SYRACUSE -- A little over two years (and four days, to be exact) after it was announced Citadel named Dan Austin as GM of the company's four-station Syracuse cluster, Austin is on the move once again. This time, he's headed to market #13: Seattle-Tacoma, Washington.
SYRACUSE -- Citadel CHR 93Q (WNTQ) has revealed the lineup of national recording acts set to perform at its second annual "Summer Jam on the Island" concert. The show is set for Monday, June 7th at Paper Mill Island in Baldwinsville... and just like last year, the tickets are free, but the only way to […]
SYRACUSE -- The popular Taste of Syracuse Festival, coordinated by local radio station owner Galaxy Communications, is getting some statewide publicity this year. The event is one of just eight to be featured in this year's series of "I Love NY Travel Guide" radio spots to be aired statewide.
SYRACUSE -- Popular announcer Dusty Rhodes will be back on the Syracuse airwaves in May, hosting a four-part series entitled Syracuse Radio in the Fifties on WCNY-HD2. Installments of the program are scheduled to air on Sunday afternoons, starting May 2.
SYRACUSE -- It's something that doesn't happen often in radio (but we wish it did) -- air talent restored after previous rounds of cost-cutting. More than a year after he was replaced as morning host at the former Oldies 1390, Bob Brown is once again clocking-in every day at the Smokey Hollow Road studios of […]
SYRACUSE -- Carl Kasell, a fixture of NPR News programming for more than four decades, will be coming to Syracuse in late June. Tickets are now on sale for Kasell's appearance, according to organizers at Oswego-based NPR affiliate WRVO.
SYRACUSE -- The once-successful local sports talk pairing of Bud and the Manchild will return to the airwaves on Monday, May 3. The show has a new timeslot -- weekdays from 10am to noon. It also has a new home -- Citadel's The Score 1260 (WSKO). CNYRadio.com spoke with co-host Jim Lerch, who says he's […]
OSWEGO -- Remember last month when we told you WRVO is among several stations receiving a grant to hire journalists to cover technology's impact on the economy of upstate New York? (If not, click here for the March 25th article.) They're now accepting applications for a reporter. View the official job posting and apply online […]
SYRACUSE -- We originally had a picture from 93Q (WNTQ) night host Mike Cauchon planned for this week, when we received a photo of morning team Ted & Amy receiving an important award. Timely events usually win the priority battle, but we didn't want to make Mike wait yet another week (he submitted his picture about […]
SYRACUSE -- "Disaster never sounded catchier!" That's part of the description posted along with an old recording of an old Emergency Alert System jingle custom-produced for WHEN "circa 1975." The jingle has been posted on YouTube.