Jeanne Ashley left Y94FM (WYYY) five years ago this month for Kansas City, and from the sounds of it, things seem to be going well. Ashley, who handled Y94FM's midday shift from 1997-99 after stints at K-Rock (WKLL) and Lite 98.7 (WLTW) in Utica-Rome, is now the midday jock and music director at Kansas City's […]
John Dote's daily hour of local morning talk on WIBX came to an end last week. Dote's show, Behind the Headlines, has been replaced by a new local magazine show called First Look which airs weekday mornings at 8 a.m. and is hosted by Jim Rondenelli and Dave Andrews. Station management had given Dote the […]
WKLL 94.9 FM is cranking it down a few notches in Utica-Rome. The former modern rock station, which had been simulcasting Galaxy Communications' K-Rock (WKRL) signal out of Syracuse, will switch to WTLB's adult standards format and WTLB-FM call letters on Monday. WKLL, WTLB, and WRCK were all recently purchased from Galaxy by Route 81 […]
Following last month's announcement that Galaxy Communications is selling its Utica-Rome stations to Route 81 Radio, it looks like that transition has begun. Over the weekend, Galaxy switched its WKLL 94.9 FM simulcast of K-Rock to sister station Rock 107 (WRCK). There's no official word yet on what formats Route 81 Radio has planned for […]
ESPN Radio has announced who will fill Tony Kornheiser's shoes after he drops his daily radio show at the end of March. Colin Cowherd joins the network from KFXX AM in Portland. His new show, The Herd, will air nationally from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. weekdays. Kornheiser is leaving to concentrate on his television […]
K-Rock (WKRL/WKRH/WKLL) has a new program director as of next Monday. Scott Petibone makes his way to Syracuse from Elmira where he was the operations manager for the Backyard Group. He has also programmed modern rock stations in Tallahassee and Jacksonville. K-Rock also has a new music director and night guy replacing Kevin Kline who […]
In Fall 2003 Arbitron ratings figures released for the public radio side of the dial, The WRVO Stations once again topped the Syracuse rankings, while Classic FM (WCNY) wound up tied with WRVO in Utica-Rome. The fall book, which is traditionally a strong one for WRVO, shows the news-talk station gaining a full point in […]
ESPN Radio sports talker Tony Kornheiser will give up his daily talk show at the end of March. Kornheiser, who is also a popular Washington Post columnist, will focus his efforts on his ESPN television job on Pardon the Interuption. ESPN Radio has affiliates in Syracuse, Utica-Rome, and Watertown.
Galaxy Communications is pulling out of the Utica-Rome market.
The latest Arbitron numbers are out for the Utica-Rome market and Regent Communications is once again on top. Regent's Big Frog 104 (WFRG) and Lite 98.7 (WLZW) have been neck-and-neck atop the ratings heap for the past couple of years. In numbers released this week for the fall ratings period, WFRG moved ahead of WLZW […]