95X leads morning show race August 10th, 2001 In the latest Arbitron figures for Syracuse released last week, with an 11.1 share, Howard Stern’s show broadcast on 95X (WAQX) tops the morning drive rankings.
Paul Harvey returns for a day August 9th, 2001 82-year-old broadcast legend Paul Harvey returned to the microphone today. His brief appearance on his noon newscast is Harvey’s first since May when he came down with a bad case of laryngitis. Saying that “the rusty pipes are being renewed… I’m so eager to return”, it’s still not clear when he’ll be back for good.
TK-99 cancels fireworks show August 8th, 2001 Vernon Downs officials found out officially that TK99/105 was canceling its ‘Fireworks Over Syracuse’ event by hearing the news first on the radio.
“Sunday Rounds” ends run on WRVO August 6th, 2001 After nine years, the syndicated medical advice show Sunday Rounds heard locally on WRVO FM 90 has stopped production.
S.U. professor critical of WSYR August 3rd, 2001 Accusing 570 WSYR of “good old-fashioned, indiscriminate, all-purpose hate,” Syracuse University Professor Laurence Thomas made his displeasure with the station known through an editorial letter in the Syracuse Herald Journal.
93Q big winner in latest Arbitron numbers August 1st, 2001 The ‘spring book’ is out and Syracuse’s Top 40 formatted stations are big gainers in 12+ numbers.
After MidNite host renews contract August 1st, 2001 Blair Garner, creator and host of the nationally syndicated country music show After MidNite has signed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar contract renewal with Premiere Radio Networks. The show which began in 1997 and is currently broadcast on over 200 stations across the country is heard locally weeknights from midnight until 6 a.m. on B104.7.
Buffalo Bills games to be heard on WNSS July 28th, 2001 Football season is just around the corner, and WNSS AM 1260 has picked up the broadcast rights for regular-season games of the Buffalo Bills Radio Network beginning this fall. WNSS switches to its new sports fomat on September 5.
Prairie host undergoes heart surgery July 27th, 2001 Garrison Keillor is recovering from heart valve surgery performed at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. The longtime host of A Prairie Home Companion is resting comfortably and is expected to make a full recovery. His popular weekly radio show heard locally on WRVO FM 90 will not be affected as the last live show
A.J. Benza kicked off Stern show July 24th, 2001 After a Tuesday morning altercation in which gossip columnist A.J. Benza struck ‘Stuttering John’ Melendez, the semi-regular guest of the Howard Stern show was shown the door by WXRK manager Tom Chiusano. The fight occured after Melendez posed as a listener calling in to mercilessly insult Benza. Stern’s morning show is heard locally on 95X.
