SYRACUSE -- Put your seat belts on and hang on tight, as our latest Picture of the Week takes us back in time to 1980. Sunny 102's Big Mike, working for the former 94 Rock at the time, had the chance to meet Charlie Daniels. We wonder if he'll wear the same outfit when Charlie Daniels performs at the Taste of Syracuse tomorrow night...
LAS VEGAS -- Citadel Broadcasting, the owner of more than 200 radio stations including four in Syracuse, has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. According to one published report, Citadel Chairman and CEO Farid Suleman said, "we're glad it's over and we can get on with running the company."
UTICA-ROME -- We're saddened to report Virginia "Ginny" Jones, a longtime fixture in local broadcasting, passed away Wednesday after losing her battle with cancer. While most area listeners probably never knew Jones by name, chances are you've heard her voice and/or her copywriting in commercial spots, particularly those which were produced and aired by the former Regent Communications cluster.
SYRACUSE -- If you haven't bought an HD Radio yet, now you can hear at least a little bit of what's being offered in Syracuse. Scott Fybush recently added some local HD-2 legal IDs he recorded during some recent visits to the Syracuse area; you can listen at tophour.com.
SYRACUSE -- How well do you know your upstate New York history? Oneonta radio personality Chuck D'Imperio knows quite a bit -- enough to write a few books about it! And yes, Oneonta's outside of CNYRadio.com territory, but D'Imperio will be in our coverage area next week, discussing some of the stories in his latest book at the Manlius Historical Society's annual meeting.
UTICA/ROME -- The mysterious commercial-free music on WUTI now has a name. The 5,000-watt AM station located in Oriskany is now identifying itself as "Ed 1150," according to a pre-recorded liner which aired between songs earlier this afternoon.
UTICA/ROME -- It certainly wasn't a pleasant occasion, but Mark Piersma from 92.7 The Drive (WXUR) got plenty of face time on Utica and Syracuse TV stations last night and again this morning. He was interviewed by reporters as a neighbor of the man who reportedly shot an employee at an AT&T store in the Utica suburb of New Hartford yesterday.
SYRACUSE -- It's not a bird or a plane... it's K-Rock (WKRH/WKRL) morning guy Griffin doing the superhero thing recently at one of his station's KRock N' Putt Wednesdays at Fairmount Glen Miniature Golf.
SYRACUSE -- Another locally-produced show has been added to the lineup at The Score 1260 (WSKO). The addition of Danny Parkins will give the Citadel station eight solid hours of local sports talk every weekday, starting on Tuesday. Updated 2:55pm with additional information from Citadel.
ALBANY -- He worked primarily in print media, referred to as "the dean" of State Capitol journalists by the Albany Times-Union... but he was also a frequent contributor to WHCU's Morning Newswatch. Former Gannett Albany bureau chief Jay Gallagher passed away Monday evening in an Albany hospital after battling pancreatic cancer for nearly a year. Today, WHCU's Dave Vieser shares some of his memories of working with Gallagher.