All dressed up with nowhere to go, K-Rock's annual summer music festival needs a new location to set up shop. Earlier this month, officials at Vernon Downs turned down Galaxy Communications' request to hold July's K-Rockathon at the harness-racing track; last week, Griffiss Business and Technology Park announced it wasn't prepared to get knee-deep in […]
Central New York's only classical music station got a big thumbs up from its listeners during a recent membership campaign. CLASSIC FM raised over $60,000, money that will help pay the public radio station's operating expenses.
Central New York's only classical music station got a big thumbs up from its listeners during a recent membership campaign. CLASSIC FM raised over $60,000, money that will help pay the public radio station's operating expenses.
It seems to be the season for new morning sidekicks in Syracuse. Add K-Rock to the list of stations with recent morning show vacancies. Alisa Tanner signs up for co-hosting duties with Scorch on K-Rock's Total Request Morning Show.
The list of artists set to appear at this year's Balloonfest in Jamesville has been firmed up. 93Q welcomes national acts Nine Day, Jade Anderson, RES, Soluna, M2M, Tina Novak, and Rubyhorse, along with eight local acts to the weekend-long festival to be held June 7-9.
Y94FM afternoon drive personality 'Captain John' Smith adds the title Music Director to his business cards as he takes over managing the station's playlist. Smith is an 11 year veteran of Central New York radio.
SUNY Oswego graduate and Utica's Lite 98.7 afternoon personality Peter Naughton was interviewed recently for an article in the university's student newspaper The Oswegonian about the difficulties of transitioning from college life out into the job market. Naughton, one of the few bright spots in the story, talks about catching an early break at market […]
To go along with last week's format change from adult standards to news-talk, TalkRadio 1050 WFBL unveiled a new look for its web site. Check it out at wfbl.com.
For the third straight year, the Syracuse SkyChiefs will broadcast five games in Spanish live on WVOQ 103.9 FM. Jose Ramos will once again serve as play-by-play announcer. Circle these dates on your calendar: May 21, June 18, July 16, and August 20. All games start at 7 p.m.
After nearly four years as host of Oldies 92.1's All Night Diner, Johnnie B. Goode signed off from his final overnight shift this morning. Goode, who plans to stay with the station in a part-time capacity for the near future, has accepted a job behind the scenes at Syracuse Time Warner Cable. Part-timer Spider Murphy […]