News items related to the Utica-Rome radio market. Counties: Herkimer, Oneida.
The lineup, or at least part of it, for the 8th annual K-Rockathon has been announced. Evanescence will headline the Augest 16th concert at Vernon Downs organized by K-Rock (WKRL/WKRH). Also along for the ride: Tantric, Saliva, Cold, Revis, Cauterize and Plan 607 who won a local competition to open the day-long event.
Laura Ingraham is switching syndication companies and moving her three-hour show to mornings. Ingraham is leaving Westwood One for Talk Radio Network and in the process her live show will shift from early evenings to the 9 a.m. - noon time slot.
K-Rock (WKRL/WKRH) isn't ready yet to tell us who will be performing at this year's K-Rockathon, but modern rock fans can at least circle their calendars in pen. The annual summer concert returns to Vernon Downs this year on Saturday, August 16. To help keep traffic under control, attendance at the day-long event will be […]
96.9 WOUR officially turned 30 on June 3rd, but the party to celebrate the milestone runs all summer as the Clear Channel rocker has special events planned through September.
Without much fanfare, WRUN 1150 AM switched formats last week. The Utica-Rome station, which has gone through several format changes over the past few years, is now carrying ABC's Stardust satellite network and is being branded locally as "Velvet 1150, your unforgettable memories station."
They were "just having fun" and didn't expect to make it past the first round, but Plan 607 won the whole shooting match in this year's K-Rock battle of the bands. The band picked up $1,000, studio time at Utica's Fat Boy Studios, and will open the 2003 K-Rockathon. Nathan Turk of the Syracuse New […]
It looks like the annual K-Rockathon concert will not be returning to the Oswego Speedway but instead may head back to Vernon Downs. Concert promoter Chuck Chao has applied for a permit for the concert on August 16 at the Vernon racetrack. But Galaxy Communications' vice president Mimi Griswold says there are no firm plans […]
This week marks CNYRadio.com's two-year anniversary as an online source for news about the Central New York radio community. The site has continued to grow over the past twelve months, a year in which we added an online store and expanded our coverage area to include the Watertown and Ithaca markets.
Bill Keeler stopped by the brand new studios of Oldiez 96 (WODZ) to chat with morning man Nick Caplan last week. See how the visit went and catch a look at WODZ's new facilities on Keeler's late night television show tonight at 11 p.m. on the Utica-Rome Fox affiliate, WFXV-TV 33. Regent Communications is in […]
Clear Channel Communications is firing back at a Senate subcommittee which approved an amendment to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) new media ownership guidelines.