Cleveland's OWOW Radio Online Station To Close

Closing

OWOW RADIO, the eclectic Triple A streaming station in CLEVELAND, is closing down as of OCTOBER 2nd, reports crosstown NBC affiliate WKYC-TV, whose MONICA ROBINS hosts the weekend "NAKED BRUNCH" show on OWOW.

The closing of the station, created by former WMMS PD JOHN GORMAN , was attributed to the "negative business environment" in the pandemic, which directly impacted the local advertisers that supported the operation. A press release cited increased streaming ratings up 20% year-to-year but added that SUMMER revenue accounted for over half of the station's total for the year.

As an update: Due to listener response, the OWOW staff made provisions to keep OWOW’s music programming streaming during the month of OCTOBER or as long as the station can financially and contractually endure.

“We know that continuing the music is only one of the many programming and marketing elements of OWOW, and does not incorporate the personalities, news, pubic service, regional information, opinion, and being live and local, which have become known for. But, for now, we will continue to provide the CLEVFELAND Timeless Rock soundtrack element of OWOW in this interceding period,” said GORMAN

WOW Media, LLC was established 2014 by JOHN GORMAN and JIM MARCHYSHYN. OWOW was CLEVELAND’s first commercial online radio station that began streaming in FEBRUARY 2015. 

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