Category: Syracuse Radio

SYRACUSE -- Years before the practice of radio stations "going all-Christmas" became a popular trend across the country, there was Big Mike's Christmas Broadcast.  Every year, Sunny 102's Big Mike Fiss invites dozens of local musicians to perform holiday favorites live on the air.  This year was particularly notable -- it was the 30th year […]

SYRACUSE -- The market's only Italian-American radio show will have a new home when the new year begins, and maybe some new listeners as it expands to new markets. Starting on New Year's Day, Ciao! with Joey Nigro and Jim Battaglia will move to Classic FM (WCNY-FM). Ciao! will still begin at 3pm on Sunday […]

SYRACUSE -- Kudos to the crew at K-Rock (WKRL/WKRH) on being named "Modern Rock Station of the Year" by national trade publication FMQB.  The award was based on votes cast by members of the radio and record industries.  K-Rock, owned locally by Galaxy Communications, was up against other "secondary market" contenders, stations in markets ranked […]

SYRACUSE -- It's a double dose of holiday favorites on "The Wax Museum," a specialty show which airs Sunday nights on Love Radio WVOA 95.3, 98.1 and 103.9.  This weekend, legendary vocalist Sonny Farrar will join the guys live in-studio to perform some of his own Christmas favorites.  And there's more holiday favorites the following […]

SYRACUSE -- Syracuse native Dusty Rhodes, who started his career at WOLF before graduating from SU and moving to Cincinnati, will be back on local airwaves again this Christmas Eve.  The 50th anniversary of the nationally-known "Dusty Rhodes Christmas Show" will be carried locally on WCNY-HD2.

Updated 9:00pm with date correction -- SYRACUSE -- Longtime morning show host "Big Mike" Fiss is promising "the biggest line-up ever" for his annual Christmas broadcast on Sunny 102.1 (WZUN) on Wednesday, December 21.  That's because this will be the 30th year Fiss has hosted the live-on-location broadcast, featuring holiday favorites performed by local talent.  You can listen on […]

SAN ANTONIO, TX -- It's an unprecedented deal between two of the biggest companies in radio: Cumulus Media is joining iHeartRadio, the platform owned by Clear Channel which already provides mobile streaming of more than 800 Clear Channel stations.  By adding the 570 stations owned by Cumulus, iHeartRadio will offer roughly 1400 stations -- many […]

SYRACUSE -- "The most famous Syracuse broadcasters that most of Syracuse has never heard of."  That's how reporter Hart Seely describes Mars Hill Radio (WMHR) morning co-hosts Mark Hard and Rich McVicar on the front page of today's Syracuse Post-Standard.  Seely's referring to the longevity and reach of Mars Hill, a station which measures success […]

SYRACUSE -- Friends and family of former WSYR radio reporter Bill Leaf will have to wait at least another month before they learn whether the drunk driver who killed Leaf in 2006 will be paroled in February 2012. This is the second time Matthew Benedict's initial parole hearing has been postponed.

SYRACUSE -- When it comes to local television news, the Carrier Dome is usually the domain of sports reporters and sports anchors.  But ever since the Bernie Fine story broke about two weeks ago, stations have been changing their usual staffing arrangements to cover the developments.