News items related to the Utica-Rome radio market. Counties: Herkimer, Oneida.
Sorry we're a few days late on this one -- it's the first time we've had really good internet access during our summer vacation, so we just noticed Arbitron has released the P12+ ratings for the Syracuse and Utica-Rome markets. It appears Clear Channel's WBBS (B104.7) and Regent's Lite 98.7 (WLZW) are the clear winners in […]
An Oneida County man has died after attending the K-Rockathon earlier this month, according to the Utica Observer-Dispatch. The paper says James M. Cieri of Westmoreland, 20, suffered a skull fracture, which was discovered after he complained of a headache on the way home from the concert in Weedsport.
There's one tiny thing that's made being an observer of the CNY Radio scene a little frustrating for quite some time. Arbitron hasn't released ratings data to the public in a few years now, in any of the four markets covered by CNYRadio.com. Many of you also indicated such frustration, so we went looking for answers.
This edition of Picture of the Week is a no-brainer... we had to get something from K-Rockathon XIII, held last Saturday at the Cayuga County Fairgrounds in Weedsport.
Regent's Newsradio 950 WIBX has just signed up with Performance Racing Network (PRN) to carry live coverage of NASCAR's Sprint Cup series. The announcement was included in an e-mail sent to the WIBX "Listener Club" this afternoon.
K-Rockathon XIII was held this past weekend at the Cayuga County Fairgrounds in Weedsport. Reporter Gavin Strube of the Auburn Citizen reported the event was sold out at 12,000+ and everything went smoothly, despite a handful of people being ejected from the premises for starting fights.
Scott Fybush reports in this week's edition of NorthEast Radio Watch, that EMF-owned WOKR/Remsen (93.5) is looking to move closer to Utica. Fybush says WOKR is applying for permission to move to a new tower in East Floyd.
The Pennsylvania-based company that owned Galaxy's Utica-Rome cluster for a short time in 2004, is now history. "Route 81 Radio" has been taken over by one of it's own primary investors following a foreclosure sale, reports Scott Fybush in this week's NorthEast Radio Watch. Route 81 no longer has any properties in Central New York, […]
It's America's Biggest 15K Road Race, with over 10,000 runners, including Governor David A. Paterson. Nearly every radio station in the Utica-Rome market was there, so we put everyone's name in a hat and KISS-FM came out as the station to represent the Boilermaker in this installment of the Picture of the Week.
The Utica Observer-Dispatch has an article about the upcoming K-Rockathon. Here's the article. "K-Rockathon XIII" is, as you may have guessed, hosted by Galaxy Communications' triplet of K-Rock stations. They are 100.9 WKRL North Syracuse, 106.5 WKRH Minetto, and 94.9 WKLL Utica.