SYRACUSE -- No confirmation yet, but it appears longtime "Morning Mess" co-host Shannon may have exited Cumulus rocker 95X (WAQX).
Hat-tip to Redditors on the r/Syracuse subreddit who noticed Shannon's absence as of late. One Redditor pointed out that, "Someone accidentally said her name on air last week and they quickly apologized and moved on."
The Morning Mess Page on station website 95X.com only has a profile of Marty. Any mention of Shannon has been scrubbed from the page, a typical indicator that a personality is no longer in the building. The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine shows the page previously had a photo of the two hosts, followed by bios of both.
The 95X website still links to X/Twitter and Instagram accounts, both named @MartyShannon95X, but it appears both accounts have been deleted. Oddly, a link to Facebook leads to a still-active page which is titled "Marty & Shannon 95X Morning Mess."
No confirmation from management at Cumulus Media -- the station's website doesn't have a link to contact anyone via email, and as of this writing, it's after-hours to try to get anyone on the phone. If anyone from Cumulus wants to reach out to confirm or deny, feel free to reach out.
Marty and Shannon were first paired together in 2004, hosting mornings across town at Hot 107.9 (WWHT) in 2004, when it was owned by Clear Channel. The pairing lasted until 2010, when the station installed the syndicated Elvis Duran in morning drive, bumping Shannon to middays and Marty to afternoons.
After eventually parting ways with Clear Channel and resurfacing elsewhere in the market, the pair were reunited in 2014, for mornings on 95X.
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