Category: Syracuse Radio

Syracuse University is holding its 19th annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, "Planting a Seed, Growing the Dream," this Saturday at the Carrier Dome. Those who can't attend the event in person can catch a live broadcast of the celebration on 570 WSYR beginning at 6:30 p.m.

There's a new voice in the morning at K-Rock (WKRL/WKRH). Evening jock Kevin Klein brings his shenanigans to the early morning hours on the alternative rock station.

570 WSYR morning personality Joe Galuski is teaming up with Kathy Rowe for an hour of talk each weekday morning at 9:00 on the news-talk station. Rowe, a 21-year veteran of sister station Y94FM (WYYY), will also maintain her current duties across the hall as WYYY's program director and midday personality.

Clear Channel is stunting in Utica-Rome this weekend. Friday afternoon's on-air anouncement that Bob 102.5 (WRBY) will ride off into the sunset was followed by a 'Wheel of Formats' starting with a nod to New Rock 105 'The Dog' (WWDG) by airing rock songs and redirecting the station's web site to WWDG's home page.

570 WSYR host Joe Galuski has picked up an extra hour of talk each weekday morning. The 15-year veteran of the station has tacked on the 9 o'clock hour to his morning schedule. Galuski's hour of talk replaces Kathy Denman's call-in show which shut down last week following her move to Clear Channel's new Total […]

Beginning next week, Syracuse will have another local news-talk choice in the morning. TalkRadio 1390 WFBL's revamped morning show will be hosted by the station's new news director, former 570 WSYR newsman Bill Colley. Don't expect the ranting and raving heard on most other talk shows though, Colley hopes to provide a forum for in-depth […]

The Central New York radio community said goodbye to two broadcast veterans this year.

2003 had its usual assortment of radio programming and staff changes locally. Here is CNY Radio's annual scorecard to help keep track of the ever-changing Central New York radio landscape.

Earlier this month TalkRadio 1050 WFBL became TalkRadio 1390 when the news-talk format on 1050 AM moved up the dial. The 1050 AM frequency, which changed call letters to WSEN AM, continued to simulcast the talk format until this week when it flipped over to a simulcast of FM sister station Oldies 92.1 (WSEN). WSEN […]

Rush Limbaugh says he will appeal a ruling by a Florida judge that says he must release his medical records to prosecutors investigating possible drug-related crimes. The conservative talk-show host believes that Democrats are out to get him. According to Limbaugh, "The Democrats in this country still cannot defeat me in the arena of political […]