Rick Sommers, a part-time and weekend jock for New York City's 106.7 Lite FM (WLTW), is leaving the station for graduate school and a return to stand-up comedy. Sommers began his radio career in the early 1980s at Ithaca's WTKO as Ricky King. Rick's brother is Syracuse radio veteran Peter King.
SYRACUSE -- Jazz 88 (WAER) has relocated its studios and offices for the fourth time in its 56-year history. The new facilities are in Half Hall at the northeast corner of Euclid and Ostrom avenues. Lack of space at the station's previous home in SU's Newhouse building was the main reason for the move, that, […]
MONMOUTH, NJ -- Phil LoCascio, a former Y94FM (WYYY) air personality who now programs WCHR-FM in Monmouth, New Jersey, says that his station has banned Jethro Tull's music forever.
MONTROSE, AL -- Chester Whiteside certainly made his mark in Syracuse. Whiteside was the city's first black disc jockey, working at 570 WSYR and 1260 WNDR during the 1960s, its first black television commentator, and Syracuse's first black firefighter. He also played a key role in establishing the Jerry Rescue monument in Clinton Square. Whiteside died […]
Rush Limbaugh is set to check out of drug rehab and plans to return to his daily radio show on Monday. Limbaugh's brother, David, said Rush is "chomping at the bit to get back on the air." The syndicated conservative talk show host has been in a drug treatment program for five weeks to help […]
SYRACUSE -- Oldies 92.1 (WSEN) is swapping out specialty shows on its Monday night lineup. Beginning this week, Ross Brittain's Hit Machine, which features music from the 1970s, replaces Jack Dean's Keeping the '70s Alive every Monday at 9 p.m.
OSWEGO -- The Oswego County Press Club is looking for nominees for its annual Golden Quotes Awards. The awards, which honor excellence in broadcast, web, and print media as well as public relations, will be awarded at the club's annual holiday dinner to be held December 5 at Springside at Seneca Hill in Minetto. Contact […]
SYRACUSE -- The Syracuse radio community is coming together for a benefit in support of market veteran Jim O'Brien.
OSWEGO -- WRVO FM 90 has been awarded a $139,593 grant from the federal government to improve the station's studio equipment. The funding approved by Congress is a matching grant which means WRVO will be upping its fund-raising efforts beginning in January. Look for dinners, theater performances, and direct mail campaigns in addition to normal on-air […]
Three Clear Channel Syracuse radio stations got together Thursday for a day-long radiothon for the Children's Miracle Network to help raise funds for a proposed children's hospital for Central New York. Listeners to B104.7 (WBBS), 570 WSYR, and Y94FM (WYYY) pledged over $55,000 to the cause. An auction of signed memorabilia and concert tickets continues […]