Category: Watertown

The FCC plans to do some additional "concentration analysis" of the proposed station swap involving nine stations in Duluth, MN and Evansville, IN. If the deal is approved, former Regent Communications Watertown cluster manager Bob Dakin will have five new stations to look after in Evansville. Regent owns nine stations in Watertown and Utica-Rome markets.

With both NPR and the BBC planning extensive coverage of the war in Iraq over the next few weeks, public radio station WRVO has decided to put its spring fund drive on hold until next month. The on-air campaign which was set to start last Saturday will instead begin on April 9. In a statement […]

Big Frog 104's afternoon jock, Matt 'Bullfrog' Raisman, is headed to Watertown in a deal that sends Froggy 97 (WFRY) morning man, Bean Pole (Tom Jacbosen), to Utica as the cluster's new operations director and WFRG afternoon guy. Raisman, who picks up program director duties at WFRY and ESPN Radio 1410 (WNER) and the afternoon […]

It looks like Bob Dakin will be busy over the next few months. Dakin, who up until last week was general manager of Regent Communications' Watertown cluster, will have an armful of new stations to manage in Evansville, IN. Regent announced this week that, pending approval, they plan to exchange four Duluth, MN stations and […]

Regent Communications has named Don Cristi as the new general manager of its four-station cluster in Watertown. Cristi, who has worked for Regent in Utica-Rome as operations manager for three years, replaces Bob Dakin, who moves to Evansville, IN as general manager of Regent's group of stations there.

Regent Communications plans to close on its acquisition of 12 Brill Media stations next week. The $62 million price tag is an all cash deal for Regent who's CEO, Terry Jacobs, told investors yesterday that "there may be one or more complementary transactions announced in the near-term that will further enhance the value of the […]

It was another great ratings period for Froggy 97 (WFRY) in Watertown. In Arbitron numbers released today for fall 2002, with a 26.6, the Regent Communications country formatted station's 12+ numbers were more than double those of second place Border 102.7. Real Rock 100.7 saw a nice 3 point jump while Z93 (WCIZ) and Magic […]

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 […]

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.

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.