January 20, 201213 yr where is the scolding? I had about 12 more places listed, I had a word count limit and some things had to get cut for space. Well, the last comment (I saw it yesterday). Claudia Young · Hunter College "no vtr?" Also the owner of City Budha thinks they offended you..... Of course eveybody thinks you should have mentioned something you didnt... Isnt it supposed to be your list afterall....? Im seeing them after the article. You had responded to a comment from Larry Nehring....
January 20, 201213 yr Those are on FB. They must pull them into their article somehow. I didn't see the VTR one as she didn't respond to MY posting of the article, but probably someone's repost that I wouldnt' have seen.
January 20, 201213 yr Great Job! My buddy from Baltimore was trying to put together a Cleveland weekend trip with his Baltimore friends, looks like you did the work for him. Given your target audience, I forgive you for leaving off the Harbor Inn and Major Hooples.
January 20, 201213 yr If I may attention-whore myself with a little self promotion: "unofficial tour guide devises her dream weekend in cleveland" From Freshwater Cleveland I've lived in Cleveland for almost 20 years (with the exception of time spent in Los Angeles in the late 90s when I lost my mind). During the bulk of my two decades on the North Coast, I've worked downtown, exploring during my free time every little nook and cranny of this great town. I am a passionate mom, wife, actor, writer and humble home cook. I'm also a huge locavore and food nerd (I don't much care for the term foodie), and I regularly immerse myself in the wonderful gravy that is the local food scene. Thanks to all of the above, I am forever tasked with suggesting to friends things to do, places to go, and restaurants to enjoy.... More at the link: http://freshwatercleveland.com/features/dreamweekend011912.aspx Nice!!! You should have put the baby in...kiddies = ratings.
January 20, 201213 yr If I may attention-whore myself with a little self promotion: "unofficial tour guide devises her dream weekend in cleveland" From Freshwater Cleveland I've lived in Cleveland for almost 20 years (with the exception of time spent in Los Angeles in the late 90s when I lost my mind). During the bulk of my two decades on the North Coast, I've worked downtown, exploring during my free time every little nook and cranny of this great town. I am a passionate mom, wife, actor, writer and humble home cook. I'm also a huge locavore and food nerd (I don't much care for the term foodie), and I regularly immerse myself in the wonderful gravy that is the local food scene. Thanks to all of the above, I am forever tasked with suggesting to friends things to do, places to go, and restaurants to enjoy.... More at the link: http://freshwatercleveland.com/features/dreamweekend011912.aspx Really good job. But if she's originally from this area (or anywhere else in the ethnic midwest) I'd suggest sneaking Balaton's in there. I know I'm going to catch hell for this and it will be used against me by one of you whores later, but Balatons? Really?? The onion rings and the spicy dumpling soup are the only things I like. Unless your Hungarian, I can't see vision this as a "must see". Thx! She's originally from an upper middle class family in CT and ironically, hates "heavy" food so a few of the places on the stop will likely be just for drinks instead of what I set out in the article. She's a skinny, sushi and cocktails girl more than a beer and sausage person if you know what I mean. She thinks sauerkraut and sausage are disgusting for example. What? she should slapped with a sausage!
February 12, 201213 yr Cleveland PD seemingly turning the corner?? Our 2012 agenda for Northeast Ohio: editorial Published: Saturday, February 11, 2012, 8:37 PM The Plain Dealer Editorial Board This should be a big year for Greater Cleveland and for the resilient city at its core. Ideas, innovations and investments that have been incubating for a decade are ready to blossom. The challenge for this community -- and the centerpiece of our editorial agenda for the coming year-- must be to bring those efforts to maturity, link them in ways that reinforce progress and maintain our momentum toward a brighter future. The concrete signs of progress are undeniable: the nearly complete Horseshoe Casino on Public Square; construction cranes at the convention center and medical mart complex, the Flats East Bank project and University Circle; construction crews working on the first of the new Inner Belt bridges and laying the groundwork for continued development around Cleveland State University. Demand is surging for downtown housing, out-of-town firms are eyeing Midtown and University Circle's growth is spilling over into East Cleveland. Toward that end, The Plain Dealer and PNC Bank will partner with the public broadcasters at Ideastream and the Cleveland Leadership Center to sponsor a series of discussions based on this agenda. The first, on March 12 at PlayhouseSquare, will feature Paul Levy, CEO of Center City Philadelphia. Over two decades, his nonprofit group has helped spur a renaissance in downtown Philadelphia. Cleveland's investment boom gives us a similar window of opportunity to build a vibrant, connected core once the cranes have gone away -- you already can see pockets of what could be on East Fourth Street or in Ohio City -- and we need to talk about how. http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/02/our_2012_agenda_for_northeast.html
February 13, 201213 yr I don't know if it's the PD turning a corner, but it's a welcome sign that everything else is.
February 14, 201213 yr Our 2012 agenda for Northeast Ohio: editorial The Plain Dealer is dreck and is talking around obvious issues while they feign concern.
May 11, 201213 yr Thank you X 1,000 Channel 5. You took what could have been a serious story and instead, you went that extra mile to make it cartoonishly hilarious!!! p.s. the "horror movie" edit at 4:05 is my favorite, along with the entire soundtrack http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/investigations/blind-rta-rider-says-transit-cops-failed-to-rescue-him-after-falling-on-tracks-calling-for-help
May 11, 201213 yr Thank you X 1,000 Channel 5. You took what could have been a serious story and instead, you went that extra mile to make it cartoonishly hilarious!!! p.s. the "horror movie" edit at 4:05 is my favorite, along with the entire soundtrack http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/investigations/blind-rta-rider-says-transit-cops-failed-to-rescue-him-after-falling-on-tracks-calling-for-help This is just laughable lol
May 24, 201213 yr Cleveland ready to rock again with HD2 alt rock "99X" Cleveland has been down one rock station since CBS Radio flipped WKRK-FM to all-sports "92.3 The Fan" last Summer. Now alt-rock reemerges in the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the launch of “99X, Cleveland’s New Rock Alternative,” via HD Radio and a translator. The station is also on Clear Channel’s iHeartRadio. http://www.radio-info.com/news/cleveland-ready-to-rock-again-with-hd2-alt-rock-99x http://wmms-hd.clearchannel.com/pages/99x.html
May 24, 201213 yr Cleveland ready to rock again with HD2 alt rock "99X" Cleveland has been down one rock station since CBS Radio flipped WKRK-FM to all-sports "92.3 The Fan" last Summer. Now alt-rock reemerges in the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the launch of “99X, Cleveland’s New Rock Alternative,” via HD Radio and a translator. The station is also on Clear Channel’s iHeartRadio. http://www.radio-info.com/news/cleveland-ready-to-rock-again-with-hd2-alt-rock-99x http://wmms-hd.clearchannel.com/pages/99x.html Thanks for the heads up. Checking it out now. Looks like they have Nirvana, Linkin Park and Seven Mary Three on deck...I'm going out on a limb that this is an "alternative gold" type station like the once great CD101 in Columbus has evolved into. Okay "Wicked Garden" by STP confirms this. New station. Old music.
May 24, 201213 yr ^So it's only available on HD Radio? Doesn't matter, sounds like from surf's post that it's just a retread of the old 92.3.
May 24, 201213 yr ^So it's only available on HD Radio? Doesn't matter, sounds like from surf's post that it's just a retread of the old 92.3. You can allegedly hear it on 99.1 FM. Coverage should be Cuyahoga and parts of Summit and Medina. So if you're jonesing for some circa 1997 Alice in Chains.....
May 25, 201213 yr ^So it's only available on HD Radio? Doesn't matter, sounds like from surf's post that it's just a retread of the old 92.3. You can allegedly hear it on 99.1 FM. Coverage should be Cuyahoga and parts of Summit and Medina. So if you're jonesing for some circa 1997 Alice in Chains..... Yeah..... So anyway, it must be a weak signal, because I've tried picking it up on my car radio over the last couple of days, and aside for about a minute where I heard 'fat bottom girls' (which I'm not sure even was the right station?) I get nothing but static.
May 25, 201213 yr So if you're jonesing for some circa 1997 Alice in Chains..... Sometimes, but like most who would, I bought it long ago and can hear it whenever. New rock is getting made out there and I wish mainstream terrestrial radio made some effort to support it. Then they'd both be more relevant.
May 25, 201213 yr So if you're jonesing for some circa 1997 Alice in Chains..... Sometimes, but like most who would, I bought it long ago and can hear it whenever. New rock is getting made out there and I wish mainstream terrestrial radio made some effort to support it. Then they'd both be more relevant. Right you are sir. Luckily there are some good shows on 91.1 and 89.3 that I've come to rely on. http://wruw.org/guide/ http://www.wcsb.org/programs-daily/
May 25, 201213 yr There is also this lovely little playlist I created on Spotify (4000+ tracks - always updating it): Alt Indie Splendor http://open.spotify.com/user/clevoplanner/playlist/3dpIjnwGyacfHHWCzkqa86
May 28, 201213 yr One of the blabbering idiot newsreaders on the 11 O'Clock news tonite when talking about the many rib cook offs mentioned the one downtown by saying "And don't forget the Cleveland Rib CookOff in the flats this weekend, and of course downtown you will have to pay for parking". I mean I doubt this chick will ever have the chance to work in a bigger market but I wonder if she would have added that same parking comment if she was working in NY or Chicago.
May 28, 201213 yr One of the blabbering idiot newsreaders on the 11 O'Clock news tonite when talking about the many rib cook offs mentioned the one downtown by saying "And don't forget the Cleveland Rib CookOff in the flats this weekend, and of course downtown you will have to pay for parking". I mean not that this chick will ever have the chance to work in a bigger market but I wonder if she would have added that same parking comment if she was working in NY or Chicago. I'm not sure how suburbanites in those two towns see it, but among most Cleveland suburbanites it's indeed considered a big deal and a major PITA. That's reality.
May 28, 201213 yr The 99.1 station does not have much coverage east of I'd say about 156th street. And it is not all 1990s rock; they opened with the Black Keys and mix in modern rock like Muse, etc. Nothing very far off the typical rock programming grid though. Would it kill anyone to play some freaking Metric once in a while?
May 28, 201213 yr I'm not sure how suburbanites in those two towns see it, but among most Cleveland suburbanites it's indeed considered a big deal and a major PITA. That's reality. Suburbanites would prefer downtown to look like 83 and Detroit in Avon. I couldn't give two sh1ts what those people think.
May 29, 201213 yr ^^^I don't get how people can say things like 'most suburbanites' and not have any data to back it up. Downtown isn't Mentor, Westlake or Strongsville.
May 29, 201213 yr As of this week, New Orleans has become the largest city without a daily print newspaper http://www.philly.com/philly/business/homepage/20120524_ap_timespicayunetocutpaperto3daysaweek.html And who is the decision-maker and owner of this newspaper?? Advance Publications If this name doesn't sound familiar, it should. They are also the same owner of both the Plain Dealer and cleveland.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Publications Question -- should we be worried at all??
May 29, 201213 yr If you think this would be a bad thing then yes you probably should be worried. Of course it would be a bad thing.
May 29, 201213 yr As a status symbol sure, but beyond that what do you lose? In 10 years nobody will care. My hope is that the collapse of the PD would provide the impetus for talented Cleveland journalists to start something new on their own or in small groups.
May 29, 201213 yr ^To be fair, the PD does do some good investigative reporting sometimes. What kills it is it makes itself into a tiny small-town paper. While papers from other major cities may have headlines about some major world event somewhere, the PD will run some crap ON THE FRONT PAGE that isn't even news like "5-month old climbs onto big green chair all by himself". Its really embarrassing. However, if CLE were to lose its major daily, it would be very bad for the city. If it were a better paper, it would have a stronger chance of survival.
May 29, 201213 yr I totally agree that the PD does a lot of great work. Mostly because last week I watched local TV news for the first time since I went to college. I'm just realistic in that the PD probably wouldn't survive the transition to a mostly internet based media presence because of it's ownership. It would be there but not the same.
May 30, 201213 yr The problem has to do with ad revenue. No historically print-based media can replace traditional ad revenue with their digital outlets, the results are massive cutbacks like the above. The PD may live on, but my guess is as a Sunday wrap-up with the weekly Sun News serving as the community news source. Cle.com will become the driving force for content and feed the print instead of vice versa.
May 30, 201213 yr I find the PD reporting to be indispensable despite that I hate Brent Larkin and Kevin O'Brien. To the PD's credit, they do research and write at length about Ohio issues. I have never seen a TV or radio station put so much time into any story. The TV networks used to develop stories, but they became focused on profit and reduced staff and budgets. The only broadcast news source that could take the place of newspapers is NPR.
May 30, 201213 yr Sometimes I think that Ideastream should start a newspaper/major online news source to complement NPR/PBS.
May 30, 201213 yr I have had the PD delivered daily for the 15 years I've lived in town. However, I think their online strategy is seriously flawed. More and more I head to Cleveland.com to get normal updates - 3-4 times a day - and then see not only breaking news, but also key stories from tomorrow's print edition - and even columnists/feature stories 2-3 days ahead of time (Thurs/Fri for the Sunday paper, etc...) I want to support the PD - but less and less is there anything new in the print edition I'm paying for, since I've already read the exact story (and have likely commted on it) online a day before... I'm all for having an online-accessible version of the print edition - but it might be in their best interests, other than breaking news, to hold back a bit on how early they post stories online - or else the print edition will become irrelevant, by their own hand.
May 30, 201213 yr As of this week, New Orleans has become the largest city without a daily print newspaper http://www.philly.com/philly/business/homepage/20120524_ap_timespicayunetocutpaperto3daysaweek.html And who is the decision-maker and owner of this newspaper?? Advance Publications If this name doesn't sound familiar, it should. They are also the same owner of both the Plain Dealer and cleveland.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Publications Question -- should we be worried at all?? Do you think we should be worried? If so why? Advanced is just the holding company of various papers, why would the circulation and/or readership affect the Plain Dealer? After 9-11 and Katrina, NoLa's paper took a hit. The national media moved in since the local media was nearly shut down. The readership, circulation and ad revenue at the P-T hasn't been that high to being with. The PD is the 12 largest news paper in the country. (minus the wall street journal and USA today) Advance owns Conde Nast and some other business, the PD will be fine.
May 30, 201213 yr I don't know if you guys have seen The Civic Commons website yet, but I can see news reporting evolving to allow for more of this structure. Basically it's a moderated message board, but with scheduled discussions where experts in the subject matter discuss with other posters. Everyone has to register under their own name, and there is a set of rules/expectations for how posters contribute. Essentially, it's a more structured version of this place. I like the concept. You take the best of the comments section, where a reader can contribute something beyond what the story initially covered, but you lose the angry, spam content associated with a typical message board because it's not anonymous, and it's heavily monitored. here's the website www.theciviccommons.com
May 30, 201213 yr I don't know if you guys have seen The Civic Commons website yet, but I can see news reporting evolving to allow for more of this structure. Basically it's a moderated message board, but with scheduled discussions where experts in the subject matter discuss with other posters. Everyone has to register under their own name, and there is a set of rules/expectations for how posters contribute. Essentially, it's a more structured version of this place. I like the concept. You take the best of the comments section, where a reader can contribute something beyond what the story initially covered, but you lose the angry, spam content associated with a typical message board because it's not anonymous, and it's heavily monitored. here's the website www.theciviccommons.com I attended their events in Akron and Cleveland. I can't recommend them enough, they're very inspirational.
May 30, 201213 yr ^To be fair, the PD does do some good investigative reporting sometimes. What kills it is it makes itself into a tiny small-town paper. While papers from other major cities may have headlines about some major world event somewhere, the PD will run some crap ON THE FRONT PAGE that isn't even news like "5-month old climbs onto big green chair all by himself". Its really embarrassing. However, if CLE were to lose its major daily, it would be very bad for the city. If it were a better paper, it would have a stronger chance of survival. The PD does a decent job overall. But there's two major strikes against them. They missed the corruption case despite the fact that it was quite well known what was going on, and they have a "reader ombudsman" who was actually smacked down by the US Supreme Court for libel. Though I guess it could be worse, they could have Bartimole writing for them.
June 3, 201213 yr So apparently there is a new alternative station in Cleveland: 99X (99.1 FM). I've given it a few listens and it's pretty good--exactly what we need in this town. The problem is that the signal is very inconsistent and oftentimes comes in with a lot of static. We just can't win.
June 7, 201213 yr Leon Bibb no longer anchoring 6 p.m. newscast for Channel 5 Published: Wednesday, June 06, 2012, 6:00 PM Updated: Thursday, June 07, 2012, 3:59 AM Chuck Yarborough, The Plain Dealer By Chuck Yarborough, The Plain Dealer Leon Bibb, a mainstay on the Cleveland television airwaves, is no longer the 6 p.m. anchor at WEWS Channel 5. Station managers say the move will allow him to focus on two new projects, "Leon Bibb's Ohio" and "Leon Bibb's Perspective." The 67-year-old Emmy-winning veteran newsman has been replaced by Chris Flanagan, who also co-anchors Channel 5's 11 p.m. newscast with Danita Harris. The shift went into effect Monday. http://www.cleveland.com/tv/index.ssf/2012/06/leon_bibb_no_longer_anchoring.html
June 7, 201213 yr An insightful article on the state of radio. I'm really passionate on the subject. I think you can catch some glimpses of what makes the medium special on college radio. To me the two most necessary ingredients are obvious; you absolutely need good on-air personalities and most importantly, new music. Cleveland radio faces incursions by Pandora and others, as well as a still-ailing economy Published: Sunday, June 03, 2012, Chuck Yarborough, The Plain Dealer By Chuck Yarborough, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- You hear it in every barroom conversation about Cleveland radio: Out-of-state corporate offices have sucked the lifeblood out of the medium, and there are no Buffys around here to stick a stake in whatever hearts may beat in those New York and San Antonio home offices. The glory days, when WMMS FM/100.7 got national attention for our town as "the Buzzard," are long gone. Local radio stalwarts who spent not years but DECADES on the air here have been sent packing or died. Format changes just about outnumber the new voices, who are just that -- voices, not personalities, not neighbors, some not even residents of Ohio. Clearly, this is the end of radio as we know it. http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/06/cleveland_radio_faces_incursio.html
June 7, 201213 yr Been mentioned before probably numerous times, but WJCU does a great job with its programming. I usually have to change the channel when their hosts have their country or Latin shows, but most of the day (particularly during the day) the station is the AAA format which I love.
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