DETROIT -- After 45 years on the air in the Motor City, Buffalo native and SU graduate Dick Purtan is getting ready to call it a career. Purtan -- who used some other names on-air in Syracuse -- announced his retirement plans on his morning radio show this week. Updated 2/14 with comment from Jay Fishman.
UTICA-ROME -- The Galaxy Communications cluster in Utica (well, technically, the Washington Mills area of New Hartford) is looking for a new local sales manager, according to a job posting we spotted today.
ITHACA/CORTLAND -- For 12 hours tomorrow, you've got the chance to request virtually any song you want on any of three radio stations in the Cayuga Radio Group owned by Saga Communications. It'll cost you -- but the money's going to a good cause. It's "Tunes for Tails" to benefit the SPCA of Tompkins County.
SYRACUSE -- Health insurance, paid vacation and a retirement plan are nice benefits found at most jobs... but how about a free trip to a resort in the Bahamas? You might call Mary & Shannon of Hot 107.9 (WWHT) the luckiest morning show co-hosts in town after seeing the pictures from their latest adventure beyond the studio.
ONEIDA -- Many folks suspected it--given the chain of events over the past several months--and now it appears the hunches were right: WMCR's AM signal at 1600 kHz is now simulcasting the "CNY Talk Radio" lineup that originated on Syracuse sister station WFBL 1390.
SYRACUSE -- We've heard of electronic hardware and software... but this could be the start of a new techno-buzzword: Clear Channel has signed with Wireless Grids Corporation to use what WGC calls "edgeware" to increase interactivity with listeners of the company's six Syracuse stations.
NEW ORLEANS -- According to his own Twitter account, Fox News Radio reporter Todd Starnes is recovering after a stroke while on assignment in New Orleans. Starnes' reports can often be heard locally on WSYR, the region's lone Fox News Radio affiliate.
SYRACUSE -- Less than a year after he was reinstated to morning drive -- following a two-year absence in the market -- syndicated talker Don Imus will once again be dropped from the lineup at WHEN.
SYRACUSE -- The long-anticipated debut of on-air personalities at New Country WOLF(-FM) 105.1 and 96.7 (WLLF-FM) happens today. According to an email blast sent out to listeners late last night, the station will begin airing the syndicated "Big D & Bubba" show this morning.
SYRACUSE -- For at least the third year in a row, the B104.7 (WBBS) morning show has been nominated for an Academy of Country Music (ACM) award. And once again, a programmer who used to work in Utica and Watertown gets a nomination for his current station in Albany.