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Syracuse Radio
WCNY's Don Dolloff Announces Retirement

Longtime WCNY-FM personality and manager Don Dolloff has announced his retirement, effective October 7th.  The retirement date coincides with the end date for Classic FM's current pledge drive.

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Picture Of the Week
POTW: Mr. Froggy's Boat Ride (2008)

All aboard for a boat ride to... nowhere?  Mr. Froggy from Froggy 97 (WFRY/Watertown) was recently caught on-camera taking a break from his duties as the Watertown country station's mascot.

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Utica-Rome Radio
Danny Wright Falls Victim to Merger

Danny Wright, host of the syndicated overnight country show "Danny Wright All Night," is among the casualties resulting from the merger between Jones Radio Networks and Dial Global.  The move could leave two local stations looking for a new overnight option.

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Ithaca/Cortland Radio
Ithaca's Z95-5 Hiring for All Dayparts

One tiny detail the insiders at WFIZ forgot to mention when they notified us about the station launch last week -- they haven't yet hired the jocks that'll be taking to the airwaves after their 10,000-song non-stop music marathon is over.

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Job Postings
Movin Seeks Weekend Warriors

Movin 100.3/96.5 has some openings for part-time air talent.  PD Skip Clark is looking for experienced jocks who are available to work weekends, holidays and fill-in shifts.

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Picture Of the Week
POTW: The WRUN Transmitter Site (2008)

This POTW has a somewhat timely purpose.  WRUN's (relatively) new owner Northeast Public Radio, is about to kick off its fall fund drive.  Starting next week, the network of 19 stations throughout New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts will begin efforts to raise $800,000 in donations from listeners.

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Ithaca/Cortland Radio
WFLR-FM Becomes WFIZ; Flips Format to CHR

There's a new sound on the air in the Ithaca-Cortland market.  At 95.5, the country format and WFLR-FM call letters are gone.  The new call letters are WFIZ, and they're playing 10,000 CHR songs in a row to kick in the new "Z95.5, Ithaca's Hit Music Channel."

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Ithaca/Cortland Radio
I-100 Picks Up Live Concert Show

Rock fans in Ithaca can enjoy the virtual thrill of going to a concert every weekend, thanks to a new addition to the programming lineup at Saga's I-100 (WIII).

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Syracuse Radio
K-Rock Hires New PD; Levine Taunts 95X

"Nixon Elected."  Less than three weeks after former K-Rock (WKRL/WKRH/WKLL) PD/middayer Ty announced she'd be leaving for a new job Baltimore, Galaxy Communications has announced the hiring of her replacement. 

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Syracuse Radio
Galaxy Sells TK Fulton Translator

AllAccess.com says Galaxy has sold translator W291BU/Fulton to a company called M&D Translator, LLC for $5000.  According to radio-locator.com W291BU at 106.1FM is a translator for TK105.5 (WTKV/Oswego).  The AllAccess article offered no other information.

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