SYRACUSE -- Less than a year after he was reinstated to morning drive -- following a two-year absence in the market -- syndicated talker Don Imus will once again be dropped from the lineup at WHEN.
News items related to the Syracuse radio market. Counties: Madison, Onondaga, Oswego.
SYRACUSE -- Less than a year after he was reinstated to morning drive -- following a two-year absence in the market -- syndicated talker Don Imus will once again be dropped from the lineup at WHEN.
SYRACUSE -- The long-anticipated debut of on-air personalities at New Country WOLF(-FM) 105.1 and 96.7 (WLLF-FM) happens today. According to an email blast sent out to listeners late last night, the station will begin airing the syndicated "Big D & Bubba" show this morning.
SYRACUSE -- For at least the third year in a row, the B104.7 (WBBS) morning show has been nominated for an Academy of Country Music (ACM) award. And once again, a programmer who used to work in Utica and Watertown gets a nomination for his current station in Albany.
SYRACUSE -- Radio audience estimates for the Syracuse market are finally "official" today, after Arbitron re-issued the Fall 2009 book this morning. The ratings company had to re-issue the data after it was discovered one station was completely left out of the original results.
SYRACUSE -- For the first time since the "Irish Power Hour" debuted on Lite Rock 105.9 (WLTI) last March, the show is hitting the road for a live broadcast at Tipperary Hill's Blarney Stone Tavern this weekend.
Updated 1/27 at 4:00pm -SYRACUSE -- It appears that both FM translators that will soon be part of Galaxy Communications' ESPN Radio affiliation are ready for the change, more than a month in advance. The translator at 97.7FM (W249BC/Mattydale) has switched from simulcasting K-Rock (WKRL) to simulcasting future ESPN Radio anchor WTLA (1200).
SYRACUSE -- There are changes in the air at Clear Channel's Newsradio 570 WSYR. The station is changing the way it delivers news during morning drive, including the addition of a co-anchor.
SYRACUSE -- It's been decades since "Happy Jack" Macnamee sat behind the microphone at WNDR, but his familiar voice returned to the airwaves for a short time this past weekend.
SYRACUSE -- It's not often that a local radio station can grab the attention of reporters from other media for hours on end. But the clever folks at WSYR managed to do just that back in the early 1990s with a unique billboard promoting the news/talk station.
SYRACUSE -- No word yet on who has been hired for the on-air team at Foxfur Communications' New Country WOLF 105.1 (WOLF-FM), but PD Skip Clark tells us who hasn't been hired -- a midday talent. He's putting out the last call for applications as the station hopes to get someone hired "ASAP" and unveil […]