Notes From The Newsroom: 5/18/12

By Frank Macek

It's time for another behind the scenes look at what's happening inside the WKYC Digital Broadcast Center.

We'll keep this edition brief, but wanted to take a moment and note our return from a very "brief" and indefinite hiatus. Your blogger received so many notes from those on Facebook and our regular readers that I decided to reconsider the move to end the blog.

If nothing else, I wanted to show that I was truthful about saying no one at WKYC "forced" me to end the blog. It was my decision then and my decision to start the blog back up today. WKYC management has been very supportive of my efforts in the past and I fully expect that to continue.

Sweeps end next Wednesday, May 23rd, and we'll all be glad when that moment comes. May and November sweeps months seem like the longest months of the year for some reason. This May is very competitive in the Cleveland market and the final results will be interesting.

The WKYC staff is busy working on a lot of projects coming up this summer including the 2012 Summer Olympics on NBC from London. The games are just 70 days away now and we'll be in the Olympic Zone!

Also, Browns preseason football is returning to Channel 3 where we will broadcast 3 of the 4 games this year. The first game air on WOIO due to conflicts with the Olympics which we are obligated to air. Here is our broadcast schedule:

• 8/16/12 @ Green Bay (7:30 pm pregame/8:00 pm kickoff)
• 8/24/12 vs. Philadelphia (7 pm pregame/7:30 pm kickoff)
• 8/30/12 vs. Chicago (7 pm pregame/7:30 pm kickoff)

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