B104.7 (WBBS) morning co-host Ron Bee is doing well after back surgery earlier this week, according to an e-mail co-host Becky Palmer sent to listeners today.
B104.7 (WBBS) morning co-host Ron Bee is doing well after back surgery earlier this week, according to an e-mail co-host Becky Palmer sent to listeners today.
Another success story for the power of local radio. A Sunday radiothon on Clear Channel's Power 106.9 (WPHR) is credited with rescuing Syracuse's Juneteenth Festival from severe cutbacks due to a lack of funding.
It's happened to all of us: a song plays on the radio, and you're wondering about the artist and/or title, but the station just slams into the next song without saying anything to identify the song. Syracuse's Lite Rock 105.9 (WLTI) wants to change that.
You read about WFBL's format flip here on CNYRadio.com back in April (at least one reader thought it was an April Fool's joke at first). And this week, the Syracuse New Times picked up on the changes at the Buckley Broadcasting studios in Baldwinsville.
The 3rd annual Bill Leaf Kickball Tournament was held at Onondaga Lake Park on May 17th. The event is a fundraiser for a scholarship named in memory of the WSYR News reporter who was killed by a drunk driver in 2006. (Updated at 1:50pm with complete photo caption.)
AllAccess.com reports former Hot 107.9 (WWHT) jock "Jordan" scored a promotion this week. He moves from nights to afternoons at Cincinnati's Kiss 107 (WKFS).
It's been 30 years since Dave Frisina first came on the Syracuse radio scene. The man who started the popular show "Soundcheck" on Citadel's 95X (WAQX), later taking it with him over to TK99/105 (WTKW-WTKV), is featured in this week's edition of the Syracuse New Times.
The New York State Fair announced Def Leppard will be playing a concert at the Mohegan Sun Grandstand during this year's fair, as part of the "30th Birthday Bash" for Citadel rocker 95X (WAQX Manlius).
NPR affiliate WRVO Oswego has changed the frequency of its Geneva translator, to avoid interference with a commercial station in Syracuse.
According to radio-info.com, former local radio news anchor Matt DelSignore has landed an anchor job at the legendary KDKA in Pittsburgh. DelSignore most recently worked for Clear Channel's WGY in Albany. Before that, he worked at sister station WSYR in Syracuse and then-Regent's WTNY in Watertown.