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POTW: On Location in Port St. Lucie (2008)

Even if you're not a longtime Mets fan, viewers of the sitcom "Seinfeld" should recognize this guy, who posed for a photo with Bug Country (99.7 WBGK/Newport Village) morning man Dave Silvers at spring training in Florida earlier this spring.

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Utica-Rome Radio
WRUN Parent Wins Several Awards

The parent of WRUN (AM 1150 Utica) brought home 7 trophies from the 14th Annual Communicator Awards.  Staffers from Northeast Public Radio's flagship station, WAMC Albany, earned themselves three top-tier Communicator Awards of Excellence, and four Communicator Awards of Distinction.

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Syracuse Radio
Lite Rock 105.9 Adding "Song Tags"

It's happened to all of us: a song plays on the radio, and you're wondering about the artist and/or title, but the station just slams into the next song without saying anything to identify the song.  Syracuse's Lite Rock 105.9 (WLTI) wants to change that.

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Syracuse Radio
Newspaper Reports on WFBL Format Flip

You read about WFBL's format flip here on CNYRadio.com back in April (at least one reader thought it was an April Fool's joke at first).  And this week, the Syracuse New Times picked up on the changes at the Buckley Broadcasting studios in Baldwinsville.

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Picture Of the Week
POTW: Bill Leaf Kickball Tourney (2008)

The 3rd annual Bill Leaf Kickball Tournament was held at Onondaga Lake Park on May 17th.  The event is a fundraiser for a scholarship named in memory of the WSYR News reporter who was killed by a drunk driver in 2006.  (Updated at 1:50pm with complete photo caption.)

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Utica-Rome Radio
Monaski Promoted to ND at WIBX

Longtime WIBX news reporter/anchor Jeff Monaski has been promoted to News Director, according to AllAccess.com.

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Syracuse Radio
Former Hot Jock Makes APD in Cincy

AllAccess.com reports former Hot 107.9 (WWHT) jock "Jordan" scored a promotion this week.  He moves from nights to afternoons at Cincinnati's Kiss 107 (WKFS). 

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Ithaca/Cortland Radio
POTW: WSUC's First Management Team (1976)

We've got a 2-for-1 deal on this "Picture of the Week" installment.  It's our first "classic" POTW since CNYRadio.com was relaunched, and it's our first POTW to represent the Ithaca-Cortland market.  The very first management team at SUNY Cortland's WSUC has some folks who went on to make it big -- in radio and other career fields!

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Syracuse Radio
Dave Frisina Profiled in New Times

It's been 30 years since Dave Frisina first came on the Syracuse radio scene.  The man who started the popular show "Soundcheck" on Citadel's 95X (WAQX), later taking it with him over to TK99/105 (WTKW-WTKV), is featured in this week's edition of the Syracuse New Times.

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Syracuse Radio
Def Leppard to Help 95X Celebrate Anniversary

The New York State Fair announced Def Leppard will be playing a concert at the Mohegan Sun Grandstand during this year's fair, as part of the "30th Birthday Bash" for Citadel rocker 95X (WAQX Manlius).

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