the air 4-8 p.m. Saturday. I haven't nailed down all the details, but I hear he was dropped after last week's show. I couldn't reach Overbeck Friday afternoon, and his website still says he's on 4-8 p.m. Saturday on WKRC-AM. http://www.steveoverbeck.net/He's very good and knows his stuff... and might be hard to replace. If you're listening to

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WLW has said "Good Day!" to Paul Harvey. Reports by the 89-year-old broadcasting legend (who has been absent most of this month) will not be heard Monday on Cincinnati's No. 1 station. At 6:25 a.m. Monday, Harvey's "The Rest of the Story" feature will be replaced by Gary Burbank's "Earl Pitts" commentaries, which haven't been heard since Burbank retired Dec. 31. (Welcome back to the Big One, Gary

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A DVR alert for C-SPAN? Yes :). One of the funniest TV shows each year is the White House Correspondents Association dinner every April on C-SPAN. It starts at 8 p.m. Saturday on C-SPAN.Craig Ferguson is the entertainer this year. In the past, Leno, Colbert and Cedric the Entertainer have done the dinner. (We'll forget the year Imus did it.) Usually the funniest stuff is when the president does/

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Sounds like a good choice to me: Variety reports that Jimmy Fallon will replace Conan O'Brien as the first step in Conan replacing Jay Leno. At the "upfront" the week of May 12, when the networks announce their fall schedules, NBC is expected to announce that Fallon will take over for Conan in February sweeps.... then Conan will replace Leno in September '09.http://www.variety.com/article/

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As I'm working on my Sunday A&E story about the competitive local morning TV newscasts, I was surprised that three stations are going into sweeps month (starting today) without their A teams. Particularly when top-rated Channel 12 could be vulnerable, after losing meteorologist Steve Horstmeyer. For most of his 19 years at Channel 12, "Good Morning Cincinnati" was No. 1.--Channel 12 has replaced

John Kiesewetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10960713219075133095noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16657512.post-23334623284832870572008-04-24T11:02:00.002-04:002008-04-24T11:25:38.236-04:00

Was Carly Smithson your pick to win "American Idol?" I figured she would at least be in the Top 2 for the finals... until I watched last night's results show. Were you surprised too? I was, as I was last year when Melinda Doolittle didn't make the finals.After Brooke White stopped and started again Tuesday night -- the first time that's happened on "American Idol" -- I thought she was history.

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I'm not the only guy who thinks that George Clooney is one of the nicest guys in the world. Check out this huge (10 pages!) George Clooney profile from the New Yorker. It's the most comprehensive piece on Clooney I think I've ever read. Writer Ian Parker got rare access to Clooney's Hollywood Hills home in the company of girlfriend Sarah Larson, and to Clooney's Warner Bros. lot office next to

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Some viewers won’t be happy, but local TV stations are doing the right thing by pre-empting the NBA playoffs, PGA golf and possibly part of the NHL playoffs to broadcast Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin's funeral 1-2 p.m. Sunday from Great American Ball Park. You expect local news stations to cover the big story, and certainly the Maupin capture and the Colerain firefighters funerals are very big

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Carmen Electra -- known as Tara Patrick at SCPA and Princeton High School -- recalls her days working at Kings Island on a blog. Carmen turned 36 on Sunday, the day Kings Island opened for the season.Here's the link:http://okmagazine.com/blog/post/4452/Carmen-Electra-Flips-for-Kings-IslandWonder how disappointed she'll be to hear the new owners aren't running one of the Racers backward. Wonder

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Voting is open now for Britten Kelley, a School for Creative & Peforming Arts School graduate wanting to be the next "Deal or No Deal" model. The former Cincinnati resident is one 24 models up the position. Viewers will select the winner by text messages or online voting athttp://www.nbc.com/dondKelley is one of three models appearing on tonight’s show (8-10 p.m., Channels 5, 2), when the 10-

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Miami Univerrsity students look at "Immigration in Southwest Ohio" this week with special reports on WMUB-FM (88.5) during "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered."Ten Miami seniors produced the series as a class project in a collaboration between the station and Miami's journalism program. Part one tells listeners about the challenges facing graduating high school seniors who speak English

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Did you see John Edwards on "The Colbert Report" Thursday? Instead of Colbert doing a "Word" definition segment, Edwards delivered "Ed-Words" about being courted by Obama and Clinton for his endorsement. It was a brilliantly written satire delivered flawlessly by Edwards. Terrific comedy! Enjoy!http://www.comedycentral.com/

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Former Channel 5 reporter Michael Collins saw my stuff on the 60th anniversary of WLWT-TV, and sent me a youtube link to his 1988 piece for the 40th anniversary.It has wonderful clips of Peter Grant, Ruth Lyons, Paul Dixon, Midwestern Hayride and old B&W shows, plus interviews with former anchorman Tom Atkins, sportscaster Red Thornburgh, bandleader Cliff Lash and Nick Clooney. "The First 40

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WCIN-AM has been sold. Robert Cox of St. Louis, the receiver appointed over J4 Broadcasting assets by a Cincinnati federal court last year, has sold the station to American Broadcasting LLC, a Denver-based private equity firm.The station had been in receivership for 17 months when Cox took over last May and changed the format to smooth jazz.Founded in 1953, WCIN-AM was the city's heritage

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Will a 10 p.m. newscast be a ratings salvation for the digital CinCW?WKRC-TV is pulling its 10 p.m. newscast off WSTR-TV (Channel 64) in August, and moving it to the CinCW, its sister digital signal."It made more financial sense for us to do the news on our own station than to have it air on a competitor down the street," says Les Vann, Channel 12 vice president and general manager. The decision

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Reporter Michael Moely is leaving Channel 5 to be an anchor at a Myrtle Beach TV station not yet on the air.Moely leaves May 2 for WMBF-TV, Raycom Media's new NBC affiliate (Channel 32) in Myrtle Beach/Florence, S.C. The all-digital station plans to sign on Aug. 8 (8-8-08), in conjunction with NBC's Summer Olympics opening ceremonies, says the station's website. (Like the CinCW here, it will be

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Back in the late 1990s, when Jerry Springer's talk show first beat Oprah Winfrey in the ratings, my fellow TV critics would look at me like I had three eyes when I'd say that Springer once was a brilliant writer and an effective, passionate politician.Those who remember Springer the charismatic young Cincinnati City Councilman, and his eloquent commentaries as a Channel 5 news anchor – or those

John Kiesewetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10960713219075133095noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16657512.post-53410865499013046942008-04-16T14:41:00.001-04:002008-04-16T14:43:59.328-04:00

Congratulations to WUBE-FM (105.1) which won a National Association of Broadcasters' Crystal Award for outstanding year-round commitment to community service.Country B105 was one of 10 stations – from 50 nominees – presented the award at the NAB Radio Show in Las Vegas.Bonneville's WKRQ-FM (101.9, or Q102) was among the nominees announced in March.Here's the NAB release listing the 10 winners:

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Several of you have asked why Sunday's Reds-Pirates game from Pittsburgh was not in HDTV, as scheduled by Fox Sports Net Ohio, and if it was a Time Warner problem.So here's the answer to the question from Steve Pawlowski, FSNO spokesman in Cleveland -- though I'm not sure I understand it. (Maybe one of the TV engineers who read this blog can explain it to us):Pawlowski says: "Here's the deal...

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Drew Friend, the 5-year-old boy Monroe boy who gave away his birthday gifts last Sunday, will be on the "Oprah Winfrey" show Monday (4 p.m., Channels 9, 2).A crew from Oprah's Harpo Productions filmed Drew giving away gifts last Sunday for a show about people inspired by Winfrey’s "Oprah’s Big Give" reality show on ABC. With the help of Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church members in Liberty Township,

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More than a year ago, Jason Phelps and Mendy Shaw wrote a song called "Stronger," inspired by the difficulty in breaking into the music business. Now "Stronger" could be their big break."Stronger" is one of 20 finalists in the "American Idol" songwriting competition. It was chosen from "thousands" of online entries, though "Idol" publicists won’t say exactly how many.Shaw, a 1987 Little Miami

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Caitlin Van-Zandt and John Driscoll from the "Guiding Light" -- a Procter & Gamble production airing on CBS for 70 years -- will be here Friday to promote volunteerism and meet fans on Fountain Square at noon.Van-Zandt, who plays Ashlee Wolfe, and Driscoll, who plays Henry "Coop" Bradshaw," will start their day Friday planting trees in Laurel Park in the West End 8-11 a.m. They'll be joined by

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All the TV stations look alike these days, with their syndicated shows and local newscasts. That wasn't the case when TV started, which made researching the 60th anniversary of Cincinnati television for my Sunday story so much fun.http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20080413/ENT/804130449/For starters, there was only one TV station on the air in 1948 – Crosley Broadcasting's

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A crew from ESPN's "SportsCenter" will be shooting the Cincinnati Rollergirls home opener against the Fort Wayne Derby Girls Saturday night at Cincinnati Gardens.But before then, ESPN will be shooting at The Enquirer this afternoon – like right across from my desk. They're interviewing Lauren Bishop, a really cool features reporter and our Roller Derby Diva blogger, who skates on the team as Miss

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So which local TV station is talking about dropping sports from the TV news?People have been called by a public opinion survery company and asked: How would you feel if your local news station got rid of sports on its newscasts?If they call me, I'd tell them that TV sports news is one of the reasons I watch local TV news. And I'd suggest that the local TV stations cut the weather to give me more

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If you're going to audition for David Letterman's "Stupid Pet Tricks" segment at the Everything Pets expo Saturday at the Duke Energy Center downtown, here's what you need to know:--Arrive early. Registration starts at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Duke Energy Center loading dock on Sixth Street, and ends at 3:30 p.m. (The expo opens at 10 a.m.). Each eligible participant will receive four free

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Just wanted you to know that Fox's "Idol Gives Back" special tonight will start at an usual time -- 7:30 p.m. (Channels 19, 45) -- instead of the normal 8 p.m. "American Idol" time. The concert, taped Sunday in Los Angeles, airs 7:30-10 p.m.Performing on the show are Mariah Carey, John Legend, Miley Cyrus, Carrie Underwood, Gloria Estefan, Snoop Dogg, Sheila E, Fergie, Heart and the "American

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Some of you have been asking when the Reds will be in HD on Fox Sports Net Ohio, so here it is: Tonight. The Reds-Brewers from Milwaukee at 8 p.m. today is the first of 71 FSNO games in HD.Other upcoming HD Reds games:Sunday 4/13, 1:30 p.m., at Pittsburgh.Saturday, 4/19: 1 p.m. Brewers at GABP.Monday-Tuesday, 4/21-4/22, 7 p.m., LA Dodgers at GABP.FSNO will do standard definition broadcasts of the

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Add another name to the growing list of TV folks leaving town: Becky Freemal, WCPO "Good Morning Tristate" reporter, joins the list with Dave Wagner, Richard Jordan, Lisa Cornwell, Pete Scalia and Sasha Rionda.Freemal, Channel 9's morning news general assignment reporter, is the second "Good Morning Tristate" on-air person to quit for an anchor job in another market. The Cincinnati native, who

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Dave Wagner leaving Channel 5 to anchor in Charlotte, N.C., comes as no surprise. I didn't expect him to stay around for long after losing his 11 p.m. WLWT-TV anchor job two years ago.Not only is he moving on, but he's moving up. Wagner will co-anchor the 5, 6 and 11 p.m. news at NBC affiliate WCNC-TV in Charlotte, the nation's No. 25 TV market. Cincinnati is No. 33.Here's the WCNC-TV

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Updated 10:30 a.m. Weds 4/2: If you watched Tim Hedrick's "Science Spectacular" last night, you saw that the audio was out of sync with the video for the first segment. So Channel 12 will repeat the special at 7 p.m. Friday. It's a fun half-hour. Too bad we don't have more local specials on TV here...Here's what I wrote before it aired Tuesday:Tim Hedrick continues his quest to make science fun

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Not everyone watched the Xavier-West Virginia NCAA tournament game last night. The CBS telecast on Channel 12 was Cincinnati’s top TV attraction Thursday night -- but it was no Super Bowl in terms of TV ratings.Xavier's thrilling overtime victory over Bob Huggins' West Virginia Mountaineers drew 32 percent of local TV households, according to overnight Nielsen Media Research meters.The game's

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Wally Phillips, the popular Chicago radio personality who got his start in Cincinnati, has died in Naples, Fla. He was 82.Born in Portsmouth in 1925, Phillips moved with his family to Cincinnati at age 6, when his father died. He dropped out of high school here to enter the Army Air Forces for World War II, the Chicago Tribune said.After the war, he worked for a DJ in Grand Rapids, Mich., for

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Reporter Sasha Rionda is leaving WKRC-TV on Friday, the third Channel 12 on-air person to depart in two weeks.Rionda, 30, whose Spanish-language "Nuestro Rincon" weekend morning newscasts were canceled a year ago, is heading to Atlanta. The Mexico City native came to Channel 12 four years ago for "Nuestro Rincon," the city's first and only Spanish-language newscast."My husband and I are moving

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Could this be a first? An "Uncle Al Show" mention in the New York Times?New York Times columnist Gail Collins today compares the Democratic presidential race to watching the "Uncle Al Show" while growing up in Cincinnati. Put your toys away -- and don't delay -- then click on this link:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/opinion/27collins.html?th&emc=th

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OK, first of all, you can see why I'm a writer and not a photographer. But I thought you'd like to see my view from the red carpet of George Clooney's "Leatherheads" premeire Monday night in Maysville... while you read my account of the evening.The FAQ when I returned from Maysville was: What's George Clooney like? And here's what I tell people: He's as nice as you'd want him to be. A total class

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Here's the WKRC-TV (Channel 12) lineup for the NCAA Sweet 16 Thursday and Friday:Thursday7 p.m.: Pregame show.7:10 p.m.: Xavier-West Virginia9:57 p.m. (approximate): Louisville-Tennessee.Channel 12 will have "constant" coverage of XU, so CBS shouldn't cut away. The Louisville game will be "flex" coverage, so CBS may switch to the Western Kentucky-UCLA game during the late game.Friday7 p.m.:

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It looks like the season finale will be the series finale for "Jericho" (10 p.m., Channels 12, 7), unless another network rescues the drama. CBS says tonight's show – the seventh and final show produced this season – will be the last on the network, due to low ratings."Jericho" was given a seven-episode order last summer, after a robust protest by fans."Jericho" was No. 56 of 89 shows last week,

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MTV's "Made" produducers are coming back to town for an open casting call 1-4 p.m. April 5 at the Main Public Library downtown.It's limited to people ages 15-21. Each applicant will have a two- to five-minute interview with MTV representatives about how the show can help them reach a goal, according to information posted by the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County at All should bring

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Yes, it's true. Finally! Time Warner will carry Fox Sports Net Ohio's Reds games in HDTV this year, after refusing to provide them last year. FSN Ohio HDTV will be on Cincinnati Channel 968, and in Dayton on Channel 768.FSN Ohio will do 71 games -- of its 145-game Reds schedule -- in HDTV, up from 33 games last year.The HDTV games will be available at no extra charge to Time Warner customers with

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WUBE-FM (105.1) staffers have an added incentive to watch the 43rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards May 18. B105 has been nominated as a major market "radio station of the year" by the academy along with WXTU-FM, Philadelphia, Pa.; KYGO-FM, Denver; WQYK-FM, St. Petersburg, Fla.; WMIL-FM, Greenfield, Wisc. It's B105's first nomination from the Academy of Country Music. Judging is based on

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Here's the Channel 12 NCAA Tournament lineup for Friday. All games will be in HDTV and standard definition.All four games are CBS "flex" coverage, which means the network could jump around to other games if there's a blow-out. (Channel 12 has requested "constant" coverage for the Xavier-Georgia game today, so CBS should stick with it for the entire game.) Noon: Pregame show12:25 p.m.:

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Channel 12 Reporter Richard Jordan is headed home to Miami. Jordan was hired by Local 12 in August 2006 when the station launched its 10 p.m. newscast on Channel 64. He's going back to Fox affiliate WSVN-TV (Channel 7) in Fort Lauderdale/Miami, where he was a writer and associate producer five years ago.Jordan is the second person to quit since Newport Television bought the station last Friday

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If you wanna see the long anticipated "Clash of the Choirs" thank-you concert March 30, you'd better get on line fast and place an order.Only 3,200 tickets will be available for the 6 p.m. concert at Crossroads church, 3500 Madison Road, Oakley.Choir director Nick Lachey will present the $250,000 check won by his singers on the TV show to Cincinnati’s Children’s Hospital Medical Center. But he

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As expected, WKRC-TV (Channel 12) tips off the NCAA men's basketball tourmament with Xavier University at 12:20 p.m. Thursday. All four CBS games on Channel 12 will be broadcast in HDTV.Here's the Thursday lineup I just got from Channel 12: Noon: Pregame show12:30 p.m.: Xavier-Georgia2:30 p.m.: Kentucky-Marquette7 p.m. Pregame show7:10 p.m.: USC-Kansas State9:40 p.m.: Notre Dame-George

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The UC-Bradley basketball tournament game at 7 p.m. Wednesday has been moved to new Time Warner and Insights channels, due to technical difficulties. The Bearcats' inaugural College Basketball Invitational tournament game will be seen on Time Warner Channel 99 in the Cincinnati area, including the former Adelphia systems, not Channel 43 as announced Monday. The NHL Columbus Blue Jackets will

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Detroit area native Jay Kruz has been named program director for Bonneville's "The Sound" WSWD-FM (94.9). He replaces Tommy BoDean, who mysteriously left the station in January immediately after the station had its best ratings book. The Sound jumped from No. 10 to a No. 3 tie with sister station WUBE-FM (B105.1) in the 18-34 demographic in year-to-year ratings. The Sound format debuted in

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CET broadcasts a live discussion at 7 p.m. tonight about the impact of the arts and cultural resources in Cincinnati, with help of the Cincinnatus Association's Arts and Culture committee.Robert Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts, will participate in the "Focus Special Edition: Arts & Culture in Greater Cincinnati" (7 p.m., Channel 48). He'll be on a panel with Cincinnati USA

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Audio podcasts, personalized options and more video will be added to http://www.cetconnect.org/ , the Cincinnati public TV station’s Internet site, with a $200,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasts. Launched two years ago, the website offers more than 1,000 arts, educational, history, family and public affairs videos on demand. The federal funding will allow CET to redesign the

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Steve Horstmeyer quit WKRC-TV (Channel 12) today to accept the chief meteorologist job at WXIX-TV (Channel 19). Wow! What a shrewd move by Fox 19!This will pay double dividends for Fox 19: Not only do they get the most veteran TV meteorologist in the market -- and one of the most respected -- but the "Fox 19 Morning News" ratings could go up without reliable Horstmeyer on Channel 12's top-rated

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WKRC-TV and the CinCW have a new boss, with Newport Television finally closing on the purchase of Clear Channel's TV stations last Friday for $1.1-billion. Les Vann from Syracuse has been named vice president and general manager for both stations.Vann has been executive vice president and general manager over two Granite Broadcasting Corp. stations in New York: CBS affiliate WTVH-TV in Syracuse,

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Details are trickling in for TV coverage of the basketball tournaments starting this week. As I get info, I'll post it here. This will be a work in progress...Channel 12 Thursday: The first two games Thursday will be Xavier-Georgia at 12:20 p.m., likely followed by Kentucky-Marquette at 2:30 p.m. As of 1:30 p.m., Channel 12 doesn't know its evening games. And CBS says that "virtually all" NCAA

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Insight customers in Northern Kentucky again will see the Fox Sports Net Ohio's Reds games in HDTV. Play ball!The 71 Reds games in HDTV from FSNO again will be available at no extra charge to customers with an Insight HDTV converter box and digital choice level service, says Tim Klinefelter, Insight NKY vice president. The FSNO HDTV games will be on Insight Channel 929, the special events

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I'm getting calls from Time Warner customers in Delhi Township asking why they can't see the XU-Dayton A10 tourney game on Time Warner basic Channel 2, as TWC announced earlier this week.Apparently everyone else is getting it -- we've only heard complaints from the TWC customers on the old Adelphia system. (This happened last fall too, when the former Adelphia customers couldn't get the St.

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This sounds like a great idea: Nick Lachey is producing MTV reality series pilot at his alma mater, the School for Creative & Performing Arts. Lachey, a 1992 SCPA grad, is executive producer on a "Fame"-style series blending "performances by the students with the narrative about what takes place in the school," according to the Hollywood Reporter. "The stories and relationships are all set to

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Time for March TV madness: Here's how to watch Xavier and UK men's basketball teams in their conference tournaments this week: XAVIER: XU’s A10 tournament games will be available to all Time Warner customers on basic cable Channel 2 (which usually runs infomercials). Xavier plays the Dayton-St. Louis winner at noon Thursday in the quarterfinals. If XU wins, the semifinals will be on Channel 2

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