Category: Utica-Rome Radio

Bob Edwards, the sole host of National Public Radio's Morning Edition since its debut 25 years ago, is being forced out of that position. "It's part of a natural evolution," said NPR spokeswoman Laura Gross. "We just felt it was time for a change." Edwards, 56, will become a senior correspondent for the show. Steve […]

This week WRVO will preempt much of its regular programming to present live coverage of Senate hearings by the National Commission on the Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Coverage begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday with testimony expected from Colin Powell, Madeline Albright, and Donald Rumsfeld. On Wednesday questioning turns to George Tenet, Samuel Berger, […]

There's a new frog in town at WFRY in Watertown. Bud Money, who has worked in the Utica-Rome market and most recently at Clear Channel Syracuse as a traffic reporter and weekend jock, moves to Froggy 97's afternoon drive slot beginning next week. Money, who will use the name Bud Green on the air, replaces […]

Jeanne Ashley left Y94FM (WYYY) five years ago this month for Kansas City, and from the sounds of it, things seem to be going well. Ashley, who handled Y94FM's midday shift from 1997-99 after stints at K-Rock (WKLL) and Lite 98.7 (WLTW) in Utica-Rome, is now the midday jock and music director at Kansas City's […]

John Dote's daily hour of local morning talk on WIBX came to an end last week. Dote's show, Behind the Headlines, has been replaced by a new local magazine show called First Look which airs weekday mornings at 8 a.m. and is hosted by Jim Rondenelli and Dave Andrews. Station management had given Dote the […]

WKLL 94.9 FM is cranking it down a few notches in Utica-Rome. The former modern rock station, which had been simulcasting Galaxy Communications' K-Rock (WKRL) signal out of Syracuse, will switch to WTLB's adult standards format and WTLB-FM call letters on Monday. WKLL, WTLB, and WRCK were all recently purchased from Galaxy by Route 81 […]

Following last month's announcement that Galaxy Communications is selling its Utica-Rome stations to Route 81 Radio, it looks like that transition has begun.  Over the weekend, Galaxy switched its WKLL 94.9 FM simulcast of K-Rock to sister station Rock 107 (WRCK). There's no official word yet on what formats Route 81 Radio has planned for […]

ESPN Radio has announced who will fill Tony Kornheiser's shoes after he drops his daily radio show at the end of March. Colin Cowherd joins the network from KFXX AM in Portland. His new show, The Herd, will air nationally from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. weekdays. Kornheiser is leaving to concentrate on his television […]

K-Rock (WKRL/WKRH/WKLL) has a new program director as of next Monday. Scott Petibone makes his way to Syracuse from Elmira where he was the operations manager for the Backyard Group. He has also programmed modern rock stations in Tallahassee and Jacksonville. K-Rock also has a new music director and night guy replacing Kevin Kline who […]

In Fall 2003 Arbitron ratings figures released for the public radio side of the dial, The WRVO Stations once again topped the Syracuse rankings, while Classic FM (WCNY) wound up tied with WRVO in Utica-Rome. The fall book, which is traditionally a strong one for WRVO, shows the news-talk station gaining a full point in […]