Local radio and television personalities are pitching in to help the Syracuse Shakespeare Festival stage its first fundraiser of the year.
Be at the Westcott Community Center Friday at 7 p.m. for a reading of Julius Caesar starring WTLA's Phil Markert as Brutus, Big Mike of Sunny 102 (WZUN) as Marc Antony, and other local media stars including Scott Petibone of K-Rock (WKRL/WKLL), Maureen Green, and George Kilpatrick.
Tickets for the show are $10 and available at the door. Space is limited.
It didn't take long for former 95X (WAQX) air personality Ryno to land a new gig.
He's headed to Ft. Myers, Florida where he'll take on the midday shift and assistant program and music director duties at New Rock 99X (WJBX).
Ryno moves up in terms of market size (Ft. Myers is ranked #66 in the country versus Syracuse at #79). He'll be looking to help WJBX's ratings which place the Beasley station tied for 15th place in the market.
It's the return of 'Gomez and Dave' to mornings on TK-99/105 (WTKW/WTKV).
Dave Coombs, who last year left Syracuse for a Salt Lake City sports station, has decided to return to Central New York's Salt City to pair up once again with Glenn 'Gomez' Adams.
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After two months without a morning show, Syracuse active rock station 95X (WAQX) welcomes a new local morning team to replace Howard Stern's syndicated show which the station dropped in late December. Guy "Beaner" Patton and Ken Heron, who were last paired together on the air in Birmingham, Alabama, aren't looking to duplicate Stern's show, instead opting for more shtick and less shock.
Kevin Hoverstad, a longtime Jazz 88 (WAER) volunteer, died on January 31 less than two years after receiving a lung transplant.
Hoverstad, who was Dean of Academic Administration at Bryant & Stratton College, hosted WAER's Sunday morning program New Age Morning for nearly 20 years. He was 45.
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Several months ago, 95X (WAQX) midday jock Ryno made headlines in the national trades after posting some pointed comments about Howard Stern's handling of his upcoming exit to Sirius satellite radio. Ryno himself became a frequent target of Stern's morning rants for several days afterward.
Robert McCabe, a former WOLF 1490 AM staffer and morning show engineer for 570 WSYR in Syracuse died earlier this month.
McCabe, who was 84, lived in LeRoy, outside of Rochester.
Former Syracuse jock Kevin Klein is the new co-host of a weekday morning show from 9 a.m. - noon on XM's channel 156.
Klein, who worked for Galaxy Communications' K-Rock (WKRL/WKRH) as F'n Kevin, shares the microphone with VH1 Radio co-host Maria Chambers.
The duo kicked off their new partnership last week and also broadcast live from the Grammys on Sunday.
Former Syracuse jock and B104.7 (WBBS) program director Rick "RJ" Jordan is returning to the Salt City to program WSCP.
Jordan has spent the last three years in Portland, Maine as program director and afternoon air personality at WPOR 101.9. He'll join the Galaxy Communications staff on March 7th.
Hot 107-9 (WWHT) has bested Top-40 rival 93Q (WNTQ) in the latest Arbitron ratings.
Joel Delmonico, market manager for WWHT and six other Clear Channel Communications stations in Syracuse, points to the station's playlist which is heavy on hip-hop and other rhythmic hits for the station's second place ranking.
The Syracuse Post-Standard has more on the latest numbers released last week.
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