SYRACUSE -- She disappeared from the station website yesterday, and today management confirms it: longtime 95X (WAQX) middayer Alexis has exited the station.

SYRACUSE -- Less than a year after he was hired as morning host for the new Oldies 1390 (WFBL), Bob Brown has been removed from the shift, but remains on-staff part-time as a substitute.  As you may have expected, station management blames the economic climate.

SYRACUSE -- After years of being the exclusive media sponsor for Balloonfest, 93Q (WNTQ) is pulling its sponsorship of the event, according to the Onondaga County Parks Department.

SYRACUSE -- For at least the second year in a row, the morning show crew at B104.7 (WBBS) has received a nomination for the Academy of Country Music awards.  And a programmer who used to work in Utica and Watertown gets a nomination for his current station in Albany.

WATERTOWN -- The station formerly known as WOTT (which moved down the dial to 94.1FM on Monday) is now going by the name "100.7 The Fox," with call letters WEFX-FM.  The new classic hits station launched at noon today, after stunting with TV theme songs ever since WOTT made its move.

WATERTOWN - Real Rock WOTT has a slightly new name (reminiscent of an old radio war from Syracuse decades ago) and a new frequency, as owner Community Broadcasters fires up a brand new FM signal in the north country.

PITTSFIELD, MA -- Former Utica and Syracuse jock Nick Caplan has landed on his feet again... with a morning gig in western Massachusetts.  And his boss is a fellow former Utica radio programmer.

OSWEGO -- Good news for John Hurlbutt: the longtime local host of "Morning Edition" on WRVO can finally retire.  After a search that started when Hurlbutt announced his plans to retire in September, the station has chosen to promote Jason Smith to the hosting chair.  WRVO is now searching for a morning news producer/anchor to fill Smith's seat, and WRVO General Manager John Krauss has graciously provided some of his thoughts and reflections from 40 years of working with Hurlbutt at the NPR news/talk affiliate.

SYRACUSE -- The legal battle to preserve the "historic" facades of the former WFBL buildings in downtown Syracuse has ended.  The buildings' current owner has obtained permission to bring in the wrecking ball and turn them into parking spaces.

SYRACUSE -- An observant CNYRadio.com reader points out a new look for the internet home of Buckley's Classic Hits 92.1 (WSEN).