News items related to the Syracuse radio market. Counties: Madison, Onondaga, Oswego.
SYRACUSE -- Don't know about you, but this especially wet, chilly week made us appreciate the fact that -- despite the lack of any major heat waves -- it was still a pretty good summer. So before conceding to the fact that 5pm nightfall and snowstorms are just around the corner... we're heading back about […]
OSWEGO -- WRVO is gearing up for its Fall Fundraiser, and they could use your help. The drive up to the Port City might seem long--especially if you listen via WRVJ/Watertown or WRVN/Utica -- but they're offering tours of their state-of-the-art studios and free food to help entice you to volunteer.
VERONA -- Just one week to go until the doors open for the 37th Annual Broadcast & Technology Expo, hosted by Syracuse Chapter 22 of the Society of Broadcast Engineers. As always, there will be plenty of high-tech toys on display, and several demonstrations of the latest and greatest broadcasting equipment. And admission is free!
SYRACUSE -- Longtime market personality Ronnie Dark checks in with CNYRadio.com to report his concept for a new show, The Wax Museum, has finally become a reality. The show airs Sunday nights from 7-9pm on Love Radio 103.9 (WVOA). The programming is also simulcast on translators 95.3 in Syracuse and 98.1 in LaFayette.
VERNON -- Oldies 1390 (WFBL/WSEN[AM]) recently welcomed Joey Dee and the Starlighters for a concert at the Vernon Downs Racino. After the show, the group signed autographs for fans, and took some time to pose with WFBL morning man Dick Mastriano.
SYRACUSE -- The Baldwinsville Messenger finally caught up with the recent sale of WSEN, WSEN-FM and WFBL. A report published last week offers some new minor details about the transition, but little in the way of significant information that wasn't already published on this website nearly a month earlier.
SYRACUSE -- Former Ithaca morning show host Mark Vanness excitedly writes CNYRadio.com today: "I got a J-O-B!" Not only did he find a way to get back into radio on a full-time basis; he's making a rather significant market rank jump as well.
SYRACUSE -- One Syracuse University School of Law professor was notably upset with Clear Channel's recent weekend-long format flip from urban Power 106.9 to "Young Country 106.9" and then back to Power. LaVonda N. Reed-Huff's thoughts were published on the opinion page of the Syracuse Post-Standard. If you missed the paper, you can read the article […]
SYRACUSE -- When the new season of Saturday Night Live begins later this week (with a special set to air Thursday, actually), you could be hearing jokes written by local comedian/DJ Josh Grosvent. He's been hired as a contributing writer for the long-running sketch show's "Weekend Update" segment.
Earlier this week, Scott Fybush added some fresher Syracuse legal IDs to the collection at tophour.com. Today, his colleague Jeff Lehmann has added a few more of his own updates to the Syracuse page, along with IDs from the Utica-Rome and Ithaca markets. (And they have IDs from other markets all over the country, not […]