All articles posted by Scott Jameson, founder and editor of the original CNYRadio.com. Scott started the site on March 1, 2001 and announced his decision to go "suspend regular publication" on April 22, 2005. In that time, he posted a total of 997 articles. We're gradually adding those back articles in this category, in an effort to fully unite the original site with the current site.
Former Hot 107-9 (WWHT) jock and program director Jason Kidd is heading back to his hometown of Baltimore. Kidd, who has had stops in Pittsburgh and Baltimore since leaving Syracuse two and a half years ago, was most recently program director at KOYT in Austin, Texas. His first day of work in Baltimore at Infinity […]
A day after Premiere Radio Networks announced the cancellation of Leeza Gibbons' Hollywood Confidential, we find out the reason why. Gibbons has signed with Westwood One to host a five-hour nightly show called Leeza at Night.
B104.7 (WBBS) has been nominated by the Country Music Association (CMA) as one of the best country stations in the nation. B104.7 is one of five stations up for the medium market station of the year award at this November's 38th Annual CMA Awards to be held in Nashville. The station's morning team of Ron […]
Cortland's News Talk 920 WKRT debuts a new morning show next week. Kevin Mooney hosts Mooney in the Mornings weekdays from 6 - 9 a.m. The new local show replaces Doug Stephan's syndicated program Good Day. Mooney, a graduate of SUNY Oswego's broadcasting program, has worked for WFAN AM in New York City and was […]
Former K-Rock (WKRL/WKLL) morning jock "F'n Kevin" Klein is keeping busy these days in New York City. Klein, who recently left his digs in Syracuse for the Big Apple, has been heard on XM Radio's MTV and VH1 channels and on New York's 92-3 K-Rock (WXRK). WXRK is the home base of the syndicated Howard […]
Clear Channel Communications announced last month that, beginning next year, its roster of 1,200 radio stations across the country will scale back the amount of commercial minutes aired each hour. How does that affect the seven stations owned by Clear Channel in Syracuse? The Syracuse Post-Standard got the scoop from Syracuse Clear Channel market manager […]
Chris Halen has been away from the Central New York radio scene for a few years after leaving the overnight shift at 95X (WAQX) for WNSA in Buffalo. He's back though, this time at sister Citadel Communications station I-100 (WIII) in Cortland as the classic rocker's morning sidekick and midday jock.
WRVO FM 90 continues to lead in the public radio segment in the Syracuse radio market with a 4.2, while Classic FM (WCNY) topped the Utica-Rome ratings. In Ithaca, WEOS, which scored a 7.0 audience share, had a strong spring 2004 book. For all of the public radio station ratings, check out our ratings section.
Howard Stern's syndicated morning show was a big winner locally in the latest ratings released by Arbitron. The shock jock's program, which airs on 95X (WAQX), moved into the top spot in the morning ratings race with a 15.1 percent share of listeners 12 and older, up from a 10.9 share three months before. Stern […]
A who's who of Syracuse radio gathered last weekend for a look back at one of Central New York's legendary radio stations: WOLF 1490 AM. Red Parton, Rick Gary, Ron Bee, Don Bombard, Peter King, and many others were part of the daylong festivities including a live broadcast and luncheon. Scott Fybush takes a closer […]