tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13975530.post116301245646218807..comments2023-09-22T13:45:50.991-04:00Comments on Ohio Media Watch: Wednesday Follow-UpOhio Media Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07003503894299610300noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13975530.post-1163211974737108102006-11-10T21:26:00.000-05:002006-11-10T21:26:00.000-05:00Pfff .. Yeah, I had a lot of "election" coverage. ...Pfff .. <BR/><BR/>Yeah, I had a lot of "election" coverage. I had reporters at Ashland, Holmes and Medina County Board of Elections but our main county .. well, they blew the goat.<BR/><BR/>10 o'clock rolls around and I got nothin'. NOTHIN'. Zero.<BR/><BR/>So, whoever posted this .. yeah .. award winning election coverage.<BR/><BR/>It was truly not worth mentioning.<BR/><BR/>It was just dam straight bad.<BR/><BR/>-DDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13975530.post-1163198396436849892006-11-10T17:39:00.000-05:002006-11-10T17:39:00.000-05:00Our apologies to Mr. Dial and the mighty 104.5 in ...Our apologies to Mr. Dial and the mighty 104.5 in Wooster. We've corrected the original item.<BR/><BR/>-The ManagementOhio Media Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07003503894299610300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13975530.post-1163191811238228292006-11-10T15:50:00.000-05:002006-11-10T15:50:00.000-05:00We here at WQKT in Wooster actually gave money bac...We here at WQKT in Wooster actually gave money back to NOT carry that night's Cavs game and had election coverage the entire evening.<BR/><BR/>The coverage was anchored by Dave Dial, who goes back as far as Ronald Reagan being voted out of office as the anchor of WQKT's 52,000 watt coverage.<BR/><BR/>So, a small correction there. All you had to do was listen. It was easily confirmed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13975530.post-1163040728026522402006-11-08T21:52:00.000-05:002006-11-08T21:52:00.000-05:00St. Louis may be the one market where Rover stays,...St. Louis may be the one market where Rover stays, as I doubt Emmis would pony up the dollars necessary to get Opie and Anthony, or a similar replacement..Bob and Tom is already taken in the market..<BR/><BR/>I'm a proponent of starting radio election coverage at 9..unless you catch real breaks with the counting of ballots, starting at 7 is almost useless..its a lesson broadcast TV learned this year..besides, unless you had a hot local race, the Governor and Senate races in Ohio were called by the networks before 7-30 EST..only your hard core political junkies were likely to stick around..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13975530.post-1163026725215644382006-11-08T17:58:00.000-05:002006-11-08T17:58:00.000-05:00With the alt-rocker going away it looks like one l...With the alt-rocker going away it looks like one less affiliate for Rover. At the rate he's losing them, he'll be back to Cleveland only very soon.<BR/><BR/>John MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13975530.post-1163021642445943062006-11-08T16:34:00.000-05:002006-11-08T16:34:00.000-05:00COMMERCIAL-FREE non-stop, non-network coverage fro...COMMERCIAL-FREE non-stop, non-network coverage from FM 88-9 went beyond midnight with 37 year election veteran Bob Long and his experienced adult co-anchor team. Local political folks dropping in for live interviews and some live phone interviews mixed it up for some outstanding Portage County radio election returns. Nice job Bob & the whole WSTB volunteer team!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com