Yesterday's announced budget cuts at NPR will result in "Day to Day" being pulled from the WRVO weekday lineup, and "News and Notes" disappearing from the WEOS weekday lineup. No replacements have been named yet.
Yesterday's announced budget cuts at NPR will result in "Day to Day" being pulled from the WRVO weekday lineup, and "News and Notes" disappearing from the WEOS weekday lineup. No replacements have been named yet.
SYRACUSE - Lite Rock 105.9 (WLTI) has filled the morning drive vacancy created by the dismissal of Dave Allen earlier this year, and it has signed with a syndicated talent for the midday shift.
NEW YORK CITY - Bob DeLaney, a former WFBL announcer who went on to announce baseball games for four different major league teams in the 1950s and 60s (including the Yankees and Red Sox), died last month at the age of 84. News of DeLaney's passing was just made public with an article in the Boston Globe on Friday.
(UPDATED 1:15PM) NEW YORK CITY - Bill O'Reilly says he's too busy to continue hosting "The Radio Factor," despite being one of the most successful shows on the air right now. That opens a 2-hour scheduling gap at hundreds of stations nationwide, including two in our area.
Rush Limbaugh celebrated 20 years of being syndicated nationwide earlier this year. And Newsradio 570 WSYR's Alex Silverman had a chance to attend a celebration in Austin, Texas.
If you were ever visited the original CNYRadio.com, you may remember the site was much more than just news articles and basic station listings. For the past few months, we've been working to bring back many more of the original site's features... but we could really use some help to speed things up.
OSWEGO - Getting reception of certain Syracuse stations in the Port City can sometimes be a daunting task, but Sunny 102 (WZUN) is making it easier for listeners to tune in, with the addition of a new translator.
ITHACA - Z95.5's Justin Wright will be going to extremes to help the hungry this holiday season. He'll be camping out in front of an Ithaca supermarket all next week, regardless of the weather, to encourage food donations for a local food pantry.
LAS VEGAS - Citadel Broadcasting, owner of four Syracuse radio stations, is a step closer to being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. The company, which was first threatened with delisting in September, now has 45 days to submit a turnaround plan - but the NYSE doesn't have to accept it.
The Albany-based owner of WRUN/Utica has received permission from the FCC to make some major changes at the station's transmitter site in Oriskany.