December 2001

Syracuse Post-Standard radio and television columnist William LaRue has put together his list of top stories of the year in radio and television. (2009 Update: the link to LaRue’s article is no longer valid because syracuse.com changed their format, rendering links to older material invalid.)

All Access is reporting that Diana DeGuida was let go from her position of promotions director for B104.7. According to the report, DeGuida, whose last day was Friday December 21, was laid off due to budget cutbacks.

The Syracuse radio community said goodbye to several broadcast veterans this year.

Over the past year, the national radio scene saw the big guys getting bigger, Limbaugh and Harvey facing medical problems, and legal tangles with regard to the Internet and its role in broadcast radio. Here are CNYRadio.com’s picks for the top ten national radio news stories that are also of local interest in the Syracuse

Over the past year, Syracuse radio brought us a new sports station, live Internet broadcasts, and extra holiday music. Here are CNYRadio.com’s picks for the top ten local stories relating to the Central New York radio market.

After twelve years as host of one of National Public Radio’s most popular programs, Linda Wertheimer said goodbye at the end of today’s All Things Considered.

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who slowly became completely deaf earlier this year, underwent surgery yesterday to place a cochlear implant in one ear.

Gene Wolf and Al Fasoldt have found a new home for their long-running computer advice program Random Access. The show, which aired on 570 WSYR up until this past September, has been picked up by TK-99/105 and can be heard Sunday nights from 6-8 p.m.

Hot 107-9 (WWHT) is losing its morning show producer and sidekick. A posting today on the CNY Broadcast Message Board says Matt Johnson is headed for a programming position in Jackson, Mississippi.

In what has become an annual tradition, a number of stations are sending their morning teams out for live broadcasts featuring some of central New York’s best musicians. Here’s the lineup so far: