News items related to the Syracuse radio market. Counties: Madison, Onondaga, Oswego.
There's more options for public radio fans near Oswego; WRVO recently started broadcasting in high-definition, allowing the addition of a subchannel called WRVO-2. Managers say the second channel is only carried by its Oswego signal now, but there are plans to expand the HD network to some of WRVO's sister stations throughout the region.
K-Rock middayer and acting PD "Ty" has accepted a new job in Baltimore, according to the national trades. She'll be doing middays at alternative rocker Channel 104.3 (WCHH). In addition to the on-air shift, she'll serve as APD and MD for the Clear Channel station.
Every station in Syracuse is live at the State Fair this week. Here's one of them.
Time flies when you're having fun... hard to believe it's been six months since the reincarnated CNYRadio.com went live. This last month was a pretty busy one too... despite being a little out of the loop while taking a summer road trip, we managed to break a new record. Details in our monthly look at […]
Platinum-selling national recording group "Tantric" recently stopped by the 95X (WAQX) studios in Syracuse. The group posed for a few pictures including this one with midday DJ Alexis. (Also read on for details on our POTW contest!)
Hot 107.9 recently hosted an "Estelle-abration Concert" featuring recording artist Estelle, who leaped to the top of the charts earlier this summer with "American Boy," a duet with Kanye West.
An observant CNYRadio.com reader points out that Citadel Broadcasting of Syracuse has several job openings posted on a local job website. Among them: a posting titled "95X Program Director." But the current PD isn't leaving the station.
Sorry we're a few days late on this one -- it's the first time we've had really good internet access during our summer vacation, so we just noticed Arbitron has released the P12+ ratings for the Syracuse and Utica-Rome markets. It appears Clear Channel's WBBS (B104.7) and Regent's Lite 98.7 (WLZW) are the clear winners in […]
Now that the privatization of Clear Channel is complete, it's time for CC Media to sell off 54 stations previously placed in the "Aloha Stations Trust," and DeRuyter's Nova 105.1 (WWDG) is on the list.
B104.7 morning co-host Ron Bee has been nominated for induction into the Disc Jockey Hall of Fame in Nashville, according to an e-mail sent to WBBS listener club members earlier today.