Director's Cut Blog with Frank Macek

Special to the Director's Cut Blog By Mac Mahaffee The Cleveland Indians and WKYC are once again teaming up for Weather Education Day at Progressive Field on Thursday, April 21, 2016. Sponsored by the Northeast Regional Sewer District, Weather Education Day brings thousands of students, teachers and parents together to participate in a pre-game weather education program, presented by WKYC's Weather Team, before the start of the game. Each student will be given a Weather Education Day workbook that is packed full of useful weather information and activities. Weather Education Day at Progressive Field has become one of Northern Ohio's premier field trips for school groups. The program begins at 10:00 AM and all participants will then take in the game between the Cleveland Indians and Seattle Mariners that begins at 12:10 PM. The on-field program is created and produced by WKYC-Channel 3 Chief Meteorologist Betsy Kling. Kling, along with meteorologists Hollie...

The Cleveland Indians are back on WKYC for 2016 with the Indians Home Opener on Monday, April 4th. Our live coverage begins at 1 pm with our Channel 3 News sports special called "Tribe Time: Opening Day" live from Progressive Field At 3 pm, it's Sporstime Ohio's "Indians Live" with Al Pawlowski and Jensen Lewis. Then at 4 pm, the Indians take on the Boston Red Sox for the sold out game. You can join the conversation on Twitter. We'll have the hashtag to use during our live coverage. --- Follow Frank Macek on Twitter @frankmacekwkyc and on Facebook

By Tom Beres WKYC Senior Political Correspondent CLEVELAND -- It's a time of big events and important change in Northeast Ohio. At the top of the list is the looming Republican National Convention in July. But other key decisions are being made this year. Ohioans will choose whether to retain Republican Senator Rob Portman or replace him with the Democratic former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland. Cleveland voters will decide this November whether to renew a levy for Cleveland's troubled, but improving school system. Cleveland's police department is in the midst of a federally mandated upgrade to make it more accountable, better trained and less prone to excessive violence. With so much happening, it requires more insight and perspective than what can fit into normal newscasts. The national events will have a specific impact on our state and region. That's why WKYC Channel 3 is reviving its political discussion segment "Between the Lines," ho...

By Frank Macek It's time for another "behind the scenes" look at what's happening inside the WKYC Digital Broadcast Center celebrating our 15th year at 13th and Lakeside. Just a couple of notes to add to the mix for this month of March as we get ready for Spring in Northeast Ohio. The February book is now a distance memory and once again Channel 3 News is the number one newscast at 11 pm in households, Adults 24-54, and several other key demographics. Channel 3 News at 6 & 7 pm ranked in 2nd place in the demos, as well as the Channel 3 News Today from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. Channel 3 has new room mates starting this week after Fox Sportstime Ohio moved to their news studios in early February located at the Huntington Building on Public Square. The Greater Cleveland Film Commission Team We welcome the Greater Cleveland Film Commission team of Ivan Schwarz, Seema Jayaswal, John Luteran, Tabitha Mensch, Meghan Newman, Raan Shalom and Laura Stringer. We ar...