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We'll take the blame for the cheesy headline -- we couldn't resist, but we hope it got your attention! I-100 (WIII) Program Director Mark Vanness says he's still looking for someone to fill the afternoon drive slot that's been vacant since Dan Ward announced his departure back in April.
Ithaca's I-100 has an opening for an afternoon drive jock. Program Director Mark Vanness tells CNYRadio.com existing PM driver Dan Ward is leaving the station, and the search is on for a replacement. Here's the complete job posting:
Big Frog 104 (WFRG) has a new co-host for longtime morning personality Matt Herkimer, replacing "Annie Croakley," who left earlier in the year. Thanks to a tip from a CNYRadio.com visitor a few weeks ago, we were expecting this one anytime now -- and we now finally see confirmation on WFRG's new website.
Ithaca news/talker WHCU 870 is celebrating it's 85th Anniversary by expanding the news department. The station is hoping to add a full-time position to take on afternoon anchoring and evening reporting duties.
Syracuse's Movin 100.3/96.5 confirms for CNYRadio.com that morning host/PD Nick Caplan is no longer employed by the station. Station management only said of the decision, "we decided to make a change." In the meantime...
UPDATE (4/23/08): The position has been filled. Looks like Whoopi Goldberg's about to get whooped in Utica/Rome -- Galaxy Communications has posted an "immediate opening" for a morning show host at WUMX Mix 102.5, one of the properties it acquired from ClearChannel last fall.
Thanks to a quiet off-air fundraising campaign in Februrary which raised $90,000, public radio station WRVO was able to shorten the length of its on-air pitches last week. The station met its goal of $130,000 on Saturday morning shortly after Car Talk ended. The fund drive resulted in 400 new contributing members.
After three years as music editor for The Syracuse New Times, Allen Czelusniak is headed for greener pastures in New York City.