Syracuse Radio

More ink for TK99/TK105/WOUR middayer Dave Frisina.  A little over four months after making the cover of the Syracuse NewTimes, Frisina’s 30-year career in Syracuse radio is being documented by the national trade publication, Radio & Records.

Syracuse University’s WAER 88.3 FM is this week’s new addition to Scott Fybush’s “Tower Site of the Week” website.  Regular readers know the page is more than just info about the station’s tower… you can get a peek inside the studios, and a brief history of the station.

Longtime WCNY-FM personality and manager Don Dolloff has announced his retirement, effective October 7th.  The retirement date coincides with the end date for Classic FM’s current pledge drive.

Movin 100.3/96.5 has some openings for part-time air talent.  PD Skip Clark is looking for experienced jocks who are available to work weekends, holidays and fill-in shifts.

“Nixon Elected.”  Less than three weeks after former K-Rock (WKRL/WKRH/WKLL) PD/middayer Ty announced she’d be leaving for a new job Baltimore, Galaxy Communications has announced the hiring of her replacement. 

AllAccess.com says Galaxy has sold translator W291BU/Fulton to a company called M&D Translator, LLC for $5000.  According to radio-locator.com W291BU at 106.1FM is a translator for TK105.5 (WTKV/Oswego).  The AllAccess article offered no other information.

The vicious wind storms that left more than 140,000 Central New Yorkers without power also took WSEN off the air for roughly 12 hours Monday.

Citadel Broadcasting is the latest radio conglomerate facing a possible de-listing from a major trading market – in this case, the New York Stock Exchange.

Citadel’s Syracuse cluster briefly had 2 openings for PDs, but they’re back to just one opening, after hiring a new skipper for active rocker 95X (WAQX).

Rich Lauber, Operations Manager at Clear Channel Syracuse, is one of 17 people to be honored with the company’s “2008 Performance Excellence Awards.”