Updated 4/3 -- UTICA/ROME -- There's a new company, but a familiar voice, providing weather forecasts on WIBX 950 starting this morning. The Weather Channel is out, as the Townsquare Media station signs with a new provider called "The Storm Report."
News items related to the Utica-Rome radio market. Counties: Herkimer, Oneida.
Updated 4/3 -- UTICA/ROME -- There's a new company, but a familiar voice, providing weather forecasts on WIBX 950 starting this morning. The Weather Channel is out, as the Townsquare Media station signs with a new provider called "The Storm Report."
UTICA-ROME -- Although listeners first discovered WUTQ's expansion to the 100.7FM frequncy about ten days ago, Roser Communications Network officially announced the changes Monday night. In addition, the company says it has hired Taylor Harris to host the music hours heard middays on the four-frequency simulcast.
Updated 3/18 at 7:00pm -- UTICA-ROME -- It may not be a surprise to local prognosticators, but it's now official: 100.7 WRCK is now simulcasting the hybrid news/talk/music format originally branded as "95.5 WUTQ." WRCK's new owner, Utica-based Roser Communications Network, has already applied to change WRCK's call sign to WUTQ-FM.
UTICA/ROME -- There's a new (but famililar, for some listeners) morning show coming to the Mohawk Valley. Starting Monday, the syndicated "Elvis Duran and the Morning Show" will be carried by hot AC Mix 102.5 (WUMX), weekdays from 6-10am. Duran's show, based in New York City, is already carried in more than 40 markets nationwide, […]
Updated 3/18 with new photos -- UTICA-ROME -- Our sincerest congratulations to Kenny the Promo Guy from Kiss-FM (WSKS/WSKU) and his wife Tracy, the proud new parents of a son born this (Thursday) evening.
SEATTLE -- Syndicated love songs host Delilah, whose show is carried by radio stations in the Syracuse and Utica-Rome markets, shared some sad news from her personal life over the weekend. One of her sons, Samuel Young Dzolali Rene, lost his life to sickle cell anemia yesterday.
UTICA-ROME -- Morning man and PD Bob Cain has exited Oldiez 96.1 WODZ. According to at least two anonymous readers who contacted CNYRadio.com, Cain's departure was announced to staff today, and it is "effective immediately."
CENTRAL NEW YORK -- Dozens of national-level advertisers and two radio stations -- one in Hawaii and one in Massachusetts -- have severed ties with The Rush Limbaugh Show, over some well-publicized remarks Limbaugh made on-air recently. But when it comes to affiliates in the three markets covered by CNYRadio.com, it appears Limbaugh's future is […]
UTICA-ROME -- For the second time in a week, Gary "Big Poppa" Spears is getting national exposure for "breaking" celebrity news. On Friday morning, he spoke with Johnny "The Unit" Manfre, a close friend of Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino from the popular MTV series Jersey Shore. The pair's interview about the reported pregnancy of Nicole […]
UTICA-ROME -- The sale of 100.7 WRCK appears to be getting closer and closer to completion. This afternoon, current owner EMF started looping a message telling listeners of the syndicated "Air1" network to change their station preset buttons to nearby Air1 affiliate 93.5 WOKR.