UTICA-ROME -- The soap opera of changes in the airstaff lineup at Roser CHR duo Kiss-FM (WSKS/WSKU) appears to be nearing an end. The station recently hired a new overnight jock, and their website is promoting the debut of a new morning host next week. But signs indicate the selection may NOT be so new.
VERNON -- Oldies 1390 (WFBL/WSEN[AM]) recently welcomed Joey Dee and the Starlighters for a concert at the Vernon Downs Racino. After the show, the group signed autographs for fans, and took some time to pose with WFBL morning man Dick Mastriano.
UTICA -- A quick update to the schedule at Kiss-FM (WSKS/WSKU). We've noticed PD Shaun Andrews has moved from middays to a new 7-hour shift running from 6am to 1pm. And newly-promoted afternoon driver S-Dot extends his shift too, taking over for Andrews until the syndicated Jackson Blue show begins at 7pm.
UTICA-ROME -- More news from Utica morning fixture Bill Keeler: he tells CNYRadio.com he's on the hunt for a new morning sidekick. Former right-hand man Mark Piersma is reportedly hoping to start his own morning show on a different station in the market.
UTICA-ROME -- The celebration on "Keeler in the Morning" on 92.7 The Drive (WXUR) didn't last very long this morning. Shortly after thanking listeners for pledging $15,000 for the American Red Cross to help recent fire victims in Utica, personnel inside Keeler Productions on Genesee Street had to be quarantined due to a terrorist threat.
UTICA-ROME -- Less than a week after Kiss-FM (WSKS/WSKU) night jock "Intern Dave" Wheeler was shown the door from the Roser Communications Network duo, there's a new personality on the air. But don't count on meeting Jackson Blue at any station remotes -- it's a long drive from Texas.
UTICA -- Longtime Mohawk Valley fixture Bill Keeler moved his show over to Arjuna Broadcasting's WXUR almost two years ago, but many listeners may not have noticed until earlier this month -- when the station's transmitter moved northwest from Frankfort to the more-popular Smith Hill, overlooking Utica from the north.
SYRACUSE -- The Baldwinsville Messenger finally caught up with the recent sale of WSEN, WSEN-FM and WFBL. A report published last week offers some new minor details about the transition, but little in the way of significant information that wasn't already published on this website nearly a month earlier.
BOONVILLE/LOWVILLE -- Looks like "The Moose" (WBRV/WLLG) is scaling back on local programming. Mike Szewil from CNY TV News says he was listening when host George Harrington recently announced the final edition of "North Country Classics." Harrington had the 1-3pm shift since former host Kenny Youngs died earlier this year. The Moose, owned by Flack Broadcasting, is simulcast on 101.3 WBRV Boonville and 99.3 WLLG Lowville.
UTICA-ROME -- With all the changes in the staffing lineup at Kiss-FM -- over the past few months and this week alone -- it was practically a given, we'd have to take a look back at "the way things were" for our latest Picture of the Week.