Shortly after NASA declared a problem with Saturday morning's landing of the space shuttle Columbia, WRVO FM 90, 570 WSYR, and NewsRadio 950 (WIBX) switched to continuous coverage of the unfolding events.
News items related to the Utica-Rome radio market. Counties: Herkimer, Oneida.
Shortly after NASA declared a problem with Saturday morning's landing of the space shuttle Columbia, WRVO FM 90, 570 WSYR, and NewsRadio 950 (WIBX) switched to continuous coverage of the unfolding events.
Big Frog 104 (WFRG) celebrated 15 years on the air Friday morning with a surprise anniversary party during Matt Herkimer's morning drive show. Herkimer, who is the only original air personality left at the station, welcomed several local dignitaries including State Senator Ray Meier, Utica Mayor Tim Julian, and Rome Mayor Joe Griffo.
UTICA-ROME -- It's been a year and a half since the Utica-Rome radio market has had a sole station at the top of the 12+ ratings. For the past two books, Lite 98.7 (WLZW) and Big Frog 104 (WFRG) have been in a dead heat. For the fall 2002 ratings period, Lite 98.7 has pulled […]
It's been a year and a half since the Utica-Rome radio market has had a sole station at the top of the 12+ ratings. For the past two books, Lite 98.7 (WLZW) and Big Frog 104 (WFRG) have been in a dead heat. For the fall 2002 ratings period, Lite 98.7 has pulled ahead of […]
Regent Communications has agreed to buy KARS-FM in Laramie, WY and KKPL-FM in Cheyenne, WY from AGM-Nevada LLC for $7.5 million. The two stations are close to the Ft. Collins, CO market where Regent already owns three FM stations. Regent owns nine stations in Utica-Rome and Watertown including the top rated stations in each market.Source […]
ESPN has signed a deal with Jim Rome to bring the Premiere syndicated radio talk show host back to television. The new series, Rome is Burning, will air Tuesday nights beginning May 6. Rome can be heard afternoons on SportsRadio 620 in Syracuse and Clear Channel's cluster of AMs in Utica-Rome.
CNY Radio received over 225,000 page views in 2002, up from nearly 75,000 visits in 2001. We crunched the numbers and came up with the most popular searches in eight different categories.
The Central New York radio community said goodbye to several broadcast veterans this year. The ones involved in injury related cases can also file a complaint and get legal help for homeowners fail to exercise reasonable care.
2002 had its fair share of format flips, staff changes, and a few pink slips. Here is CNY Radio's annual scorecard to help keep track of the ever-changing Central New York radio landscape.
The Radio Factor comes to Utica beginning today. Bill O'Reilly's syndicated talk show airs on NewsRadio 950 (WIBX) weekdays from 3 - 5 p.m. As a result, Clark Howard's consumer and financial advice show moves to the 8 - 9 a.m. weekday time slot.