WTNY picks up Broadway’s Biggest Hits April 9th, 2003 The sounds of Broadway are coming to Watertown beginning April 20. 790 WTNY has added Broadway’s Biggest Hits to the noon slot of its Sunday lineup. The syndicated show, which is hosted by Bud Wilkinson, now airs on nine New York State stations including WTLA in Syracuse and WTLB in Utica-Rome.
FCC red flags Regent, Clear Channel station swap March 26th, 2003 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.
WRVO fundraiser on hold due to war coverage March 26th, 2003 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
Bullfrog and Bean Pole switch stations March 25th, 2003 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
Regent, Clear Channel to swap nine stations March 1st, 2003 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
Don Cristi new manager for Regent in Watertown February 24th, 2003 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.
Possible station swap for Regent February 20th, 2003 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
Watertown ratings: Froggy 97 way out in front January 29th, 2003 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 picks up two more stations out west January 15th, 2003 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
Top CNY Radio web searches of the year January 3rd, 2003 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.
