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SYRACUSE — Clear Channel’s Newsradio 570 WSYR is hoping you’ll help them to rebuild a Syracuse playground tomorrow.  Pledge lines will be open for the “Let’s Rebuild the Playground Radiothon” from 6am to 7pm Tuesday.

SYRACUSE — If you thought you were out of luck for tickets to today’s sold out KROCKATHON 14, all hope is not lost.  An additional 1,000 tickets will be sold at the gate, but procrastinating will cost you a little bit extra.

SYRACUSE — It’s been two weeks since Brent Axe’s afternoon talk show “On the Block” on ESPN Radio 1260 (WNSS) started simulcasting on Time Warner Cable Sports (channel 26 in most areas).  If you haven’t had a chance to catch “The Axeman” on TV yet, here’s a look.

WATERTOWN — North Country ESPN Radio affiliate 1410 The Winner (WNER) will be offering live coverage of all four remaining Watertown Red and Black home games this season.  The semi-pro football club’s next home contest is this Saturday.

ITHACA — Saga’s Q-Country (WQNY) is still the clear leader in Ithaca, but not without taking a hit of nearly 7 ratings points from Spring 2008 to Spring 2009. And in the newly-released Arbitron Persons 12+ ratings, CHR-formatted Z95-5 (WFIZ) has flashed from non-existence to second place.

WATERTOWN — The Spring 2009 Arbitron ratings for the Watertown market are out, and the “public” Persons 12+ numbers show Stephens Media Group’s Froggy 97 (WFRY) maintaining a very comfortable lead over the competition.

UTICA-ROME — A little over a month after the FCC said there are no problems with signal levels at the WOKR(FM) tower in the Town of Floyd, local lawmakers say they’re hearing positive feedback from neighbors who originally complained about dangerously high levels of radiation in June.

Good news for Central New York country music fans who enjoy hearing Bob Kingsley’s weekly countdowns — the host’s contract has been renewed through 2014.

WATERTOWN — Co-workers, listeners and other friends recently gathered for a benefit for the family of Bud “Green” Yeman.  The Froggy 97 (WFRY) afternoon driver lost two daughters and a soon-to-be-born grandchild during a Memorial Day weekend crash that also claimed two other lives.

ITHACA — To use a long-standing radio cliché, call it a WICB “doubleshot,” both in terms of CNYRadio.com articles, and in terms of being named the best college radio station in the country.