VERNON -- Oldies 1390 (WFBL/WSEN[AM]) recently welcomed Joey Dee and the Starlighters for a concert at the Vernon Downs Racino. After the show, the group signed autographs for fans, and took some time to pose with WFBL morning man Dick Mastriano.
VERNON -- Oldies 1390 (WFBL/WSEN[AM]) recently welcomed Joey Dee and the Starlighters for a concert at the Vernon Downs Racino. After the show, the group signed autographs for fans, and took some time to pose with WFBL morning man Dick Mastriano.
SYRACUSE -- The Baldwinsville Messenger finally caught up with the recent sale of WSEN, WSEN-FM and WFBL. A report published last week offers some new minor details about the transition, but little in the way of significant information that wasn't already published on this website nearly a month earlier.
SYRACUSE -- Former Ithaca morning show host Mark Vanness excitedly writes CNYRadio.com today: "I got a J-O-B!" Not only did he find a way to get back into radio on a full-time basis; he's making a rather significant market rank jump as well.
SYRACUSE -- One Syracuse University School of Law professor was notably upset with Clear Channel's recent weekend-long format flip from urban Power 106.9 to "Young Country 106.9" and then back to Power. LaVonda N. Reed-Huff's thoughts were published on the opinion page of the Syracuse Post-Standard. If you missed the paper, you can read the article […]
SYRACUSE -- When the new season of Saturday Night Live begins later this week (with a special set to air Thursday, actually), you could be hearing jokes written by local comedian/DJ Josh Grosvent. He's been hired as a contributing writer for the long-running sketch show's "Weekend Update" segment.
Earlier this week, Scott Fybush added some fresher Syracuse legal IDs to the collection at tophour.com. Today, his colleague Jeff Lehmann has added a few more of his own updates to the Syracuse page, along with IDs from the Utica-Rome and Ithaca markets. (And they have IDs from other markets all over the country, not […]
Updated 9/13 with arrangements - SYRACUSE -- Longtime Syracuse radio and TV journalist Jerry Barsha has passed away at the age of 83. His broadcasting career spanned more than three decades, most of it at 1030 James Street, dating back to the days when channel 3 was WSYR-TV and it shared the building with WSYR […]
SYRACUSE -- We've certainly had more than our fair share of changes on the radio in the Salt Emerald City lately. You've read about the format flips (some temporary), the call letter changes, the moving transmitters, new simulcasts and more right here -- and thanks to Scott Fybush, you can hear the market's newest legal IDs […]
Garrison Keillor, host of NPR's A Prairie Home Companion is recovering following what doctors are calling a "minor stroke" over the weekend. A spokesperson at the Mayo Clinic in Keillor's home state of Minnesota says "he plans to resume a normal schedule next week."
Updated 3:55pm - OSWEGO -- The newsroom at WRVO is running without a News Director. Station management confirms Chris Ulanowski is no longer employed by the station, a day after his profile disappeared from the Staff Page on the WRVO website.