Reports: Regent Facing Default? April 7th, 2009 Several sources say Regent Communications, the owner of four stations in the Utica-Rome market, could be very close to defaulting on $195 million in debt on loan from Bank of America. The reports were triggered by Regent’s latest SEC filing.
WHCU Temporarily Sidelined by Transmitter Failure April 7th, 2009 ITHACA — News/talk fans might have trouble tuning in WHCU today; the station is using its 1,000-watt nighttime transmitter site 24/7 after an early morning fire at the station’s daytime transmission tower forced the station off-air for a few hours.
CNYRadio.com Launches Twitter Feed April 6th, 2009 What does a CNYRadio.com Editor do on a slow news day? Maybe working on the CNYRadio.com Station Wiki or perhaps importing Scott’s old articles into the Archives. But we’ve caught the Twitter bug… another easy way for you to keep up with the latest.
Don Imus Returning to WHEN April 3rd, 2009 SYRACUSE — Two years and a day after Don Imus was fired by CBS Radio for making racist remarks on the air, the nationally-syndicated morning man will be returning to his former Syracuse affiliate, SportsRadio 620 WHEN.
Hot 107.9 Hosting Serani Concert April 3rd, 2009 SYRACUSE — Hot 107.9 (WWHT) has announced it’s bringing Universal Motown recording artist Serani to town for a concert next week.
POTW: Banquet 24 with WJPZ Alumni (2009) April 3rd, 2009 SYRACUSE — Some notable names from the radio industry at this year’s annual reunion of alumni from Syracuse University’s student-run Z-89 (WJPZ).
WAER’s Cohen Profiled by Syracuse New Times April 2nd, 2009 SYRACUSE — The latest to shine in the spotlight of the Syracuse New Times‘ ongoing series of interviews with local radio personalities is WAER music director Eric Cohen.
ABC Radio Becomes Citadel Media April 2nd, 2009 NEW YORK CITY — Effective today, ABC Radio Networks is history. Owner Citadel Broadcasting, who acquired the network and 22 radio stations from Disney in 2007, has renamed the network “Citadel Media.”
