Utica-Rome Radio

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.

It’s facelift time for K-Rock’s web site. The newly designed site serves as a portal to the K-Rock stations in Syracuse, Oswego, Utica-Rome, and Albany, all of which are owned by Galaxy Communications. Check it out at www.krock.com.

Big Frog 104 (WFRG) welcomes back David Hopperfield who hops into the 7 p.m. to midnight shift beginning this week. A familiar voice to WFRG listeners, Hopperfield worked at the station a few years back before Bullfrog’s arrival.

Sid Rosenberg has been axed from Don Imus’ syndicated morning show. The New York Post initially reported that the move was an on-air surprise to Rosenberg, but that angle on the story turned out to be a hoax. Rosenberg, who is being replaced by sportscaster Mike Breen, gets to keep his WFAN midday show. Imus

The official response from Clear Channel Communications to yesterday’s rule changes by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is that the commission chose politics over the public interest and that radio listeners will be the “ultimate victims.”