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Ithaca/Cortland Radio
Limbaugh Signs $400 Million Deal Through 2016

According to the Drudge Report, Premiere Radio Networks and Rush Limbaugh have signed a deal that will keep "America's Anchorman" on the air through the year 2016, and "the package is valued north of $400 million, according to media insiders."

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Watertown
WSLU Scores 5 Regional Murrows, 1 National

WSLU in Canton, the flagship of North Country Public Radio, has won five Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for Excellence from the Radio & TV News Directors Association (RTNDA).  One of those went on to win a National-level Murrow.  The winners list was announced Tuesday.

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Syracuse Radio
Syracuse Broadcast Legend Mike Price Retiring

He's known mostly for his 46 years working at NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) in Syracuse.  Mike Price is retiring from full-time work as of this Thursday.  Why are we reporting on the retirement of a TV personality?  You may not remember it, but he does have ties to local radio as well.

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Utica-Rome Radio
UPDATED: "The Game" Signs Bob Costas

Galaxy Communications' network of sports radio stations in the Utica-Rome market have added Bob Costas to their weekend lineup.  They're among the latest affiliates of "Costas on the Radio," syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks.

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Utica-Rome Radio
WIBX Announces 2 Big Events

In an e-mail sent to its Listener Club today, Utica's Newsradio 950 WIBX says it will begin a two-week long food drive on Monday, to benefit the Community Food Bank of Greater Utica.  WIBX is also promoting that it is the only radio station with live coverage of this year's Boilermaker Road Race.

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Picture Of the Week
POTW: Ace Young at Balloonfest (2008)

There can only be one Picture of the Week, but we had two major radio events on the same weekend earlier this month.  WFRG's Frogfest won the coin toss to be the POTW last week.  This week, it's 93Q Balloonfest at Jamesville Beach Park.

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Syracuse Radio
Syndicator: Ingraham to Return Monday

Laura Ingraham's syndicator, Talk Radio Network, tells affiliates she will be back on the air by Monday... after a long absence which -- according to national radio columnist Tom Taylor -- angered many affiliates.  Ingraham's show is carried in Syracuse, Utica and Watertown.

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Watertown
UPDATE: WBLH Gets LMA'ed

If you've never heard of WBLH... don't feel bad.  Neither have we!  But AllAccess.com reports Randy Michaels' Radioactive, LLC has agreed to LMA and eventually sell the station to Intrepid Broadcasting.  So where exactly is WBLH?

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Utica-Rome Radio
WXUR Working on New Website

After years of being one of the few Utica-Rome radio stations without a website, it looks like Arjuna Broadcasting's 92.7 The Drive (WXUR) is finally moving into the internet age.  CNYRadio.com stumbled upon pages of the under-construction site during a Google search.

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Utica-Rome Radio
Imus in Hot Water Again?

Don Imus is once again in the hot seat, defending comments he made during his nationally syndicated show Monday morning -- comments which some are saying, were racist in nature.  Imus explains that wasn't his intent, and at least one prominent blogger takes his word for it.  Imus is heard locally on 92.7 The Drive (WXUR) in the Utica-Rome market.

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