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.
It's that time of year again. What better way to celebrate the holidays than with a cheap breakfast and plenty of live music. Syracuse radio stations are once again spreading Christmas cheer with live remote morning broadcasts on the eve of the holiday. 93Q (WNTQ) takes its show to Driver's Village while Oldies 92.1 (WSEN) […]
What's the best strategy for playing holiday tunes on the air? Well, for 230 radio stations across the country, it's wall-to-wall Christmas novelty songs, carols, and other holiday favorites. Syracuse's Y94FM (WYYY) is one of those stations. Other adult contemporary stations in the market including Lite 105.9 (WLTI) and Sunny 102 (WZUN) are taking a […]
The next time you're in a Bed Bath & Beyond store, you may see Jeff Laurence. The former Syracuse jock has inked a deal to appear as the in-store video host in most sections of the chain's stores across the country. Laurence, who worked at WOLF and WHEN in Syracuse during the 1970s, runs Autumn […]
The next Gilligan won't be from Weedsport. Mark Groesbeck, who played one of two Gilligans in TBS's new reality series The Real Gilligan's Island, was banished from the island in the show's second week. Known as 'Gooner', Groesbeck had been a frequent radio guest on Scorch's morning show in Syracuse prior to appearing on the […]
This week's Syracuse New Times offers up a blistering commentary on Citadel Communications' move to clip Howard Stern's syndicated show at 10 a.m. each morning on 95X (WAQX) in Syracuse and four other markets that carry the show.Source (link may no longer work): newtimes.rway.com/2004/120804/shakin.shtml
Galaxy Communications chief Ed Levine is one of five radio executives from across the country recently named to the Arbitron Radio Advisory Council for terms that begin in January. Levine, as general manager of TK-99/105 (WTKW/WTKV), will focus on AOR formats in Arbitron's "continuous" markets. Source (link may no longer work): syracuse.com/entertainment/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-8/110241710971263.xml
He's known to Syracuse radio listeners as 'Gooner'. Now Mark Groesbeck of Weedsport is adding to his broadcast resume with a spot on TBS's The Real Gilligan's Island where he stars as one of two Gilligans on the cable network's new reality series. Groesbeck has been a frequent guest on Scorch's radio show, first on […]
A quarter of a century ago Dave Frisina launched what would become Central New York's longest running local music show. To celebrate that milestone, Frisina will host a live two-hour broadcast Sunday night from the Red House in Armory Square featuring "unplugged" performances from Joe Whiting, Jamie Notarthomas, Los Blancos, Isreal Hagan, Gary Frenay, Doug […]
Some local listeners of the Howard Stern Show are not happy with 95X's decision to bail out of the show each morning at 10 a.m. Calling the move "a slap in the face to listeners," Liverpool resident Rich Hatherill is planning a protest picket at 10 a.m. today outside the studios of 95X (WAQX). Station […]
Today's Howard Stern Show was peppered with talk throughout the morning of 95X's recent decision to bail out of Stern's syndicated show each morning at 10 a.m.