Category: Utica-Rome Radio

UTICA/ROME -- If the FCC approves (and we can't see why they wouldn't), it looks like WRUN-FM will soon officially drop the -FM suffix from its call sign.   The station at 90.3FM, licensed to Remsen, simulcasts "Northeast Public Radio" from WAMC in Albany.

UTICA/ROME -- Some national attention for morning show host Gary "Big Poppa" Spears at Kiss-FM (WSKS/WSKU), after an interview he conducted on-air yesterday morning caught the attention of famous celebrity news blogger Perez Hilton.  Spears was chatting with American Idol season 3 finalist Diana DeGarmo, when she unleashed an interesting development about her love life.

SYRACUSE and UTICA/ROME -- When this year's Heisman Trophy winner is announced, Dave Coombs will be able to say he had a hand in the decision. The co-host of the Gomez and Dave morning show on Syracuse's TK99/105 (WTKW/WTKV) and Utica's 96.9 WOUR has been selected to take part in voting for this year's Heisman […]

UTICA/ROME -- As you read here yesterday, current WIBX News Director Jules Thompson has handed in his notice after accepting a new gig as the nightside assignment desk editor at NewsChannel 9 in Syracuse.  That means WIBX needs someone else to run the newsroom, and Ops Manager Bill McAdams sends the following job posting to […]

SYRACUSE -- Roughly three months after taking the helm of the WIBX 950 newsroom in Utica, Jules Thompson is trading in his News Director business cards for the chance to work closer to home.  He's headed back to Syracuse, to become the nightside assignment editor for ABC affiliate NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV).

Updated 10:35pm UTICA/ROME -- Oneida County Independence Party chairman and former radio host John Dote has reportedly pleaded guilty on charges that he stole nearly $60,000 in political donations to pay for personal expenses.  As punishment, he'll reportedly spend six months in jail and he'll be forced to give up his involvement with politics.

CNYRadio.com reader Mark Fuller recently wrote to ask, "Does anyone know whats happening with Rome, NY's 1450 AM?"  He observes the station has "been silent for months," specifically since May, when Tune In Broadcasting purchased the station from Bible Broadcasting Network.  Fuller asks, "what's the sense of buying radio stations only to leave them silent?"

UTICA/ROME -- Ever heard of a radio station called WCML?  Well, there's a WCML-FM in Michigan, but we're talking about the one on the AM dial, here in Central New York.  Well... if you ask the FCC, it doesn't exist, but the Children's Museum of History, Natural History, Science and Technology in Utica would beg […]

Rare to see such top-level announcements being made during the weekend, but both Clear Channel and National Public Radio have announced their new Chief Operating Officers today.  At CC Media Holdings, "Chairman of Media and Entertainment Platforms" Bob Pittman gets promoted.  And NPR's new leader will be Gary Knell, who transitions from the same title at […]

UTICA/ROME -- Starting Monday, Mark Piersma will have a new co-host on his weekday show, Talk of the Town on Roser Communications Networks' WUTQ.  Longtime local business leader Frank Elias will join the three-hour gabfest, according to a press release from the station.