Utica-Rome Musical Chairs Update August 21st, 2008 Following up on an earlier story, we’ve noticed Lite 98.7 has announced Trudy’s first day back at WLZW will be this coming Monday, August 25. She replaces Greg McShea, who slides over to the midday shift at Regent’s country station, Big Frog 104.
Warren Kurtzman Named COO at Music Research Firm August 16th, 2008 Warren Kurtzman, formerly of the old WUUU (102.5) in Rome and WVBR in Ithaca, has been named President and COO of Coleman Insights, according to an article from FMQB.
NASDAQ Threatens to Drop Regent August 16th, 2008 Regent Communications is at risk of being delisted from the NASDAQ stock market, according to business newspaper report in Cincinnati, the home of Regent corporate HQ. The owner of 62 stations — including four in Utica-Rome — has been trading below NASDAQ’s $1.00 minimum for more than 30 consecutive trading days.
WHCU to Drop Miller; Adding Beck August 15th, 2008 Glenn Beck’s familiar greeting, “hello…. ya sick, twisted freaks!” will soon be heard every morning in the Ithaca-Cortland market. Saga news/talker WHCU 870 is adding the popular radio and TV host to its weekday lineup, effective September 2.
WHCU Seeks New Assistant News Director August 15th, 2008 After a slow stretch, this is turning out to be a pretty busy Friday here at CNYRadio.com. Dave Vieser from WHCU in Ithaca tells us the Ithaca news/talker has an immediate opening for an Assistant News Director. Here’s the job posting, exactly as Dave sent it:
POTW: Hot 107.9’s Estelle-abration Concert (2008) August 15th, 2008 Hot 107.9 recently hosted an “Estelle-abration Concert” featuring recording artist Estelle, who leaped to the top of the charts earlier this summer with “American Boy,” a duet with Kanye West.
Musical Chairs at Regent Utica-Rome August 15th, 2008 A couple of “insiders” at Regent’s Utica-Rome cluster tell CNYRadio.com we can expect to see some interesting talent lineup changes, as the cluster fills two vacancies we first told you about last month. The switcheroo includes the return of one personality who left the market a few years ago.
Updated: Citadel Posts 95X PD Opening August 14th, 2008 An observant CNYRadio.com reader points out that Citadel Broadcasting of Syracuse has several job openings posted on a local job website. Among them: a posting titled “95X Program Director.” But the current PD isn’t leaving the station.
Still No Luck for Watertown or Ithaca Ratings August 11th, 2008 It looks like Arbitron has chosen to remain tight-lipped about the ratings for the Watertown (market rank #281) and Ithaca-Cortland (#285) markets. According to radio-info.com’s ratings page, Arbitron has withheld numbers for both markets for the Spring 2008 survey.
Arbitron Lifts Syracuse & Utica-Rome P12+ Embargoes August 9th, 2008 Sorry we’re a few days late on this one — it’s the first time we’ve had really good internet access during our summer vacation, so we just noticed Arbitron has released the P12+ ratings for the Syracuse and Utica-Rome markets. It appears Clear Channel’s WBBS (B104.7) and Regent’s Lite 98.7 (WLZW) are the clear winners in
