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OSWEGO — The next phase in selecting the design for WRVO’s commemorative 40th Anniversary Coffee Mug is underway.  The station has narrowed the entries down to their five favorite designs, and now they’re asking for your help in choosing a winner.

CNY Television News has a new home.  Webmaster Mike Szewil checks in to tell us he has moved the site to a new domain, cnytvnews.com.  He hopes that’s a bit easier to remember than the original address, cnytv.ath.cx.

Updated 8/19 @ 6:15PM with Buckley Press Release – SYRACUSE — Buckley’s three-station Syracuse cluster will soon have a new owner, pending FCC approval: James Johnson’s Leatherstocking Media Group, the same outfit that recently purchased the WMCR AM/FM duo in Oneida.

SYRACUSE — A few months after returning to a prior religious format, WVOA 105.1 has joined some of its sister stations in carrying the syndicated Radio Disney format.  This brings Radio Disney back to the FM dial in Syracuse for the first time since it was replaced by the MOViN format (WOLF-FM/WWLF-FM) a few years

Updated 8/25 – Attention Syracuse Stations: We know most of you will have a presence at the Great New York State Fair later this month.  Where will you be?  For this Friday’s “Picture of the Week” we’d like to take pictures of every radio station in attendance… but we need you to tell us where

SYRACUSE — A radiothon to rebuild a burned-down city school playground yesterday raised “at least $20,000,” according to Newsradio 570 WSYR.  The radiothon started with WSYR host Joe Galuski at 6am and ran through the conclusion of the Jim Reith show at 7pm.  Yesterday’s effort covers about a third of what was spent when the

SYRACUSE — WCNY has hired Susan Arbetter, the former host of public TV’s New York Now, as part of a “major expansion” of news and public affairs programming offered on WCNY television and radio, as well as the stations’ website.

SYRACUSE — Love Radio 105.1 WVOA/DeRuyter is back on the air Monday evening, following an outage that lasted for at least part of the weekend.  Co-owner Sam Furco responded to a CNYRadio.com inquiry about the station’s status late Monday night, but did not comment on the exact cause or length of the outage.  Our thanks

SYRACUSE — Clear Channel’s Newsradio 570 WSYR is hoping you’ll help them to rebuild a Syracuse playground tomorrow.  Pledge lines will be open for the “Let’s Rebuild the Playground Radiothon” from 6am to 7pm Tuesday.

SYRACUSE — If you thought you were out of luck for tickets to today’s sold out KROCKATHON 14, all hope is not lost.  An additional 1,000 tickets will be sold at the gate, but procrastinating will cost you a little bit extra.