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News items related to the Utica-Rome radio market. Counties: Herkimer, Oneida.


Lisa Simeone to appear at Syracuse fundraiser

National Public Radio's Lisa Simeone will be the featured speaker at the Women's Fund Annual Celebration at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Landmark Theater.

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Regent sets price, increases size of offering

Regent Communications has set a price of $7.50 per share on its add-on stock offering, and because investor demand was higher than expected, the planned offering of 8.25 million shares was kicked up to 10.5 million.

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Phil Stern back on the air

As rumored a few weeks ago, Utica talker Phil Stern has resurfaced in another market.

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Regent to issue public stock offering

Regent Communications plans to offer approximately 8,000,000 shares of common stock. The offering represents a new financing plan by the company which owns six stations in Utica-Rome including market leaders Big Frog 104 (WFRG) and Lite 98.7 (WLZW).

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Phil Stern ends WTLB talk show

Utica-area afternoon talk show host Phil Stern finished up his run on 1310 WTLB last Friday. Look for Stern to resurface soon at a station outside of Central New York.

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93Q, KISS-FM pull April Fools' pranks

As usual, 93Q's Ted and Amy were in prank mode today with their annual April Fools' Day hoax. This year's stunt was a report that New York lawmakers had outlawed eating, drinking, and smoking while driving a car. Command Traffic's Tony Bombardo played along as well by reminding morning commuters of the law that supposedly […]

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Bad weather knocks two Utica stations off the air

Strong winds and heavy rains caused Utica stations 94 K-Rock (WKLL) and Rock 107 (WRCK) to go silent for a while last night. The Galaxy Communications stations went dark at around 6:30 p.m. due to electical problems at their Smith Hill towers.

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New generator for WRVO insures continuous service

With the recent installation of a new 35,000 watt propane-powered generator at its main transmitting facility, WRVO will now be able to continue broadcasting its signal during emergency power outages.

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Rush Limbaugh undergoes surgery

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who slowly became completely deaf earlier this year, underwent surgery yesterday to place a cochlear implant in one ear.

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Clear Channel responds to Ackerley acquisition concerns

If Clear Channel Communications' proposed acquisition of the Ackerley Group is approved, some are contending Clear Channel will have an unfair, if not illegal, monopoly of the public airwaves in several cities including Syracuse. Clear Channel lawyers have responded.

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