According to the Drudge Report, Premiere Radio Networks and Rush Limbaugh have signed a deal that will keep "America's Anchorman" on the air through the year 2016, and "the package is valued north of $400 million, according to media insiders."
News items related to the Syracuse radio market. Counties: Madison, Onondaga, Oswego.
According to the Drudge Report, Premiere Radio Networks and Rush Limbaugh have signed a deal that will keep "America's Anchorman" on the air through the year 2016, and "the package is valued north of $400 million, according to media insiders."
He's known mostly for his 46 years working at NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) in Syracuse. Mike Price is retiring from full-time work as of this Thursday. Why are we reporting on the retirement of a TV personality? You may not remember it, but he does have ties to local radio as well.
There can only be one Picture of the Week, but we had two major radio events on the same weekend earlier this month. WFRG's Frogfest won the coin toss to be the POTW last week. This week, it's 93Q Balloonfest at Jamesville Beach Park.
Laura Ingraham's syndicator, Talk Radio Network, tells affiliates she will be back on the air by Monday... after a long absence which -- according to national radio columnist Tom Taylor -- angered many affiliates. Ingraham's show is carried in Syracuse, Utica and Watertown.
As it gets later and later into June, many observers are watching and wondering: how come there's been no word yet from Clear Channel about B104.7's annual "BJAM" concert? Has this long-running tradition run its course?
NewsChannel 9's local talk show "Bridge Street" will be guest-hosted tomorrow by 93Q morning co-hosts Ted Long and Amy Robbins. Nothing yet on NewsChannel 9's Bridge Street website (as of 1:30pm today), but the longtime morning team has mentioned it on their own show.
People who work in morning radio seem to have different strategies when it comes to sleeping. Some force themselves to bed at 8pm, even when it's still light out. Others sleep in split shifts. But the crew at MOViN 100.3/96.5 seems to have figured out how to sneak in a few winks on the job!
A handful of Central New York's radio newsrooms took home several titles from the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association Awards this past weekend in Saratoga Springs. In fact, the top award-winner was from CNYRadio.com territory.
The Syracuse Post-Standard reports a judge has issued an injunction, barring Clear Channel from holding an outdoor festival to coincide with the "Taste of Syracuse" event happening in Syracuse's Clinton Square this weekend. The "Taste of Syracuse" is organized by Snafu Promotions LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Galaxy Communications.
A one-day radiothon on Power 106.9 (WPHR) is being credited with saving Syracuse's Juneteenth Celebration from being severely cut back this year. The radiothon was held last Sunday at the Clear Channel studios on Plum Street in Syracuse.