Longtime WBRV Host Kenny Youngs Dies January 27th, 2009 BOONVILLE — Kenny Youngs, longtime host of the “Afternoon Jamboree” on WBRV, died this past Saturday. He was 83 years old.
36 years of Bluegrass Ramble January 9th, 2009 SYRACUSE — Later this month, Classic FM (WCNY) airs a special edition of Bluegrass Ramble in honor of the show’s 36th anniversary. And you’re invited to attend the show’s taping tomorrow — free admission, and no reservations required.
POTW: Guitar Hero Champs (2008) January 9th, 2009 WATERTOWN MARKET — It’s slim pickins when it comes to finding new pictures on radio station websites in the North Country… but it’s been so long since we had a Watertown picture, we hunted and hunted (and missed our POTW deadline by nearly 4 hours) but we finally got one.
No More “Day to Day” on WRVO January 2nd, 2009 OSWEGO — A little over three weeks ago, NPR announced the show “Day by Day” would end in March due to budget cuts, but local affiliate WRVO isn’t waiting — today was the final day for “Day by Day” on WRVO’s primary lineup.
The Year in Review: 2008 December 31st, 2008 CENTRAL NEW YORK — Even though 2008 had its slow times, this was a remarkably busy year for the return of CNYRadio.com. As we prepare to clink our champagne glasses and watch WRUN/WOLF alum Dick Clark ring in 2009, we’ll take a look back at the major happenings from the year that was 2008.
CNYRadio.com Readers See Future… Sort Of December 29th, 2008 You might remember back in May, when our Weekly Poll asked, “How many more format flips will we see in CNY before the end of the year?” Well, it’s the end of the year… so we thought it’d be fun to compare the poll results to what actually happened since May.
More Choices to Replace O’Reilly December 18th, 2008 NEW YORK CITY – There are more names being tossed around as potential options for stations all over the country — including 2 in CNYRadio.com territory — that are in the process of finding replacements for the soon-to-be-departing-radio Bill O’Reilly.
Fox Pushing John Gibson as O’Reilly Replacement December 17th, 2008 Less than two weeks after Bill O’Reilly announced his plans to leave radio “sometime” in the first quarter of 2009, Fox News Radio is hoping his affiliates will sign up with another Fox News personality, John Gibson.
WCNY Scaling Back on Jazz Programming December 12th, 2008 SYRACUSE – Classic FM (WCNY-FM/WUNY/WJNY) is making some programming changes that may leave jazz fans unhappy, as it moves to increase the emphasis on classical music. Hosts Leo Rayhill and Dick Carr are directly impacted by the changes.
NPR Layoffs Impact WRVO and WEOS December 11th, 2008 Yesterday’s announced budget cuts at NPR will result in “Day to Day” being pulled from the WRVO weekday lineup, and “News and Notes” disappearing from the WEOS weekday lineup. No replacements have been named yet.
