UTICA-ROME - The FCC has "admonished" -- but it will not formally punish -- the Roser Communications Network for failure to meet Equal Employment Opportunity filing requirements between 2003 and 2005.

Echoing what has been reported in many national trades lately, small-market radio is often doing better than large-market radio.  And that holds true for Regent Communications.  In the company's Q4 2007 Earnings Conference Call this week, CEO Bill Stakelin cited growth for several of the company's markets, including Utica-Rome.  In fact, Stakelin specifically gave the market "special kudos."

Sunny 102 (WZUN) morning host Big Mike is featured on a new CD being released by the Wise Guys Comedy Club.  "Meet the Wise Guys" is a compilation of Big Mike's on-air conversations with more than 21 comedians who've performed at the club.

Update (3/9/08): Service Arrangements and obituary

"Uncle" Fred Horton passed away Tuesday morning in Erie, PA, according to AllAccess.com. Horton most recently worked for WXTA there, and formerly worked at WSEN. His family has established a memorial fund to cover medical expenses.

A quick note to those who have signed up for CNYRadio.com subscriber accounts.  We just realized there was no easy way for you to change your password or update anything else in your profile.  (It wasn't impossible, but the process was pretty obscure.)  So we added a "profile update" link you'll find at the very bottom of any page on the site.  Don't have a subscriber account?  They're free!  And they'll allow you to post comments.

The current edition of the Syracuse New-Times has an article about 93Q (WNTQ) morning show hosts Ted Long and Amy Robbins. Among the factoids in the article: Ted never graduated from OCC (even though the school uses him in advertising) and Amy originally aimed for radio news, but thought she "was not aggressive enough."

Syracuse's Movin 100.3/96.5 confirms for CNYRadio.com that morning host/PD Nick Caplan is no longer employed by the station.  Station management only said of the decision, "we decided to make a change."  In the meantime...

In our grand re-opening welcome message, we thanked original CNYRadio.com owner Scott Jameson for allowing us to take over his masterpiece.  And today, we want to thank another Scott -- namely Scott Fybush, for a plug in this week's edition of Northeast Radio Watch, just published yesterday.  We appreciate the help in getting the word out!

Self-described "sappy love song hostess" Delilah is trying her hand at something new -- according to a newspaper in Washington state, she's opened a new restaurant in her hometown.  (Maybe a backup option in case the John Tesh Show finally does her in?)

We just added listings for HD-2 stations where appropriate -- so far, that's only 4 stations on the Syracuse FM page, as verified by the HD Radio Alliance website.  (We're not counting HD-1 signals, as we'd simply be duplicating several FM stations.)  And out of curiosity, we're wondering...