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.
Ten months after going dark, WWJS 90.1 FM turned on the lights October 23. The Christian contemporary station has been embroiled in family bickering and legal wranglings, some of which have yet to be settled. Scott Fybush has all the details...Source (link may no longer work): www.fybush.com/nerw-021028.html
The Oswego County Press Club is taking nominations for its annual Golden Quotes Awards. Categories cover areas of journalism and marketing in both print and broadcast media. Nominations are due by November 8. The awards will be presented at the annual Press Club holiday meeting featuring guest host Amy Robbins of 93Q, 6 p.m. Wednesday, […]
1,300 public radio listeners picked up their phones and helped make a difference during WRVO FM 90's eight-day fall on-air fundraising campaign. The calls generated a total of $106,000 in member contributions, and according to Matt Seubert, listener support coordinator for the WRVO network of stations, "Just as important as the dollars pledged was that […]
Mark Richards will be the new morning voice on Utica's Lite 98.7, replacing Randy Jay, a 13-year veteran of the station who left in late August. Richards hails from State College, PA where he has hosted the number one morning show in the market on WBHV. He has also worked at stations in Saginaw, MI, […]
Syracuse native and former city mayoral candidate Dr. Jennifer Daniels popped up on the nationally syndicated Howard Stern Show this morning. In a broadcast phone call from the lobby of the building that houses Stern's New York City studios, Daniels told Howard that she was there to convince one of the show's interns, who is […]
Saying that "it's not fair to listeners for me to be gone so much," talk show host Art Bell announced this morning that he will step down as host of his nationally syndicated show Coast to Coast at the end of the year. The reason for his departure is a chronic back condition that prevents […]
With a 1.5 ratings point increase, Oldies 92.1 enjoyed the biggest jump in the summer 12+ numbers released yesterday by Arbitron. Market leader B104.7 is atop the heap once again with a 1.2 point increase, while Citadel's 93Q and 95X saw their best ratings in more than two years.
WTLA's Jack Morse will be honored on Friday, November 1 as one of this year's inductees onto the Syracuse Press Club's Wall of Distinction. Morse, who has a long history in sports broadcasting, can be heard weekday mornings with Phil Markert on WTLA/WSGO AM.
Radio and Records has awarded ABC Radio's Paul Harvey the 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award. The award will be presented to the syndicated news host at R&R's Talk Radio Seminar in March. Harvey's newscasts and his Rest of the Story segments air weekdays on 570 WSYR in Syracuse and WARM 93.5 in Utica.
The Jewish Student Union and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications of Syracuse University welcome ESPN's Linda Cohn to the Goldstein Auditorium in the Schine Student Center tonight at 7:30. Cohn, who is a graduate of SUNY Oswego, will talk about her work on the cable sports channel including hosting duties for SportsCenter. She […]