News items related to the Syracuse radio market. Counties: Madison, Onondaga, Oswego.
Come the first of the year, syndicated talk show host Art Bell will sign off for good, and his web site www.artbell.com will go dark forever as well. According to Bell, the site, which is jammed full of articles and photos covering the topics discussed on his show over the past six years "will never […]
It's that time of year once again, and area stations are out and about with plenty of live music and cheap breakfasts leading up to Christmas day. Here's what we've got so far...
Last year both Y94FM and Lite 105.9 opted for wall-to-wall holiday music for the weeks leading up to Christmas. Citing success with last year's effort, Y94FM switched to 100% holiday tunes just before Thanksgiving, while Lite 105.9 is broadcasting a mix of about 20%, and religious station WMHR is up around 75%.
Clear Channel Communications has retained Pat Pagano as the weather forecaster of choice for mornings on 570 WSYR, but for the rest of the day, WIXT TV 9 meteorologists now handle the task. With Clear Channel's acquisition of WIXT, Pagano was not surprised with the move. WSYR's programming head, Rich Lauber, has no complaints with […]
Listen for a new voice during the day over at Hot 107-9. Erin Bristol, Hot's new program director, slides into the midday slot, while Marty The One Party moves up to afternoon drive. Also new to the schedule, catch the hot songs of the day weeknights at 11:00 with Carson Daly's syndicated show Most Requested.
The 12th annual 95X Rock Auction held at Shoppingtown Mall this past weekend 'rocked'. Thanks to an Ozzy Osbourne autographed guitar which went for $5,000 and an AC/DC guitar which fetched $2,005, the station was able to raise $16,800 for the local chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. This year's grand total is more than double […]
570 WSYR afternoon talker Jim Reith is the subject of this week's Syracuse New Times cover story. Reith, a veteran WSYR newsman turned talk show host three years ago, discusses his vision for his particular brand of local talk radio, how he "likes to whine" on the air a lot, and why, in the cover […]
The cable television show Women's Voices welcomes Y94FM's Kathy Rowe and Amy Robbins of 93Q as guests this week. With over 34 years of on-air experiences between them, they join hosts Lorraine Rapp and Linda Lowen to talk about their careers and discuss the role of women in radio. Women's Voices airs on Time Warner […]
Former 62 WHEN news anchor and reporter Jeff Scheidecker died on November 26 of lymphatic cancer at the age of 46. Scheidecker's 23-year broadcast career also included work as a television news director at stations in Syracuse; Greensboro, NC; South Bend, IN; and Orlando, FL. He was most recently operations manager at WGGB-TV in Springfield, […]
Syracuse's Oldies 92.1 (WSEN) is changing its Sunday night lineup of syndicated programs. Goddard's Gold moves to 5 p.m., replacing MJI's Oldies Countdown, and new to the schedule is Back to the 70's, hosted by Charlie Tuna, from 8 - 10 p.m.