News items related to the Utica-Rome radio market. Counties: Herkimer, Oneida.
NEW YORK CITY -- Don Imus will be back on TV again very soon. The syndicated morning radio host's show will be simulcast by the Fox Business Network, beginning October 5th. As part of the deal, radio listeners can expect to hear "The I-Man" talking money a little more often.
UTICA-ROME -- Bruce Manning, a former Utica radio anchor and PR director for the Mohawk Valley Comets hockey team, has died following a heart attack at the age of 55.
UTICA-ROME -- Nothing beats a nice HD big screen when it comes to football, but if you're stuck at work or on the road during any big games this season, Newsradio 950 WIBX has you covered. The station has inked a deal to carry Westwood One's NFL Prime Time lineup, which includes the biggest game […]
OSWEGO -- The next phase in selecting the design for WRVO's commemorative 40th Anniversary Coffee Mug is underway. The station has narrowed the entries down to their five favorite designs, and now they're asking for your help in choosing a winner.
UTICA -- With just over a week until "Fireworks Over Utica," city officials have given their blessing to details surrounding the event. The event is being organized by Strategic Partnership Services, a subsidiary of Galaxy Communications, who owns WOUR, WUMX and other stations in the market. There were initially some safety concerns about plans to […]
UTICA/ROME -- The station located at 107.3 on the FM dial in the Utica-Rome market has certainly run the gamut of formats. Today, it carries satellite-driven religious music. Before that, WRCK's longest-running brand was "Rock 107." Even earlier, the station ran country as WTLB-FM, but before any of that... there was WZOW-FM.
SYRACUSE -- WCNY has hired Susan Arbetter, the former host of public TV's New York Now, as part of a "major expansion" of news and public affairs programming offered on WCNY television and radio, as well as the stations' website.
SYRACUSE -- If you thought you were out of luck for tickets to today's sold out KROCKATHON 14, all hope is not lost. An additional 1,000 tickets will be sold at the gate, but procrastinating will cost you a little bit extra.
UTICA-ROME -- A little over a month after the FCC said there are no problems with signal levels at the WOKR(FM) tower in the Town of Floyd, local lawmakers say they're hearing positive feedback from neighbors who originally complained about dangerously high levels of radiation in June.
Good news for Central New York country music fans who enjoy hearing Bob Kingsley's weekly countdowns -- the host's contract has been renewed through 2014.