The Newhouse School at Syracuse University is teaming up with Clear Channel Communications to host a two-hour public "town meeting" next week to discuss current media hot topics.
The Newhouse School at Syracuse University is teaming up with Clear Channel Communications to host a two-hour public "town meeting" next week to discuss current media hot topics.
Bob Edwards, the sole host of National Public Radio's Morning Edition since its debut 25 years ago, is being forced out of that position. "It's part of a natural evolution," said NPR spokeswoman Laura Gross. "We just felt it was time for a change." Edwards, 56, will become a senior correspondent for the show. Steve […]
This week WRVO will preempt much of its regular programming to present live coverage of Senate hearings by the National Commission on the Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Coverage begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday with testimony expected from Colin Powell, Madeline Albright, and Donald Rumsfeld. On Wednesday questioning turns to George Tenet, Samuel Berger, […]
There's a new frog in town at WFRY in Watertown. Bud Money, who has worked in the Utica-Rome market and most recently at Clear Channel Syracuse as a traffic reporter and weekend jock, moves to Froggy 97's afternoon drive slot beginning next week. Money, who will use the name Bud Green on the air, replaces […]
One of MTV's original VJs, John 'J.J.' Jackson, died Wednesday of an apparent heart attack while driving home from dinner in Los Angeles. He was 62. Jackson, who has been a syndicated radio personality for Westwood One since 1990, was host of The Beatle Years which airs on Oldies 92.1 (WSEN) in Syracuse and Z93 […]
Marty's 'one man party' in the morning on Hot 107-9 (WWHT) has a new co-host. Syracuse native Shannon Wells is heading north from 'The Zone' (WOZN) in Greensboro, North Carolina where she's done middays for the past year. Before that, Wells had worked weekends at WXKS in Boston.
Eleven years in the business and all at one station. For 93Q's midday jock, assistant program director, and music director, Jimmy Olsen, it has been a fun ride so far. Find out Olsen's take on Howard Stern, satellite radio, media censorship, the American Idol phenomenon, and WNTQ's infamous "Q Cash" promotion in this week's All […]
Jeanne Ashley left Y94FM (WYYY) five years ago this month for Kansas City, and from the sounds of it, things seem to be going well. Ashley, who handled Y94FM's midday shift from 1997-99 after stints at K-Rock (WKLL) and Lite 98.7 (WLTW) in Utica-Rome, is now the midday jock and music director at Kansas City's […]
From its brand new $20,000 studio high atop the Onondaga Hotel, radio station WFBL's debut in 1924 marked the beginning of a new era for Syracuse. In the 80 years since then, the station, as well as the market, have gone through a myriad of changes, but through it all WFBL has managed to survive. […]
Some financial analysts are projecting that a continued shift away from shock radio and the ripple effects of such a move could cost radio owners millions of dollars. CNN reports that some experts are predicting Clear Channel's losses could near $12.4 million due to Howard Stern's banishment. They also concede that a financial hit in […]