Former Syracuse radio personality Nelson Guyette passed away on Thursday, October 4 in Rochester.
Former Syracuse radio personality Nelson Guyette passed away on Thursday, October 4 in Rochester.
Locally-owned radio group Galaxy Communications has agreed to buy another station in the Albany market.
Clear Channel Communications wants to buy the Ackerley Group for $800 million. What that means for Syracuse is the addition of television station WIXT channel 9 to Clear Channel's group of six local radio stations. The deal still has to be approved by Ackerley share holders, the FCC, and the Justice Department. Related Link: - […]
In an effort to cut costs, WFBL AM 1050 laid off its operations director and morning air personality Dave Smith on Friday.
Local modern rock acts Tread, Earth Crisis, and Gridley Paige along with ten other bands are part of a new compilation CD being put together by K-Rock's midday air personality "Silent Bob" Staffa. Native Noise celebrates Staffa's local-music radio show Backstage Live, broadcast Thursdays at 11 p.m.
Local rock station 95X is teaming up with area Chrysler Jeep dealers to sponsor The American Pride Rally 2001. The event is scheduled for Saturday October 20 from 4-7 p.m. in Armory Square. Bands in the lineup include Los Blancos, Eddy Current and Uncle Fester.
The Syracuse Area Music Awards, scheduled to be held November 9, have been put on hold until sometime in January or February.
Syndicated radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger is shifting gears on Friday to talk to Hassan Hathout, the author of Reading the Muslim Mind, who will discuss the recent terrorist attacks, the differences between moderate and radical Islam and prime terror suspect Osama bin Laden.
Last week, The Motley Fool Radio Show, heard locally on 570 WSYR, ceased production. Now there's word that the financial services company that produced the show is cutting 75 of its 180 person staff. Owners of the company and hosts of the radio show, brothers David and Tom Gardner, say they are "hunkering down and […]
Former B104.7 Program Director and afternoon air personality Rick "RJ" Jordan has left his new job at country station WPOR in Portland, Maine. Jordan resigned for personal reasons after only a week on the job.