Former 95X PD Steve Brill has been named Ops Manager for Citadel's 5-station cluster in Des Moines, Iowa, according to R&R.  (We originally said GM because they did, but they've since changed their article.)

And a reliable source tells us there's a new GM at Citadel's Syracuse cluster, but did not have any further details. If you do, please e-mail us at cnyradio (at) cnyradio.com. As always, if you want us to keep your name out of it, we will.

Submitted Item: News/Talk 870 WHCU Assistant News Director Greg Fry is making the move to Albany, NY—and the top talker in the Finger Lakes is on the hunt for a replacement.   Greg moved quickly from news reporter/anchor into the role of management in the newsroom.  He also picked up duties as the Saturday Morning Newswatch host, Evening Newswatch host, and primary substitute for Dave Vieser on the Morning Newswatch.

Shortly after Bob Costas finishes doing his part to help NBC produce 3600 hours of Olympics coverage in Beijing next month, he's expected to return to Syracuse to receive a special honor.

Apparently Citadel's decision to drop "Opie & Anthony" from the 95X lineup yesterday, replacing it with a music-intensive show branded as "Shut Up and Rock" was a surprise to O&A themselves.

Citadel rocker 95X (WAQX) has once again changed its morning show.  Effective today, the syndicated Opie & Anthony Show is out, and locally-programmed "Shut Up & Rock Mornings" are in.  WAQX had carried the O&A show since January 2007.

We begin the new week with a new look for CNYRadio.com. Even though the changes are pretty obvious without having an article to point them out, we just wanted to offer a quick explainer about what's new and different, in case you have trouble finding anything from before.

Contrary to the popular saying... it doesn't stay in Vegas if you post it on the station website!  WFRY morning co-host James Pond alerted us to some pictures from a recent trip to Vegas after the show was nominated for an award from the Academy of Country music this spring.

Syracuse broadcast legend Dave Laird is retiring at the end of this month, comes word today from Y94FM (WYYY) Program Director Kathy Rowe.  Laird's radio career has taken him up and down the Syracuse dial ... and back and forth along Interstate 90 too.

Sports commentator and blogger Brent Axe, host of "On the Block" on ESPN Radio 1260 (WNSS), reminsces about the early part of his career in radio, "the disease" that comes with being a radio talk show host and his frustration over the presidental elections, in an interview with "The Big Orange Bloggin Chuck."

Regent's Utica-Rome cluster is losing two key players.  According to job postings on AllAccess.com, longtime Production Director Geoff Storm and Big Frog 104 (WFRG) midday hostess "Meredith McGreen" are both leaving the cluster's River Road studios in Marcy.