After 40 years on the air, Syracuse radio veteran Dave Laird is retiring. He'll sign off for the last time this weekend from his hosting chair at Y94FM's Saturday Night Dance Party. Since 1990, Laird has been part of the air staff at Y94FM where they're sorry to see him leave. "Dave is a Syracuse […]
When WFBL signed on for the first time 80 years ago this Friday, it was the city's first commercial radio station. And while formats have come and gone over the years, and the AM dial has seen a shift in listeners, WFBL has survived. The station is planning several events to commemorate its 80th anniversary […]
With both the Syracuse men's basketball and football teams in action for a stretch during the autumn months, Matt Park is finding himself quite busy. Park, the 'Voice of the Orange' on 95X (WAQX) and ESPN 1260 (WNSS), had two games in two cities in one 24-hour period last weekend. A combined ten hours on […]
Syracuse University has asked WAER to not allow its play-by-play coverage of the university's football, lacrosse, and basketball games to be simulcast over Syracuse.com. SU made the move because of an exclusive agreement the uiniversity has with 95X (WAQX) and ESPN (WNSS) which pay for exclusive rights to air the games. WAER, which is a […]
The WRVO Stations (WRVO/WRVN/WRVJ) slipped a bit in the ratings to a 3.7 for the summer Arbitron ratings period, but the Oswego-based station improved on its numbers from a year ago by more than a half a point and remains solidly on top in the public radio rankings for the Syracuse market Classic FM (WCNY) […]
Ron Bee and Becky Palmer get their turn in the national spotlight tonight. The highly-rated B104.7 (WBBS) morning duo will be on-hand at tonight's live CBS broadcast of the Country Music Association's annual awards. Bee and Palmer were named best radio personalities in medium sized markets. B104.7 was also a nominee for best medium market […]
From our "Where are they now?" department comes word that Mark Turcott is the new general sales manager of Clear Channel's 96 Rock (WKLS) and The Buzz (WBZY) in Atlanta. Turcott has been in Atlanta for seven years, working first for Infinity and the last 18 months as the Atlanta-based national sales manager for Cox […]
The latest Arbitron ratings are out for the Syracuse radio market. The Syracuse Post-Standard takes a closer look at some of the numbers and gets reactions from local managers about why the news-talk stations didn't fare too well.Source (link may no longer work): syracuse.com/entertainment/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-8/109947698441973.xml
Known to many as Salty Sam, Willard Everett Lape Jr. was a big part of the Syracuse media and theater scenes for decades. Lape, who passed away in September at the age of 74, spent part of his career in local radio on 570 WSYR. He was probably best known to area baby-boomers as Salty […]
Lite 105.9 (WLTI) morning news anchor Dee Collins is saying goodbye to radio. Collins, who has worked at many stations in the Syracuse market since her first gig as WSEN's afternoon jock in 1985, is leaving her current position at Metro Networks to work in sales at Westwood One's satellite services division.