UTICA-ROME -- Earlier this week, we were surprised by the absence of ratings data for Townsquare Media's four radio stations in the latest update from Arbitron. But we've since heard that Townsquare still subscribes to "the book" in this market. We checked, and it appears Arbitron has updated the "topline" data to include the cluster, […]
JAN 11th UPDATE -- Arbitron has revised its "topline" ratings to include Townsquare Media's four stations. As a result, we have revised our chart, and we have posted a new story to recap the ratings, in light of the new information. The story which follows was posted a few days earlier, when the original "topline" […]
SYRACUSE -- Galaxy Communications has started the search for someone to serve as the assistant program director and promotions coordinator for its three K-Rock stations. That's the word according to a want-ad which appeared on one of the national radio industry trade sites today.
SYRACUSE -- Consolidation is always a controversial topic among broadcasters. Galaxy CEO and President Ed Levine garnered plenty of praise this week when he criticized the overuse of the cost-cutting strategy, in an interview with Radio Ink, a national radio trade magazine. In the article, he said consolidation is sending radio "backwards," as many owners […]
UTICA/ROME -- After a little more than two years off the air, Bill Keeler is returning to local morning radio. Starting January 14, he will be hosting mornings at Townsquare Media news/talker WIBX 950.
CENTRAL NEW YORK -- Most New Year's Eve traditions take place later tonight; ours takes place earlier during the day, when we look through a whole bunch of server stats to determine the Top 10 Stories that appeared on CNYRadio.com and CNYTVNews.com over the past 365 days.
CENTRAL NEW YORK -- Although there were plenty of changes among personnel and programming in local radio during 2012, there weren't very many "format flips" this year, in the three markets covered by CNYRadio.com. But, nobody ever said you need to have a significant quantity of format flips to make it a memorable year. In […]
CENTRAL NEW YORK -- A national TV legend who got started in Syracuse, former radio and TV station owners, and a longtime print journalist who was just getting started in a new radio venture were among those we lost during 2012. In this segment of our Year in Review, we pause more to pay our […]
CENTRAL NEW YORK -- Here we are, wrapping another year documenting the happenings of local radio and television in Syracuse, Utica and Ithaca. Sometimes you don't realize just how much has changed in local broadcasting until you stop to take a look back at the past twelve months. Today, we begin our annual Year in […]
SYRACUSE -- Earlier this month, acclaimed singer and songwriter Benny Mardones tweeted that he had plans to visit Syracuse. And last week, he made good on that promise, stopping by a few radio stations for live interviews. Galaxy classic rocker TK99 (WTKW) was on the itinerary, and the singer posed for a photo with the […]