December 2002

Former WTLB midday personality Bob O’Donnell passed away recently in Bonita Springs, Florida after a battle with cancer. O’Donnell, who worked at the Utica station during their Top 40 days of the late 60s and early 70s, originally made his mark as part of a folk music trio, The Windgate Singers. After his run at

Come the first of the year, syndicated talk show host Art Bell will sign off for good, and his web site www.artbell.com will go dark forever as well. According to Bell, the site, which is jammed full of articles and photos covering the topics discussed on his show over the past six years “will never

It’s that time of year once again, and area stations are out and about with plenty of live music and cheap breakfasts leading up to Christmas day. Here’s what we’ve got so far…

Last year both Y94FM and Lite 105.9 opted for wall-to-wall holiday music for the weeks leading up to Christmas. Citing success with last year’s effort, Y94FM switched to 100% holiday tunes just before Thanksgiving, while Lite 105.9 is broadcasting a mix of about 20%, and religious station WMHR is up around 75%.

Clear Channel Communications has retained Pat Pagano as the weather forecaster of choice for mornings on 570 WSYR, but for the rest of the day, WIXT TV 9 meteorologists now handle the task. With Clear Channel’s acquisition of WIXT, Pagano was not surprised with the move. WSYR’s programming head, Rich Lauber, has no complaints with

Listen for a new voice during the day over at Hot 107-9. Erin Bristol, Hot’s new program director, slides into the midday slot, while Marty The One Party moves up to afternoon drive. Also new to the schedule, catch the hot songs of the day weeknights at 11:00 with Carson Daly’s syndicated show Most Requested.

Bob 102.5 (WRBY) in Rome welcomes Paul Koffy as the station’s new midday jock. Koffy, who hails from Greenville, South Carolina, took over from Shelly Easton in October.

Bob 102.5 (WRBY) in Rome welcomes Paul Koffy as the station’s new midday jock. Koffy, who hails from Greenville, South Carolina, took over from Shelly Easton in October.

The 12th annual 95X Rock Auction held at Shoppingtown Mall this past weekend ‘rocked’. Thanks to an Ozzy Osbourne autographed guitar which went for $5,000 and an AC/DC guitar which fetched $2,005, the station was able to raise $16,800 for the local chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. This year’s grand total is more than double

UTICA — The dust hasn’t settled yet over at 107 WRCK. The Utica Observer-Dispatch is reporting that Bill Keeler is considering legal action against Galaxy Communications over his termination from WRCK earlier this week. Galaxy had little comment about the shift in direction for the station except to say that Keeler’s former sidekick Frank McBride