News items related to the Utica-Rome radio market. Counties: Herkimer, Oneida.
K-Rock's recently ousted morning man isn't out to burn any bridges, opting not to go into the details of his exit from the station. Word from Galaxy's Ed Levine on the end of Scorch's nearly eight-year run is that, "We tried to work with him ..., playing more music and playing more requests, but it […]
Syndicated radio host Delilah gets some press in this week's People magazine. Heard by over seven million listeners weekday evenings in 225 markets nationally, including Lite 105.9 in Syracuse, WARM 93.5 in Utica, and Magic 103.1 in Watertown, Delilah thanks her listeners who "bring great joy to my life."
Pat Kelly, afternoon drive guy at Utica's 107 WRCK, is packing his bags and heading down the Thruway to Albany for new digs at the Galaxy group of stations there. Kelly takes over the afternoon drive slot on WRCZ FM as well as production director duties for all of the stations in the Albany cluster.
'Big Frog 104 Cares for Critters Radiothon' got underway yesterday at 6 a.m. as WFRG personalities broadcast live from Utica's Sangertown Square Mall for the entire radiothon which runs until 7 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday. Money raised during the two-day event will be divided among several humane societies and […]
Most Central New York radio stations plan to memorialize and pay tribute to the victims of the terrorist attacks of one year ago with special programming today. The published schedule of events include...
K-Rock and Scorch have parted ways. After a couple year run as morning man of the modern rock station, he's on the street with evening guy J.J. Herr getting up early to take his place.
If your web surfing finds you at any of the sites for the four Utica-Rome stations owned by Regent Communications, you might notice some changes. The newly unveiled sites for Oldiez 96, Lite 98.7, Big Frog 104, and WIBX 950 offer better navigation and more information.
The price tag: $62 million. What Regent Communications gets in return: 12 radio stations owned by Brill Media in Reading, PA, Evansville, IN, Owensboro, KY, Duluth, MN, and Ft. Collins, CO. Look for the deal to be finalized late this year or early 2003. Regent's current holdings include nine stations in the Utica-Rome and Watertown […]
A two-day radiothon this past weekend sponsored by Utica's Lite 98.7 raised over $15,000 for the Children's Miracle Network. The proceeds will benefit the pediatric and maternity wards at Faxton-St. Luke'sHealthcare.
Utica radio veteran Randy Jay is signing off for the last time this weekend at Lite 98.7. Jay, the station's morning man and program director, is leaving after a 12 year run. Word on the street is that he's headed to Atlanta for a job outside of radio. Afternoon drive jock Peter Naughton steps into […]