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Category: Archives (2001-2005)

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.


Michael Fields leaves WCNY

The head of WCNY is leaving after four years at the helm. In a statement released by WCNY, the public broadcasting outlet said that they "have reached a joint decision and have mutually agreed to end their affiliation" with Michael A. Fields, president and chief executive officer. The Syracuse Post-Standard has more.Source (link may no […]

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Celebrity Reading of Julius Caesar Friday night

Local radio and television personalities are pitching in to help the Syracuse Shakespeare Festival stage its first fundraiser of the year. Be at the Westcott Community Center Friday at 7 p.m. for a reading of Julius Caesar starring WTLA's Phil Markert as Brutus, Big Mike of Sunny 102 (WZUN) as Marc Antony, and other local […]

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Ryno heads to Florida

It didn't take long for former 95X (WAQX) air personality Ryno to land a new gig. He's headed to Ft. Myers, Florida where he'll take on the midday shift and assistant program and music director duties at New Rock 99X (WJBX). Ryno moves up in terms of market size (Ft. Myers is ranked #66 in […]

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Dave Coombs returns to TK-99

It's the return of 'Gomez and Dave' to mornings on TK-99/105 (WTKW/WTKV). Dave Coombs, who last year left Syracuse for a Salt Lake City sports station, has decided to return to Central New York's Salt City to pair up once again with Glenn 'Gomez' Adams. "I

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95X debuts new morning show

After two months without a morning show, Syracuse active rock station 95X (WAQX) welcomes a new local morning team to replace Howard Stern's syndicated show which the station dropped in late December. Guy "Beaner" Patton and Ken Heron, who were last paired together on the air in Birmingham, Alabama, aren't looking to duplicate Stern's show, […]

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WAER's New Age Morning host dies

Kevin Hoverstad, a longtime Jazz 88 (WAER) volunteer, died on January 31 less than two years after receiving a lung transplant. Hoverstad, who was Dean of Academic Administration at Bryant & Stratton College, hosted WAER's Sunday morning program New Age Morning for nearly 20 years. He was 45.Source (link may no longer work): www.waer.org/kevin.html

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Ryno exits 95X

Several months ago, 95X (WAQX) midday jock Ryno made headlines in the national trades after posting some pointed comments about Howard Stern's handling of his upcoming exit to Sirius satellite radio. Ryno himself became a frequent target of Stern's morning rants for several days afterward.

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Robert McCabe passes away

Robert McCabe, a former WOLF 1490 AM staffer and morning show engineer for 570 WSYR in Syracuse died earlier this month. McCabe, who was 84, lived in LeRoy, outside of Rochester.

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Kevin Klein scores new job at XM

Former Syracuse jock Kevin Klein is the new co-host of a weekday morning show from 9 a.m. - noon on XM's channel 156. Klein, who worked for Galaxy Communications' K-Rock (WKRL/WKRH) as F'n Kevin, shares the microphone with VH1 Radio co-host Maria Chambers. The duo kicked off their new partnership last week and also broadcast […]

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Rick Jordan returning to Syracuse

Former Syracuse jock and B104.7 (WBBS) program director Rick "RJ" Jordan is returning to the Salt City to program WSCP. Jordan has spent the last three years in Portland, Maine as program director and afternoon air personality at WPOR 101.9. He'll join the Galaxy Communications staff on March 7th.

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