SYRACUSE -- This may very well qualify as the all-time "oldest" Picture of the Week yet. We're going back more than 70 years in Syracuse radio history, with scans from a few pages from a "WFBL Cook Book of the Stars," published in 1941. During those years I am pretty sure that some of our […]
SYRACUSE -- Do you know how a local elementary school teacher wound up becoming "Big Mike" Fiss' morning co-host on Sunny 102 (WZUN)? Take a look inside the pages of the June edition of Syracuse Woman magazine and you'll learn this and more about Melissa Midgley.
Updated 6/14 with additional information -- OSWEGO -- It's a classic example of climbing the professional ladder: Fred Vigeant started with WRVO in 2000 as an undergrad at SUNY Oswego. Over the next 12 years, he'd progress from being a producer to Operations Director, and eventually to Program Director in 2006. Next week, Vigeant will […]
SYRACUSE and UTICA-ROME -- From the "better late than never" file, syndicated talk show host Neal Boortz is getting ready to hang up his headphones. Boortz made the announcement live on his own program last week, heard on over 200 stations nationwide, including the two-market CNY Talk Radio trimulcast (WFBL/Syracuse, WMCR-A/Oneida, WUTI/Utica).
Updated 6/10 -- CAMBRIDGE, MA -- For a quarter-century, listeners nationwide have enjoyed listening to brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi, known as "Click and Clack," every Saturday morning on NPR's Car Talk. Today, the duo announced plans to retire this fall, but fans need not worry -- shows will continue to air every weekend into […]
SYRACUSE -- Ask viewers to name people who work in local TV news and you'll probably hear names like Matt Mulcahy, Carrie Lazarus, Rod Wood, Jackie Robinson, Christie Casciano and Michael Benny pretty often. How about Roger Mirabito or Kristy Smorol? People inside local TV news know these names, but outside of their respective stations' […]
SYRACUSE -- More often than not, when a radio station changes its call letters, that's usually a hint (or an after-effect) of a format change. But at 1300AM from Fulton, this is one of those "not" cases. After nearly ten years in the FCC record books as WAMF, the Radio Disney affiliate owned by Cram […]
SYRACUSE -- When a broadcast personality is gone for just a week or two, it's usually for a vacation. When it's been about a month -- as has been the case with Classic FM (WCNY-FM) morning host Bill Shedden -- listeners start to wonder if there's been a lineup change. But fans need not worry, […]
SYRACUSE -- After many years with Clear Channel rhythmic CHR Hot 107.9 (WWHT), Marty "the One Man Party" has a new radio home. This past weekend, he made his debut on crosstown competitor 93Q (WNTQ). His addition to the weekend/fill-in roster comes on top of working in the sales department for the Cumulus Media.
Updated 6/5 to include full K-Rock press release -- SYRACUSE -- KoRn, The Offspring and P.O.D. are among the most-famous acts confirmed for K-Rockathon 17, as announced today on the three K-Rock (WKRL/WKRH/WKLL) stations. And branching off a bit from the active rock format, the lineup also includes Public Enemy, the hip-hop group led by […]