SYRACUSE -- Believe it or not, it's been 20 years since Sunny 102 (WZUN) morning host "Big Mike" Fiss presented his very first collection of holiday favorites performed by local musicians. So why is this year's "Christmastime in Syracuse" being labeled as Volume 15?
SYRACUSE/UTICA -- What were the best rock songs of the last ten years? The dual-market KRock trio of stations (WKRH/WKRL/WKLL) is asking listeners to cast their votes towards the "Top 100 KRock Songs of the Aughts."
OSWEGO -- The latest major fundraising effort from NPR affiliate WRVO generated close to $182,000 in pledges, and "donations are still coming in" following the mid-October event. Also inside: a new frequency for WRVO's Norwich translator.
SYRACUSE -- Newsradio 570 WSYR's two-day radiothon to benefit the Golisano Children's Hospital at University Hospital raised its biggest total yet -- the $104,850 raised not only broke a record, but it's double the amount raised last year.
OSWEGO -- There's a new sound tonight in the Port City -- the MOViN 100.3 simulcast that used to be heard on 96.7 has been replaced by sister station New Country WOLF 105.1. There are also some call letter changes for those of you keeping score at home. Also inside: an update on the search […]
OSWEGO -- Nearly 3 months after longtime News Director Chris Ulanowski exited WRVO, the NPR affiliate now has a job opening for a position that appears to be his replacement, but -- at least in title -- it isn't quite the same job. Rather than seeking a News Director, the station has announced the search […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Former K-Rock (WKRL/WKLL/WKRH) middayer/MD/APD Ty is on the move again. Just a little over a year since she moved from Syracuse to Baltimore, Ty's now headed to the nation's capital and the legendary DC101 (WWDC-FM). But she won't be going by "Ty" on-air anymore...
SYRACUSE -- Starting next week, fans attending Syracuse University basketball games will hear the voice of Galaxy Communications VP/Programming Mimi Griswold over the public address system. The announcement makes her the first woman to become a permanent PA announcer in the Carrier Dome's 30-year history.
About 300 country stations nationwide -- including three in Central New York -- are hunting for new programming to fill their weekend schedules after Premiere Radio Networks cancelled the long-running "Jeff Foxworthy Countdown" today.
NEW YORK CITY -- Our congratulations to longtime Syracuse TV and radio broadcaster Rick Gary -- one of several personalities inducted to the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame last night, during a ceremony at The Paley Center for Media.