SYRACUSE — Despite having almost zero local personalities on the air, three radio stations owned by iHeart lead the pack (among subscribing stations) in the latest top-line monthly ratings report from Nielsen.

5/2 update: a reader reports the station is now identifying as “Magic 103.3.” UTICA-ROME — A yearlong partnership between two area radio stations appears to have come to an end. Rome’s WKAL 1450 and 103.3 FM (translator W277DR) have stopped simulcasting locally-owned Arjuna Broadcasting’s “El Zorro Radio Latino,” which originates on Herkimer’s WNRS 1420 and

SYRACUSE — Congratulations to Tim Fox of NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV), upon being named one of this year’s “Medal Award” winners by the Onondaga Historical Association. Fox and his fellow honorees will receive their medals during a ceremony next month in Syracuse.

Nothing like a good “Friday night news dump.” Bloomberg reports iHeart, the owner of multiple Syracuse radio stations, is in “preliminary” merger talks with satellite radio operator SiriusXM.

SYRACUSE — Spectrum News 1 chief photographer Mike Kuehner is the Syracuse Press Club’s 2026 winner of the Selwyn Kershaw Professional Standards Award, the club announced today.

SYRACUSE — After a bit of a slump in second place or tied for first, iHeart country station B104.7 (WBBS) has firmly reclaimed the top spot in Nielsen’s radio audience size estimates for the Syracuse market. But the news wasn’t as good for top 40-formatted sister station Hot 107.9 (WWHT).

WEST READING, PA — “I had a good run…” That was the final Facebook post from Chris Barnes on Monday. Barnes, whose 45-year radio career included a brief stint as News Director at Newsradio 570 WSYR in Syracuse, died Tuesday night at the age of 66.