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.
Watertown engineer Michael Ring, whose work on rebuilding the WTNY tower was featured in our most recent Picture of the Week, writes in with some important information to help fellow engineers using the new Broadcast Tools DSC20 dual satellite controller.
Here at CNYRadio.com we just finished up some "housecleaning" to streamline the way our articles are indexed, and to make it easier for you when searching for specific items. It's nothing exciting, but read on if you're interested in more.
A CNYRadio.com reader tells us Stephens Media Group's WVLF ("The Valley 96.1") in Norwood flipped formats Monday. After stunting all weekend, the station has traded in its Mainstream AC playlist for a Hot AC library, and a new name: "Mix 96.1." And some suspect Stephens could be making even more changes...
Many folks in radio don't get the 4th of July off, so we're not taking it off either! We're going back 10 years for this Picture of the Week, the rebuilding of the WTNY/Watertown tower, after it was destroyed in an unforgettable ice storm earlier that year.
UPDATED (1:05PM) - The 2008 New York State Broadcasters Association "Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting" have been unveiled. We now have a complete list of winners, and they include stations in all four markets we cover... for a total of 11 radio awards, and at least 2 TV awards for former radio reporters.
WOTT program director Lance Hale gets some national exposure -- he's this week's rock radio subject for "10 Questions" on AllAccess.com. We'd post a direct link, but as you may have guessed, AllAccess will just redirect you back to their homepage and force you to login first anyway. So you'll have to login over there, and find the article yourself.