Category: Utica-Rome Radio

Delilah, the evening darling of light adult contemporary stations across the country, is switching syndicators. Premiere Radio Networks has signed the night personality who got her start with Jones Radio Networks. Delilah is heard on Lite 105.9 (WLTI) in Syracuse and Lite 98.7 (WLZW) in Utica-Rome. No word yet on what her move means locally.

WRVO FM 90 marks its 35th year on the air this year, a milestone that has the station looking to the future with a year-long fundraising campaign to update outdated studio equipment. It is also a time to reflect. The current issue of Oswego Magazine takes a look back to the early years of WRVO […]

WRVO FM 90 has once again come out on top in the latest ratings for public radio stations in Syracuse. While the station's 4.2 rating is a bit below where they were a year ago, they maintain a comfortable lead over Classic FM (WCNY) and Jazz 88 (WAER). Visit our Ratings section for all the […]

With a uniformed police officer at his side, Ed Levine, head of Galaxy Communications, made a trip to Utica earlier this week to pick up the keys to the three stations his company previously owned.

As part of WRVO FM 90's year-long effort to raise $139,000 to upgrade the station's outdated studio equipment, the local NPR affiliate is running a special mini-campaign beginning Thursday morning.

For those of you on the prowl for a local music show in the Utica area, 96.9 WOUR may have just what you're looking for. Local Exposure, a one-hour show airing each Sunday night at 10 p.m., features local artists and the inside scoop on the Utica music scene. Genesee Joe Travis is the show's […]

Lisa Webber is off to New England, and that leaves Big Frog 104 (WFRG) in search of a new morning show co-host. Webber has been with the station since her move from Albany's 107.7 WGNA in October 2002.

During the 1970s, Joe Wilson spent time as an air personality for WTLB and WRUN in Utica-Rome as well as a reporter for The AG Radio Network. Wilson died Thursday after a brief illness at a veterans hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. Known for his on-air sense of humor and work with veterans groups, his […]

WIBX AM 950 news anchor Mary Ann Hartley is leaving radio for a position with the city of Utica. Hartley will work as a floating secretary in a variety of departments, including urban and economic development, codes, information technology and the mayor's office.Source (link may no longer work): www.uticaod.com/archive/2004/03/27/news/29088.html

Dick Carr's syndicated Big Bands, Ballads & Blues has picked up its 40th affiliate station. Beginning next month, WRUN in Utica-Rome will carry the two-hour weekly show featuring a mix of adult standards and jazz masters. The program is hosted and produced by Syracuse resident Dick Carr and is marketed by the WOR Radio Network.