SYRACUSE -- At least one CNYRadio.com reader noticed something strange on MOViN 100.3/96.5 (WMVN) this morning... the station was playing long dance mixes, and there were no jocks on the air during morning drive. Worried the station may have been stunting for a format change, the reader asked us to look into it. This afternoon, PD Skip Clark tells CNYRadio.com it was simply "a technical issue, all is resolved." We thought we'd post a quick story for anyone else who was wondering what happened.
CINCINNATI, OH -- Big changes at the home base of Regent Communications -- the company which owns four Utica-Rome radio stations is now called Townsquare Media. Additionally, two top members from Regent management have been replaced.
UTICA-ROME -- Observant CNYRadio.com readers report a slight format change at Regent's Oldiez 96 (WODZ). The station is now carrying the syndicated "True Oldies Channel" service, hosted by Scott Shannon.
SYRACUSE -- Many garage sale shoppers say they love to look because you never know what you're going to find. Among the piles of used clothing and old books, sharp-eyed shoppers occasionally hit the jackpot. That's just what CNYRadio.com reader Terrance Neidl did while browsing a garage sale in Liverpool earlier this month.
SYRACUSE -- A little over two years (and four days, to be exact) after it was announced Citadel named Dan Austin as GM of the company's four-station Syracuse cluster, Austin is on the move once again. This time, he's headed to market #13: Seattle-Tacoma, Washington.
SYRACUSE -- Citadel CHR 93Q (WNTQ) has revealed the lineup of national recording acts set to perform at its second annual "Summer Jam on the Island" concert. The show is set for Monday, June 7th at Paper Mill Island in Baldwinsville... and just like last year, the tickets are free, but the only way to get 'em is to win 'em.
SYRACUSE -- The popular Taste of Syracuse Festival, coordinated by local radio station owner Galaxy Communications, is getting some statewide publicity this year. The event is one of just eight to be featured in this year's series of "I Love NY Travel Guide" radio spots to be aired statewide.
SYRACUSE -- Popular announcer Dusty Rhodes will be back on the Syracuse airwaves in May, hosting a four-part series entitled Syracuse Radio in the Fifties on WCNY-HD2. Installments of the program are scheduled to air on Sunday afternoons, starting May 2.
ITHACA -- The FCC has ordered Saga Communications to pay $10,000 in fines, in regards to what the Commission has ruled to be "willful violations" the company made regarding transmitter W240CB. The ruling came after complaints were filed by the Geneva-based Finger Lakes Media Group, who argued W240CB's signal at 95.9FM had interfered with programming from Z95.5 (WFIZ).
CINCINNATI -- Regent Communications, owner of 62 stations, including four radio stations in the Utica-Rome market, has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy today, according to a press release issued this morning by the company.