Recently, 'Silent' Bob Staffa, midday jock at K-Rock (WKRL/WKRH/WKLL) and host of the station's Thursday night local music show Backstage Live, posted an in-depth response to an ongoing discussion on a syracuse.com message board concerning radio's role in promoting local music.
All Access Country Editor Jim Asker has added overnight voice tracking duties for Cat Country 96 (WCTO) in Allentown, PA.
WFBL 1050 AM has added two syndicated shows to its weekend lineup.
SportsRadio 620's (WHEN) weekday afternoon schedule is starting to shake out following Adam Schein's move to New York City last month.
93Q's morning team of Ted Long and Amy Robbins have the dubious honor of showing up in this week's 'Good Week, Bad Week' feature in the Syracuse New Times.
It's called 'Foneless February', and for years the silent fundraising campaign has been a hit with listeners of public radio station WRVO. The end result of the low-key effort is less hours of on-air fundraising in March. This year, the spring fundraiser will be shortened by five days thanks to over $90,000 in early contributions.
Larry Wilson, chairman of Citadel Communications, has decided to leave the company he founded. With the recent hiring of Infinity's Farid Suleman to head the day-to-day operations of the radio group, there was little room at the top for Wilson.
Galaxy Communications has changed its request for a power increase for WSCP 101.7 FM. The new proposal for the Pulaski station asks for 5200 watts at 100 meters instead of 3700 watts at 128 meters.
The transfer of Sylvan Beach Radio Disney affiliate WBGJ 100.3 FM from Kevin O'Kane to Craig Fox's WOLF Radio has been approved by the FCC. Scott Fybush reports that there may be a format change in the works as well.
Some good news to report relating to the recent deaths of two Manlius firefighters. In two separate radiothons held this past week, stations owned by Galaxy Communications and Clear Channel Communications raised a combined total of $107,500 for the families of Timothy Lynch and John Ginocchetti.