News items related to the Syracuse radio market. Counties: Madison, Onondaga, Oswego.
SYRACUSE -- A friendly wager between two local broadcasters resulted in some public humilation for NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) reporter Keith Kobland. Kobland, who also provides morning news updates for Classic Hits Sunny 102 (WZUN), lost a bet against Sunny morning show co-host Melissa Midgley.
AUBURN -- A private middle school has been granted FCC approval to sell its construction permit for a new radio station to a religious broadcaster from the Buffalo area. But federal regulators say the OK comes with some conditions. Among them, the CP's new owner won't get any extra time to get the new station […]
WARSAW, NY -- Former Central New York radio programmer and personality Rick "RJ" Jordan is back in the Empire State, after spending a year programming in Pennsylvania. He's now programming "CJ Country," located between Rochester and Buffalo in Wyoming County.
SYRACUSE -- ESPN Radio's Upon Further Review hasn't even officially debuted yet, and the show already has another new co-host. Former SU and NBA basketball star Derrick Coleman will join the show during basketball season.
SYRACUSE -- There's plenty of sports history here in Syracuse, and anywhere you find sports, you'll also find broadcasters. For this latest installment of Picture of the Week, your editor snapped a few shots of broadcaster-related memorabilia on display during a recent visit to the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame.
SYRACUSE -- The rumors have been swirling ever since NewsChannel 9's Steve Infanti joined the cast of ESPN Radio's weekday afternoon talk show back in August... and now those rumors are confirmed. Starting Monday, Upon Further Review will be simulcast on television. Fans will be able to listen on the radio, or watch on digital […]
SYRACUSE -- Clear Channel has announced management structure changes for dozens of markets across the country. According to Radio-Info.com, those changes have Syracuse GM Joel Delmonico becoming the "Regional Market Manager" for Syracuse and Binghamton, while Syracuse OM Rich Lauber is now "Regional Programming Manager" for both markets. Clear Channel owns six stations in each […]
OSWEGO -- NPR affiliate WRVO has a brand new website. In an email to listeners today, Fred Vigeant said "we're in the process of getting a number of items into the new site from the old system," including a number of podcasts. You can check out the site's new look at www.wrvo.org. The old domain, […]
PITTSBURGH -- Former News 10 Now reporter Jim Lokay is headed back east. But he's going further east than Syracuse... he'll continue right along Interstate 90's eastern terminus, where he's set to take over as the morning co-anchor at Boston ABC affiliate WCVB.
Rare to see such top-level announcements being made during the weekend, but both Clear Channel and National Public Radio have announced their new Chief Operating Officers today. At CC Media Holdings, "Chairman of Media and Entertainment Platforms" Bob Pittman gets promoted. And NPR's new leader will be Gary Knell, who transitions from the same title at […]