SPORTSCASTING 1998

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• Broadcasters battle for a piece of the Browns; WOIO will air regular-season games, but competition is fierce for radio and other TV rights-il
  Plain Dealer 21 Dec, 1998, pg. 1 sec. A

• Kim Mihalik, WTAM personality, is winning over co-host Mike Trivisonno's listeners-il
  Plain Dealer 30 Nov, 1998, pg. 1 sec. E

• The voice of the Tribe: Tom Hamilton, in his ninth year of describing the Indians' games for radio listeners, is arguably Cleveland's most-heard voice; his broadcast images expand in fans' imaginations-il
  Plain Dealer 12 Oct, 1998, pg. 8 sec. A

• More than 650 men and women have invaded Cleveland to cover the American League Championship Series; newshounds outnumber players, 13 to 1
  Plain Dealer 11 Oct, 1998, pg. 14 sec. A

• Cavaliers maintain lockout silence; however, the Cavs do announce the hiring of Jim Paxson as vice president of basketball operations and Austin Carr as the WUAB Channel 43 analyst
  Plain Dealer 24 Sep, 1998, pg. 10 sec. D

• US captain Judy Rankin, LPGA golfer and ABC-TV analyst, profiled-il
  Plain Dealer 18 Sep, 1998, pg. 1 sec. D

• Sportscasting needs heavyweight like Gib Shanley: Roger Brown
  Plain Dealer 09 Sep, 1998, pg. 2 sec. F

• National Hockey League Board of Governors votes to approve the Walt Disney Co's $600 million, five-year offer for the rights to televise league games, beginning in 1999, on its ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 networks
  Plain Dealer 22 Aug, 1998, pg. 6 sec. D

• Herb Score said goodbye, and he meant it-il: Bill Livingston
  Plain Dealer 19 Jul, 1998, pg. 1 sec. A

• Cleveland Rockers, WNBA gain from TV exposure
  Plain Dealer 11 Jun, 1998, pg. 11 sec. D

• Getting in the game with the WNBA: Cleveland Rockers' opener will be on Lifetime Cable Network; the channel will televise the New York Liberty vs Cleveland Rockers game at the Gund Arena
  Plain Dealer 09 Jun, 1998, pg. 3 sec. F

• WTAM talker Pete Franklin's resignation from his evening talk show is genuine, station officials say
  Plain Dealer 29 May, 1998, pg. 7 sec. B

• Local radio legend Pete Franklin quits his evening sports program on news talk station WTAM, citing anger over what he called fellow station personality Mike Trivisonno's use of ethnic slurs and offensive humor
  Plain Dealer 28 May, 1998, pg. 7 sec. B

• Daune Robinson is the second female public-address announcer working in Major League Baseball this season; two weeks ago, the Cleveland Indians hired Robinson, 34, to work Sunday games when former announcer Mark Tromba informed the organization that he was leaving for a full-time job
  Plain Dealer 13 Apr, 1998, pg. 6 sec. D

• Radio broadcasts of Cleveland Indians baseball games will switch to WTAM AM/1100 from their longtime home on WKNR AM/1220; Jacor moved the popular Indians broadcasts to WTAM because it has a much stronger signal than WKNR; on some evenings, WTAM can be heard in 38 states and part of Canada
  Plain Dealer 07 Apr, 1998, pg. 6 sec. E

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