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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www.syracuse.com/entertainment/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/business-6/1103712948181980.xml
Since 1969, WRVO has been broadcasting from SUNY Oswego's Lanigan Hall. Come this May, the public radio station will move to brand new studios in a different building on campus.
A year-long capital campaign in 2004 raised a total of $330,000 for the studio upgrades which will include new digital studio equipment and a new, higher-powered digital transmitter.
The move will also allow the station to resume production of its daily public affairs program Talk of the Region.
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www.syracuse.com/entertainment/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-8/1107855415307682.xml
Radio station 570 WSYR and WIXT TV 9 have been cooperating partners in local news and sports coverage since shortly after Clear Channel Communications purchased the television station more than two years ago. Beginning in April they'll also be sharing the same call-letters: WSYR.
The heritage call-letters on the television side were mothballed 25 years ago after Times Mirror purchased what is now WSTM (Channel 3).
While Clear Channel hopes to build on the synergies of the two stations, WSTM management is afraid that the move may confuse some listeners and translate into erroneous Neilson diary entries.
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Lite 98.7 (WLZW) has moved into the top spot in the Utica-Rome ratings. The adult contemporary Regent Communications station bumped its sister station, Big Frog 104 (WFRG), to second place. WIBX 950 AM moved up from sixth to third place giving Regent a trifecta win in the fall ratings period.
It was also a good fall book for Galaxy Communications' cluster of stations with 94.9 K-Rock (WKLL), Rock 107 (WRCK), and 1310 WTLB all trending upward.
If you think you heard a lot of Hoobastank and Kenny Chesney on the radio last year, you're not alone.
Mediabase, a California based company which specializes in tracking radio station playlists electronically, tallied what eight Syracuse stations played during 2004. The Syracuse Post-Standard has more on which artists got the most air time and also the scoop from several program directors as to how those playlists are put together.
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www.syracuse.com/entertainment/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-8/1106818830116050.xml