October 2004

Howard Stern is saying goodbye to the FCC and broadcast radio. The syndicated shock jock announced this morning that he has signed a five-year deal with Sirius Satellite Radio where he’ll oversee programming on three of the service’s channels and host his own morning show.

Conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham makes a two-day stop in Syracuse today and tomorrow. She’ll host a book signing event tonight at the Genesee Inn and broadcast her national show live from the studios of WFBL AM Wednesday morning. William LaRue of the Syracuse Post-Standard has more.Source (link may no longer work): syracuse.com/entertainment/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-7/1093511964125800.xml

Just days after Adam ‘The Bull’ Gerstenhaber was let go by Regent Broadcasting, the sports announcer has signed on with Clear Channel’s cluster in Utica-Rome. The Utica Observer Dispatch is reporting that Gerstenhaber has brought the Utica College play-by-play action with him. Games which had been airing on Regent’s WRUN AM will now air on

TalkRadio 1390 WFBL has picked up The Radio Nerds Radio Hour. The hour-long local computer advice call-in show had aired on cross-town 570 WSYR until last Saturday’s debut on WFBL. The show, hosted by Mike Rao, Chuck Swanson, and Scott Ruston, airs Saturday mornings at 10 a.m.