Director's Cut Blog with Frank Macek

WKYC announced today that it will begin airing the NBC owned Cozi TV channel beginning on Saturday, September 30, on digital subchannel 3.3 Cozi TV (stylized on-air as COZI TV) is an American digital multicast television network that is owned by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations division of NBCUniversal. The network airs classic television series from the 1950s to the 1990s and include popular favorites like "Frasier," "Little House on the Prairie," "The Munsters," "Murder She Wrote" and "Columbo." The network originated as a local news and lifestyle programming format that was launched between 2009 and 2011 and was seen on digital subchannels operated by nine owned-and-operated television stations of the NBC television network in the United States under the brand NBC Nonstop. The sitcoms and drama series now appearing on Cozi are primarily from the NBCUniversal Television Distribution program library. The new stat...

By Mac Mahaffee Special to the Director's Cut Blog In the wake of Hurricane Harvey and now Hurricane Irma, WKYC Channel 3 is teaming up with Q104 and working with the Salvation Army to collect, transport, store and distribute supplies to survivors in Texas and Florida. On Tuesday September 19, we'll will be hosting a local supply collection here at our studios, 1333 Lakeside Ave. in Cleveland from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. United Van Lines local agent Andrews Moving Company will be on-site to help load and then transport donated supplies to areas in need. Pilot Flying J, the largest operator of travel centers in North America, is donating fuel for the trucks. We will be collecting brand new cleaning supplies, baby supplies and non-perishable canned goods.  Accepted donations include: Multiple sizes of diapers, including pull-ups Baby wipes Baby formula (powder only) Baby clothing detergent (powder only) Baby lotion Baby powder Baby bottles Bottled water Diaper-rash oin...

Wow! $121,258.84 was raised through WKYC's 24-hour Digi-thon, which benefits those impacted by Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana. We can't thank you all enough for your immense outpouring of support. Our first-of-its-kind Digi-thon began at 7 a.m. Thursday and continued through 7 a.m. Friday on WKYC.com and WKYC's Facebook page. Just because the Digi-thon is over doesn't mean you missed the opportunity to donate. You can still contribute HERE