May 2004

Delilah, the evening darling of light adult contemporary stations across the country, is switching syndicators. Premiere Radio Networks has signed the night personality who got her start with Jones Radio Networks.

Delilah, the evening darling of light adult contemporary stations across the country, is switching syndicators. Premiere Radio Networks has signed the night personality who got her start with Jones Radio Networks. Delilah is heard on Lite 105.9 (WLTI) in Syracuse and Lite 98.7 (WLZW) in Utica-Rome. No word yet on what her move means locally.

WRVO FM 90 marks its 35th year on the air this year, a milestone that has the station looking to the future with a year-long fundraising campaign to update outdated studio equipment. It is also a time to reflect. The current issue of Oswego Magazine takes a look back to the early years of WRVO

Syracuse may end up with the largest free country music festival in New York State. At least that’s the goal. The city is teaming up with Galaxy Communications for a one-day free concert at Clinton Square on July 10 featuring country stars Lee Greenwood, Marty Stuart, and John Anderson. Galaxy president Ed Levine hopes to

Saga Communications has picked four Ithaca radio stations as the company’s first acquisitions in the state of New York. Saga has agreed to buy Q-Country (WQNY), Lite 97 (WYXL), WTKOldies (WTKO), and WHCU 870 AM from Eagle Broadcasting. The deal should be completed by the fourth quarter of this year. Saga owns radio stations in

Former American Idol contestant Kimberley Locke will headline the opening night of this year’s Balloonfest in Jamesville next month. The hot air balloon and music festival presented by Syracuse radio station 93Q marks its 25th anniversary on June 11-13. Locke is one of 14 acts that will grace the main stage during the three-day event.

WRVO FM 90 has once again come out on top in the latest ratings for public radio stations in Syracuse. While the station’s 4.2 rating is a bit below where they were a year ago, they maintain a comfortable lead over Classic FM (WCNY) and Jazz 88 (WAER). Visit our Ratings section for all the

Y94FM (WYYY) has a new morning team. Station management confirmed yesterday that Rick Gary will pair up with Kathy Rowe for the 5-9 a.m. shift beginning next Monday. Gary, who has a long history in Syracuse radio, recently gave up his morning television duties at WIXT channel 9 where he still plans to unveil a

After nearly a week of chatter and rumors about Y94FM (WYYY) and TK-99/105 (WTKW/WTKV), the cat is officially out of the bag. Well, sort of.

The Syracuse Press Club handed out its annual awards at a dinner on Saturday, May 8. In the radio division, WSYR, WRVO, WAER, and WHEN all picked up awards. 570 WSYR’s assistant news director, Chris Weidman, was also honored with the Selwyn Kershaw Professional Standards Award.