News items related to the Syracuse radio market. Counties: Madison, Onondaga, Oswego.
WTLA's Jack Morse will be honored on Friday, November 1 as one of this year's inductees onto the Syracuse Press Club's Wall of Distinction. Morse, who has a long history in sports broadcasting, can be heard weekday mornings with Phil Markert on WTLA/WSGO AM.
Radio and Records has awarded ABC Radio's Paul Harvey the 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award. The award will be presented to the syndicated news host at R&R's Talk Radio Seminar in March. Harvey's newscasts and his Rest of the Story segments air weekdays on 570 WSYR in Syracuse and WARM 93.5 in Utica.
The Jewish Student Union and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications of Syracuse University welcome ESPN's Linda Cohn to the Goldstein Auditorium in the Schine Student Center tonight at 7:30. Cohn, who is a graduate of SUNY Oswego, will talk about her work on the cable sports channel including hosting duties for SportsCenter. She […]
Hot 107-9's late night jock, Jeff 'Danger Boy' Wise, has been named the new music director for the station.
TalkRadio 1050 WFBL welcomes one of its syndicated hosts to its Syracuse studios this week. Dr. Joy Browne, whose show normally originates from the WOR Network studios in New York City's Time Square, will broadcast her relationship advice show live from WFBL's studios on Monday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. until noon. She will also […]
Michelle Norris has been tapped as a new co-host of National Public Radio's All Things Considered. Norris joins Robert Siegel and Melissa Block beginning December 9. Meanwhile, Steve Inskeep gets the nod for the hosting job of the weekend version of the show. All Things Considered is heard afternoons on WRVO FM 90 and Jazz […]
The annual 'Best of Syracuse' poll put together by the Syracuse New Times is out, with 93Q and K-Rock faring well in the final tally. Here are the results...
With its local commitment to Syracuse University sports, it was too tight of a squeeze over at ESPN Radio 1260 to fit in the network's postseason baseball play-by-play coverage this fall. Fear not, baseball fans, SportsRadio 620 has acquired the rights to air the broadcasts. According to WHEN program director Jim Lerch, "Even though we […]
Talks between Clear Channel Communications and the Landmark Theatre may be headed for a deal that would nearly double the use of the 74-year-old theater. While Clear Channel would not become an exclusive promoter for the historic movie house, it would help to bring off-Broadway caliber shows to the venue and help in acquiring additional […]
Listen for a new voice in the morning on Lite 105.9 as market veteran Dee Collins joins Dave Allen for news duties. Known for her enthusiastic personality, Collins started in Syracuse radio 17 years ago at WSEN doing afternoon drive. Her long and varied media career includes stints as midday personality at Y94FM, marketing director […]