This week's Syracuse New Times includes a final ballot for their "Best of Syracuse" contest. Categories range from the best bowling alley to the best place to spot road kill. Three awards will be handed out in the radio division: best local station, best local DJ, and best morning show. The public has until September […]
Longtime Syracuse morning man Big Mike Fiss is scheduled to return to the airwaves next Monday, September 24. Fiss, who parted company with Y94FM last week, takes over morning show duties at Sunny 102, after Bill Baker was let go earlier in the month.
Both radio and television in Syracuse and Central New York have helped out in a big way in the aftermath of last week's terrorist attacks. Among the efforts include fundraisers by Clear Channel and Citadel Communications stations. (Original Syracuse NewTimes article is no longer available.)
CNYRadio.com's Scott Jameson reflects upon an evening on the air at Oldies 92.1 on the night of 9/11 in an article posted several days after the terrorist attacks. It is a rare moment when we in the media are at a loss for what to say. Sadly, last Tuesday provided us with one of those […]
For the past couple of days, a list of over 100 songs that supposedly were banned from airplay on thousands of Clear Channel radio stations across the country has been circulating on the Internet. The company, which owns six stations in Syracuse, confirmed today that the story was a hoax.
Former 93Q staff member Neil Sullivan died on Thursday, 9/13 after a short battle with lung cancer. Sullivan, who most recently worked as program director of WMEQ in Maine, was a 20-year radio veteran who also spent time in Worcester, Milford, and on Cape Cod. Funeral services are scheduled for this Friday, 9/21 in Dennis, […]
NewsRadio 570 WSYR unveiled a new computer news and advice show this weekend. The Computer Program replaces Random Access on Sundays from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.
This Sunday night from 6p-8p, Hot 107-9 will be heard all over the United Kingdom on the BBC radio station 5 Live.
It was a busy and rewarding day yesterday for ten area radio stations. Clear Channel stations B104.7, Y94FM, Hot 107-9, Power 106.9, 570 WSYR, and SportsRadio 620 collected over $500,000 for the relief effort in New York City and Washington D.C.. Citadel stations 93Q, 95X, Lite 105.9, and WNSS AM raised nearly $110,000. Donations will […]
Local stations owned by Citadel Communications came together today for an eight-hour fund raising event at the Burdick Dealership at Penn Cann Mall.