UTICA/ROME -- The station located at 107.3 on the FM dial in the Utica-Rome market has certainly run the gamut of formats. Today, it carries satellite-driven religious music. Before that, WRCK's longest-running brand was "Rock 107." Even earlier, the station ran country as WTLB-FM, but before any of that... there was WZOW-FM.
SYRACUSE -- A few months after returning to a prior religious format, WVOA 105.1 has joined some of its sister stations in carrying the syndicated Radio Disney format. This brings Radio Disney back to the FM dial in Syracuse for the first time since it was replaced by the MOViN format (WOLF-FM/WWLF-FM) a few years ago.
Updated 8/25 - Attention Syracuse Stations: We know most of you will have a presence at the Great New York State Fair later this month. Where will you be? For this Friday's "Picture of the Week" we'd like to take pictures of every radio station in attendance... but we need you to tell us where you'll be!
SYRACUSE -- A radiothon to rebuild a burned-down city school playground yesterday raised "at least $20,000," according to Newsradio 570 WSYR. The radiothon started with WSYR host Joe Galuski at 6am and ran through the conclusion of the Jim Reith show at 7pm. Yesterday's effort covers about a third of what was spent when the playground at Van Duyn Elementary was originally built in 1995.
SYRACUSE -- WCNY has hired Susan Arbetter, the former host of public TV's New York Now, as part of a "major expansion" of news and public affairs programming offered on WCNY television and radio, as well as the stations' website.
SYRACUSE -- Love Radio 105.1 WVOA/DeRuyter is back on the air Monday evening, following an outage that lasted for at least part of the weekend. Co-owner Sam Furco responded to a CNYRadio.com inquiry about the station's status late Monday night, but did not comment on the exact cause or length of the outage. Our thanks to observant CNYRadio.com readers who alerted us to the outage on Sunday.
SYRACUSE -- Clear Channel's Newsradio 570 WSYR is hoping you'll help them to rebuild a Syracuse playground tomorrow. Pledge lines will be open for the "Let's Rebuild the Playground Radiothon" from 6am to 7pm Tuesday.
SYRACUSE -- If you thought you were out of luck for tickets to today's sold out KROCKATHON 14, all hope is not lost. An additional 1,000 tickets will be sold at the gate, but procrastinating will cost you a little bit extra.
SYRACUSE -- It's been two weeks since Brent Axe's afternoon talk show "On the Block" on ESPN Radio 1260 (WNSS) started simulcasting on Time Warner Cable Sports (channel 26 in most areas). If you haven't had a chance to catch "The Axeman" on TV yet, here's a look.
WATERTOWN -- North Country ESPN Radio affiliate 1410 The Winner (WNER) will be offering live coverage of all four remaining Watertown Red and Black home games this season. The semi-pro football club's next home contest is this Saturday.