Category: Utica-Rome Radio

After 20 years of rock radio interviews, Premiere Radio Networks announced it will cancel Rockline at the end of the year. Premiere, the country's largest syndicator of radio programming, is cutting 15 shows from its roster, a move that will eliminate 100 jobs. Rockline, hosted by Bob Coburn, is heard on 95X in Syracuse and […]

1,300 public radio listeners picked up their phones and helped make a difference during WRVO FM 90's eight-day fall on-air fundraising campaign. The calls generated a total of $106,000 in member contributions, and according to Matt Seubert, listener support coordinator for the WRVO network of stations, "Just as important as the dollars pledged was that […]

Mark Richards will be the new morning voice on Utica's Lite 98.7, replacing Randy Jay, a 13-year veteran of the station who left in late August. Richards hails from State College, PA where he has hosted the number one morning show in the market on WBHV. He has also worked at stations in Saginaw, MI, […]

Saying that "it's not fair to listeners for me to be gone so much," talk show host Art Bell announced this morning that he will step down as host of his nationally syndicated show Coast to Coast at the end of the year. The reason for his departure is a chronic back condition that prevents […]

Radio and Records has awarded ABC Radio's Paul Harvey the 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award. The award will be presented to the syndicated news host at R&R's Talk Radio Seminar in March. Harvey's newscasts and his Rest of the Story segments air weekdays on 570 WSYR in Syracuse and WARM 93.5 in Utica.

Michelle Norris has been tapped as a new co-host of National Public Radio's All Things Considered. Norris joins Robert Siegel and Melissa Block beginning December 9. Meanwhile, Steve Inskeep gets the nod for the hosting job of the weekend version of the show. All Things Considered is heard afternoons on WRVO FM 90 and Jazz […]

WRVO is looking for listener feedback on a new show which it plans to "audition" this weekend. The pilot episode of Public Radio Weekend, produced by Minnesota Public Radio and hosted by David Brown and Merrill Markoe, will air from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday. In developing the show, producers have "talked with some of the […]

Utica's Lite 98.7 has a new program director. Afternoon personality Peter Naughton gets the nod to fill the spot vacated by Randy Jay who left at the end of August. The station is still on the lookout for a new morning man to take over Jay's on-air duties.

Utica's Big Frog 104 does some shuffling of its on-air lineup. Bullfrog moves from morning sidekick to afternoons while Lisa Webber jumps in as Matt Herkimer's new morning show co-host as of this week. Webber (Lisa Reily), most recently on the air at 107.7 WGNA in Albany, will also handle information update duties and the […]

Lots of shifting of schedules over at Utica's KISS-FM. Grace Kruz (Amber Taylor) exits middays to make way for Stew Schantz up from afternoon duties which are now being handled by the former evening pair of Roadrunner and 'Kenny the Promo Guy'. Late nighter Shaun Andrews moves to evenings.