SYRACUSE/UTICA -- The three-station KROCK family has unveiled the concert lineup and ticket details for its third-annual Dysfunctional Family Barbecue, set to take place Memorial Day weekend at the State Fairgrounds in Syracuse.

Several sources say Regent Communications, the owner of four stations in the Utica-Rome market, could be very close to defaulting on $195 million in debt on loan from Bank of America.  The reports were triggered by Regent's latest SEC filing.

ITHACA -- News/talk fans might have trouble tuning in WHCU today; the station is using its 1,000-watt nighttime transmitter site 24/7 after an early morning fire at the station's daytime transmission tower forced the station off-air for a few hours.

What does a CNYRadio.com Editor do on a slow news day?  Maybe working on the CNYRadio.com Station Wiki or perhaps importing Scott's old articles into the Archives.  But we've caught the Twitter bug... another easy way for you to keep up with the latest.

SYRACUSE -- Two years and a day after Don Imus was fired by CBS Radio for making racist remarks on the air, the nationally-syndicated morning man will be returning to his former Syracuse affiliate, SportsRadio 620 WHEN.

SYRACUSE -- Hot 107.9 (WWHT) has announced it's bringing Universal Motown recording artist Serani to town for a concert next week.

SYRACUSE -- Some notable names from the radio industry at this year's annual reunion of alumni from Syracuse University's student-run Z-89 (WJPZ).

SYRACUSE -- The latest to shine in the spotlight of the Syracuse New Times' ongoing series of interviews with local radio personalities is WAER music director Eric Cohen.

NEW YORK CITY -- Effective today, ABC Radio Networks is history.  Owner Citadel Broadcasting, who acquired the network and 22 radio stations from Disney in 2007, has renamed the network "Citadel Media."

CALIFORNIA -- If former WNDR/WFBL/WTLB/WJMK jock Peter Cavanaugh's 2002 book Local DJ was a film, you might say most of his memories of Syracuse were lost "on the cutting room floor" ... until now.  Cavanaugh tells us the original, uncut Syracuse section he wrote is now available online, free of charge.