SYRACUSE -- Morning radio DJs usually have to get up pretty early, which means going to sleep pretty early. But 93Q (WNTQ) morning co-host Amy Robbins recently stayed up a little later to help raise money for the non-profit Children's Consortium of Syracuse.
SYRACUSE -- When NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-DT) morning anchor Christie Casciano isn't busy with the news on television or on B104.7 (WBBS) radio, or going after criminals for the TV station's "On the Lookout" series, you may not know she's a "hockey mom." And now she's sharing the experience of bringing up two young hockey players -- a boy and a girl -- in a new book due out this fall.
SYRACUSE -- Former Fox News Radio anchor/producer Chris Barnes is coming to Syracuse, to become the new morning host at Newsradio 570 WSYR.
SYRACUSE -- The Syracuse Press Club has announced its 2010 additions to its Wall of Distinction, the club's highest honor. One local television manager and one recently-retired radio manager are among the honorees.
OSWEGO -- SUNY Oswego alum who majored in radio, television, journalism and communication studies programs are invited back to campus for the Communication Studies Alumni Reunion coming up Saturday, October 9. Registrations are due by October 1st.
SYRACUSE -- Galaxy Communications, the Syracuse-based owner of several radio stations in Syracuse and Utica, has formed an agreement to help out with this year's Lights on the Lake at Onondaga Lake Park in Liverpool. Plans include a New Year's Eve concert as part of a new "First Night CNY" party.
UTICA-ROME -- The brother-and-sister national country recording artists known as The Roys recently stopped by the studios of Big Frog 104 (WFRG).
ITHACA/CORTLAND -- The sale (or in FCC speak, the "voluntary assignment of license") of ESPN Radio 1160 (WPIE) from Pembrook Pines to Taughannock Media has been approved by the FCC. Notice of the approval, granted this past Monday, was released to the public today. The $150,000 deal was announced last month, with Taughannock controlling the station through a JSA with Pembrook Pines since then.
ITHACA/CORTLAND -- Bittersweet news today from Ithaca top 40 station Z95-5 (WFIZ)... night jock Mikey V. is making a significant market size leap, to take over nights at a top 40 station in Indianapolis. His gain could also be someone else's, as Z95.5 PD Corey says he's on the hunt for a replacement.
INDIANAPOLIS -- First they were on the radio, then they were also on cable TV. Now, the nationally-synduicated Bob & Tom Show, carried locally in Syracuse and Watertown, and formerly in Utica, is back to being a radio-only show.