SYRACUSE -- It's not often that a local radio station can grab the attention of reporters from other media for hours on end. But the clever folks at WSYR managed to do just that back in the early 1990s with a unique billboard promoting the news/talk station.
SYRACUSE -- No word yet on who has been hired for the on-air team at Foxfur Communications' New Country WOLF 105.1 (WOLF-FM), but PD Skip Clark tells us who hasn't been hired -- a midday talent. He's putting out the last call for applications as the station hopes to get someone hired "ASAP" and unveil its jock lineup.
GENEVA -- If you had trouble receiving WEOS on its main signal at 89.7 in Geneva or translator W201CD at 88.1 in Ithaca last week, don't worry -- it wasn't your radio. The station suffered a "snowstorm related power surge," according to GM Aaron Read. The surge resulted in WEOS broadcasting at very low power for nearly a week, but the signal's back on track now.
ITHACA -- ROI Broadcasting's Z95.5 (WFIZ) is looking to fill a vacancy in its sales department. The job posting provided by management reads as follows:
For the first Picture of the Week of the new year, we've got a double feature: another reader-submitted memory of the once-mighty WRUN, along with a rather impressive home studio setup.
SYRACUSE and UTICA-ROME -- The New ESPN Radio 97.7 and 100.1 FM haven't even launched yet, but owner Galaxy Communications is announcing some big additions to their programming lineups: namely, coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament this spring and live coverage of New York Giants games next season.
UTICA-ROME -- It's a move we don't see often, especially in the current economic climate: a syndicated show being replaced by a local personality. That actually happened this week on the two Kiss-FM stations (WSKS/WSKU) owned by Roser Communications Network.
Update 1/6 at 10:00am - Regent CEO Bill Stakelin tells Tom Taylor on Radio-Info that "we could've made the payment, that wasn't the issue." Rather, the company "decided to conserve cash" as a strategic decision.
CINCINNATI, OH - Regent Communications, the owner of four Utica-Rome radio stations, released a public filing today stating it "did not make a scheduled payment of interest and principal" to its lenders on December 31. Additionally, Regent says it skipped a $1.2 million payment related to "certain interest rate swap agreements" related to its credit agreement. Learn how to payback loan.
Rush Limbaugh will return to the airwaves on Wednesday, according to his syndicator, Premiere Radio Networks. The conservative talk host, heard in all 4 CNYRadio.com markets, had a brief scare last week when he was rushed to the hospital after complaining of chest pain.
Back in April, we asked you, through a multiple-choice poll, how many stations in "CNYRadio.com Land" (the 4 markets listed above in our logo) would flip formats in 2009. Today, we're looking back to see how well you predicted -- and we're asking you to vote on your predictions for 2010.