SYRACUSE -- No, that's not a typo in the headline... Syracuse-based WRVD 90.3 FM will sign-off around 8:30 Saturday morning for some transmitter maintenance work. Fred Vigeant, program director for the WRVO Stations says the outage will last "throughout the day." Parent station WRVO/Oswego and siblings WRVN/Utica and WRVJ/Watertown will not be affected by the outage.
After 36 years, tomorrow's edition of Radio & Records will be the very last. The weekly trade newspaper's owner, Nielsen, made the announcement to staffers yesterday.
SYRACUSE -- It's not quite like before, but sidelined on-air personalities Mark Vanness and Big Jim Donovan are returning to the airwaves -- on different stations both in Syracuse -- and both on a part-time basis.
Looking for the 2010 lineup for K-Rockathon 15? Click here for coverage posted 6/7/2010.
SYRACUSE -- Three Doors Down and Papa Roach are among what KROCK is calling the "strongest lineup the radio station has presented in its 14 years of putting on" the KROCKATHON. Tickets go on sale this Saturday, for the August 8th event, which will be hosted at the New York State Fairgrounds in the Syracuse suburb of Geddes.
Updated 6/1 at 8:15pm: SYRACUSE -- After camping out at the Carousel Center all weekend long, Hot 107.9 (WWHT) morning sidekick DeafGeoff raised thousands of dollars for the 17th Annual AIDS Walk/Run to benefit AIDS Community Resources.
MYSTERY LOCATION -- After a depressing start to the short week, we thought we'd try to lighten the mood by adding a little "trivia twist" to the Picture of the Week. Can you identify the studio and what year? OK, so you may not have seen every studio everywhere -- neither have we. How about guessing at least the market and the decade? If you want to see a bigger picture, click "More..." but don't scroll down too quickly. You might even want to reduce the size of your browser window first, especially if you have a larger monitor.
SYRACUSE -- There are more and more online radio stations popping up across Central New York, giving listeners more avenues to hear the music of local artists, as well as other niches that would normally be too specific for traditional broadcast radio stations.
SYRACUSE - Is the federal economic stimulus package making a difference for Central New York? That'll be the focus of the next WRVO Community Forum on Monday in Syracuse. And you're invited to watch the discussion live in person, free of charge.
UTICA-ROME -- Former WIBX board operator R. Clark Witt, IV, passed away on Sunday, following a long illness. He was 32 years old. Writing obituaries is never pleasant -- but this one is especially tough for your editor -- we were co-workers at Regent Broadcasting from 1999 until about 2002-ish, when Clark graduated from Utica College and gradually moved towards a career outside of radio.
WATERTOWN -- We're very sad to have learned two of the four people killed in a car accident in Jefferson County on Saturday night were daughters of Bud "Green" Yeman, the afternoon personality at Froggy 97 (WFRY). One of the young women was due to give birth next month.