October 2003

93Q (WNTQ) and its morning show hosted by Ted Long and Amy Robbins have garnered top spots in the Syracuse New Times’ annual readers’ poll. Ted & Amy picked up best local personalities and best local radio show honors, while 93Q topped K-Rock (WKRL/WRKH) and TK-99/105 (WTKW/WTKV) as best station as picked by New Times

The Association for Women in Communications has awarded Women’s Voices Radio its Clarion Award as the best radio series for women’s issues. The locally-produced weekly show, hosted by Mary Stanley, airs at 8 p.m. Thursdays on Jazz 88 (WAER).Source (link may no longer work): www.womcom.org/clarionwin2003.html

Y94FM (WYYY) has added Your Weekend with Jim Brickman to its Sunday morning lineup. The three-hour weekly show, hosted by the Windham Hill artist, replaces one hosted by fellow keyboard player John Tesh.

Y94FM (WYYY) has added Your Weekend with Jim Brickman to its Sunday morning lineup. The three-hour weekly show, hosted by the Windham Hill artist, replaces one hosted by fellow keyboard player John Tesh. Tesh’s show can still be heard weekdays on Y94FM’s overnight time slot. The station’s morning show is also undergoing some changes. News

What is the state of news-talk radio in Syracuse, specifically the market’s leader, 570 WSYR? Bill LaRue of The Syracuse Post-Standard takes an in-depth look at the recent events that have put WSYR in the spotlight and gets reactions from former news director John Butler and current general manager Joel Delmonico.Source (link may no longer

The departure of 570 WSYR’s news director and afternoon anchor, Bill Carey, to Time Warner’s new 24-hour news cable channel News 10 Now, left WSYR with some slots to fill. Reporter Bill Colley has taken over afternoon anchor duties. Meanwhile, veteran anchor and assistant news director Chris Weidman says the search for a news director

The Federal Communications Commission has approved Galaxy Communications’ request to move its TK-105 (WTKV) 6,000-watt transmitter from Oswego to Granby. The move, which is scheduled to take place in the next couple of months, will improve reception of the classic rock station in southern Oswego County and northern Onondaga county. For years, WTKV was owned

Jason Kidd is on the move again. The former Hot 107-9 (WWHT) program director and afternoon jock is headed back to his hometown of Baltimore where he’ll take on programming duties at Clear Channel’s Smooth Jazz WSMJ 104.3. Kidd left Hot 107-9 for KISS 96-1 (WKST) in Pittsburgh in February 2002.

It’s been a bad week for Rush Limbaugh. The latest controversy involving the conservative radio talk show host is a report that he is being investigated for allegedly buying thousands of addictive painkillers from a black-market drug ring. Limbaugh’s show airs locally on 570 WSYR and WIBX 950. The New York Daily News has more…Source

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has resigned from his position at ESPN following comments he made about former Syracuse University football quarterback Donovan McNabb. Limbaugh said on ESPN television that “the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well”, implying that the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback is getting special treatment because of