Category: Syracuse Radio

Many autism awareness groups protested Michael Savage's show today, upset over comments he made last week, calling many children diagnosed with autism "a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out."  Savage, whose show is heard locally on WSYR, says he will not apologize for the remarks, explaining that his comments were taken out of context.

K-Rockathon XIII was held this past weekend at the Cayuga County Fairgrounds in Weedsport.  Reporter Gavin Strube of the Auburn Citizen reported the event was sold out at 12,000+ and everything went smoothly, despite a handful of people being ejected from the premises for starting fights. 

The Utica Observer-Dispatch has an article about the upcoming K-Rockathon.  Here's the article.  "K-Rockathon XIII" is, as you may have guessed, hosted by Galaxy Communications' triplet of K-Rock stations.  They are 100.9 WKRL North Syracuse, 106.5 WKRH Minetto, and 94.9 WKLL Utica.

Former 95X PD Steve Brill has been named Ops Manager for Citadel's 5-station cluster in Des Moines, Iowa, according to R&R.  (We originally said GM because they did, but they've since changed their article.) And a reliable source tells us there's a new GM at Citadel's Syracuse cluster, but did not have any further details. If you […]

Shortly after Bob Costas finishes doing his part to help NBC produce 3600 hours of Olympics coverage in Beijing next month, he's expected to return to Syracuse to receive a special honor.

Apparently Citadel's decision to drop "Opie & Anthony" from the 95X lineup yesterday, replacing it with a music-intensive show branded as "Shut Up and Rock" was a surprise to O&A themselves.

Citadel rocker 95X (WAQX) has once again changed its morning show.  Effective today, the syndicated Opie & Anthony Show is out, and locally-programmed "Shut Up & Rock Mornings" are in.  WAQX had carried the O&A show since January 2007.

Syracuse broadcast legend Dave Laird is retiring at the end of this month, comes word today from Y94FM (WYYY) Program Director Kathy Rowe.  Laird's radio career has taken him up and down the Syracuse dial ... and back and forth along Interstate 90 too.

Sports commentator and blogger Brent Axe, host of "On the Block" on ESPN Radio 1260 (WNSS), reminsces about the early part of his career in radio, "the disease" that comes with being a radio talk show host and his frustration over the presidental elections, in an interview with "The Big Orange Bloggin Chuck."

UPDATED (1:05PM) - The 2008 New York State Broadcasters Association "Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting" have been unveiled.  We now have a complete list of winners, and they include stations in all four markets we cover... for a total of 11 radio awards, and at least 2 TV awards for former radio reporters.