Regent Communications is at risk of being delisted from the NASDAQ stock market, according to business newspaper report in Cincinnati, the home of Regent corporate HQ.  The owner of 62 stations -- including four in Utica-Rome -- has been trading below NASDAQ's $1.00 minimum for more than 30 consecutive trading days.

Glenn Beck's familiar greeting, "hello.... ya sick, twisted freaks!" will soon be heard every morning in the Ithaca-Cortland market.  Saga news/talker WHCU 870 is adding the popular radio and TV host to its weekday lineup, effective September 2.

After a slow stretch, this is turning out to be a pretty busy Friday here at CNYRadio.com.  Dave Vieser from WHCU in Ithaca tells us the Ithaca news/talker has an immediate opening for an Assistant News Director.  Here's the job posting, exactly as Dave sent it:

Hot 107.9 recently hosted an "Estelle-abration Concert" featuring recording artist Estelle, who leaped to the top of the charts earlier this summer with "American Boy," a duet with Kanye West.

A couple of "insiders" at Regent's Utica-Rome cluster tell CNYRadio.com we can expect to see some interesting talent lineup changes, as the cluster fills two vacancies we first told you about last month.  The switcheroo includes the return of one personality who left the market a few years ago.

An observant CNYRadio.com reader points out that Citadel Broadcasting of Syracuse has several job openings posted on a local job website.  Among them: a posting titled "95X Program Director."  But the current PD isn't leaving the station.

It looks like Arbitron has chosen to remain tight-lipped about the ratings for the Watertown (market rank #281) and Ithaca-Cortland (#285) markets.  According to radio-info.com's ratings page, Arbitron has withheld numbers for both markets for the Spring 2008 survey.

Sorry we're a few days late on this one -- it's the first time we've had really good internet access during our summer vacation, so we just noticed Arbitron has released the P12+ ratings for the Syracuse and Utica-Rome markets.  It appears Clear Channel's WBBS (B104.7) and Regent's Lite 98.7 (WLZW) are the clear winners in their respective markets.

Now that the privatization of Clear Channel is complete, it's time for CC Media to sell off 54 stations previously placed in the "Aloha Stations Trust," and DeRuyter's Nova 105.1 (WWDG) is on the list.

B104.7 morning co-host Ron Bee has been nominated for induction into the Disc Jockey Hall of Fame in Nashville, according to an e-mail sent to WBBS listener club members earlier today.