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.
Because this Friday happens to be 08/08/08, we decided the Picture of the Week would come from a station that has an "8" in the frequency. You can't get any closer to an all-8 frequency than 88.9 WNYO at SUNY Oswego... and making it even better, 2008 has been a big year for WNYO.
We're going on a summer road trip, effective today. Internet access will vary from day-to-day... some places have it and some places don't. If you e-mail us and we take awhile to reply or react, please bear with us. We'll be taking care of story updates as time permits. We'll be back next Monday.
A former WSYR employee tells CNYRadio.com that the Clear Channel news/talker has dropped legendary broadcaster Paul Harvey from their daily lineup. He also appears to be missing from the station's website. (If you go to www.570wsyr.com and hover your mouse over "Shows" in the menu, Harvey's name is gone.)
After a few rough years of morning show turnover -- starting with the departure of Howard Stern, a short-lived replacement, and the coming and going of Opie and Anthony -- Syracuse Citadel rocker 95X (WAQX) is nominated for two Industry Achievement Awards from Radio and Records magazine.
It's been awhile since we went far back into time for the Picture of the Week, so we're going back almost 37 years for this installment. December 4, 1971, to be exact. That's the day WCNY-FM first signed on the air.
An Oneida County man has died after attending the K-Rockathon earlier this month, according to the Utica Observer-Dispatch. The paper says James M. Cieri of Westmoreland, 20, suffered a skull fracture, which was discovered after he complained of a headache on the way home from the concert in Weedsport.