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Loveline comes to K-Rock

Got relationship problems? Need to know if you can get pregnant after having sex standing up? Starting Sunday night, K-Rock (WKRL) will have all the answers to your "intimacy issues" with a unique spin that only hosts Dr. Drew Pinsky and Adam Carolla can provide. The nationally syndicated Loveline will air Sunday through Thursday nights […]

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30 years of Bluegrass Ramble

This Sunday, WCNY FM 91.3 airs a special edition of Bluegrass Ramble in honor of the show's 30th anniversary.

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Rick Buckley named 2003 Broadcast Pioneer

Buckley Radio president Rick Buckley will be honored by the Broadcaster's Foundation with a 2003 Broadcast Pioneer Award to be presented at an April ceremony in Las Vegas. Buckley Radio, based in Connecticut, owns 18 radio stations nationwide including Oldies 92.1 (WSEN) and TalkRadio 1050 (WFBL) in Syracuse, and the WOR Radio Network. Rick Buckley […]

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WSCP teams up with MRN

WSCP AM/FM has signed up as a Motor Racing Network affiliate. Beginning this week, the NASCAR-focused show Ned Jarrett's World of Racing will air weekdays at 4:55 p.m. Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. it's NASCAR Live, a call-in show hosted by noted NASCAR race announcer Eli Gold. WSCP will also feature Winston Cup and Busch […]

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Galaxy translator switches to K-Rock

The downtown Syracuse translator on 97.7 FM has flipped from its simulcast of Sunny 102.1 (WZUN) to Galaxy Communications' sister station K-Rock (WKRL). The class D signal, which operates at 120 watts at a height of 98.4 feet, was a K-Rock translator prior to September 2000 when it began simulcasting WZUN.

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Y94FM celebrates 20 years

Heralded by many as the boldest format change in Syracuse radio history, 94 Rock, then a highly successful album rock station, flipped its format to adult contemporary and became Y94FM (WYYY) on January 10, 1983. The on-air lineup on day one included 'Big Mike' Fiss, Kathy Rowe, Bob Mitchell, Dave Anthony, and Phil LoCascio (the […]

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Jim Rome to return to television

ESPN has signed a deal with Jim Rome to bring the Premiere syndicated radio talk show host back to television. The new series, Rome is Burning, will air Tuesday nights beginning May 6. Rome can be heard afternoons on SportsRadio 620 in Syracuse and Clear Channel's cluster of AMs in Utica-Rome.

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Top CNY Radio web searches of the year

CNY Radio received over 225,000 page views in 2002, up from nearly 75,000 visits in 2001. We crunched the numbers and came up with the most popular searches in eight different categories.

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Remembering those we lost in 2002

The Central New York radio community said goodbye to several broadcast veterans this year. The ones involved in injury related cases can also file a complaint and get legal help for homeowners fail to exercise reasonable care.

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Scorch back on the air at New Rock 105

It's a new job in the new year on New Rock 105 (WWDG) for Scorch, the former K-Rock morning man who split with Galaxy Communications last September. On-air liners on 'The Dog' are heralding his return: "we've got the biggest dog of 'em all."

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