UTICA-ROME -- Regent AC Lite 98.7 (WLZW) is in the midst of its 9th annual Children's Miracle Network Radiothon. They're live at St. Luke's Hospital today and tomorrow, raising money to benefit hospital's pediatric and maternity services.
UTICA-ROME -- Regent AC Lite 98.7 (WLZW) is in the midst of its 9th annual Children's Miracle Network Radiothon. They're live at St. Luke's Hospital today and tomorrow, raising money to benefit hospital's pediatric and maternity services.
SYRACUSE -- If you like Skip Clark & Heather Daley on MOViN 100.3/96.5 (WOLF-FM/WLLF-FM) on weekday mornings, you'll soon have the chance to wake up with the duo six days a week.
OSWEGO -- In case you forgot, today's the last day on the air for longtime WRVO fixture John Hurlbutt. The local host of "Morning Edition" is retiring after 40 years at the Oswego-based NPR affiliate. Morning news producer/reporter Jason Smith will assume hosting duties tomorrow.
WATERTOWN -- At a time when many stations are cutting costs by replacing local talent with syndication, one station is doing just the opposite. Watertown's ESPN Radio 1410 (WNER) launches a new live, local sports talk show next Monday.
PORTLAND, OR -- Less than a week after Lars Larson was dropped by Westwood One, the Oregon-based talk host has a new syndicator lined up. The deal means Larson will remain on the air with at least one of his two local affiliates.
ONEIDA -- The tiny station next to the former Ames plaza on Route 5 in Oneida will soon have a new owner. WMCR is in the process of a pending sale to James Johnson's Leatherstocking Media Group.
Regent Communications has recently announced plans to launch Interactive TV channels on the websites of the company's 60 stations... including the four stations it owns in the Utica-Rome market.
WATERTOWN -- Today, tune to 1410 AM in Watertown, and you'll hear ESPN Radio programming on WNER. But decades ago, the station was known as WOTT, and one former staffer saved some priceless tidbits from that time.
PORTLAND, OR -- According to radio-info.com, syndication giant Westwood One has cancelled the Lars Larson show "effective immediately," leaving affiliates to line up replacements. Larson is reportedly seeking a new syndicator so he can stay on the air. (Updated 3/20)
UTICA-ROME -- Today was the last day for Gary "Big Poppa" Spears on morning drive at Kiss-FM (WSKS/WSKU). A press release from the CHR station late this afternoon says Spears "has left the building."