Howard Stern is back from his two week vacation, but not in the five markets where Citadel Communications had been broadcasting the shock jock's show.
Howard Stern is back from his two week vacation, but not in the five markets where Citadel Communications had been broadcasting the shock jock's show.
Howard Stern is back from his two week vacation, but not in the five markets where Citadel Communications had been broadcasting the shock jock's show.
For the past two weeks 95X (WAQX) has been airing bits of the Opie and Anthony Show instead of Stern repeats, but with Stern's return this morning, Citadel Communications has decided not to air the show. According to Stern, Citadel chief Farid Suleman is asking for payment of $200,000 for all of Stern's on-air mentions of Sirius Satellite Radio.
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Former 570 WSYR weekend news anchor Maria Leaf has moved to Washington, DC to join the news team at WTOP and its sister station Federal News Radio.
Leaf, a SUNY Oswego Communications graduate, also worked as a producer for WIXT NewsChannel 9's "Your Stories" segments in Syracuse before moving on to anchor the morning news on WGY in Schenectady nearly two years ago.
Federal News Radio can be heard on the web at federalnewsradio.com.
Lite 105.9 (WLTI) morning man Dave Allen got a surprising email Sunday from Chris Xaver who was vacationing in Thailand when the catastrophic tsunami hit.
Xaver, a former WTSM news reporter and substitute radio newscaster on 93Q (WNTQ), was caught up in the surge along with her husband and was trapped for 30 minutes under piles of debris.
Today's Syracuse Post-Standard has more.
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After two years as Kool 93.5, WUCL has flipped formats from a blend of oldies to classic hits and has become The River 93.5.
Jack Moran, the station's program director and afternoon host, says the goal of the new format is to offer music from a broader range of artists including Jimmy Buffett, Little Feat, and Bob Marley. As for the station's imaging, expect "no hype, no nonsense
It's that time of year again. What better way to celebrate the holidays than with a cheap breakfast and plenty of live music.
Syracuse radio stations are once again spreading Christmas cheer with live remote morning broadcasts on the eve of the holiday. 93Q (WNTQ) takes its show to Driver's Village while Oldies 92.1 (WSEN) hosts an event at LeMoyne Manor.
The week's Syracuse New Times has a rundown of the schedule of events.
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newtimes.rway.com/2004/122204/chatter.shtml
What's the best strategy for playing holiday tunes on the air? Well, for 230 radio stations across the country, it's wall-to-wall Christmas novelty songs, carols, and other holiday favorites. Syracuse's Y94FM (WYYY) is one of those stations.
Other adult contemporary stations in the market including Lite 105.9 (WLTI) and Sunny 102 (WZUN) are taking a different approach by mixing in select holiday music with their regular rotations.
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The next time you're in a Bed Bath & Beyond store, you may see Jeff Laurence. The former Syracuse jock has inked a deal to appear as the in-store video host in most sections of the chain's stores across the country.
Laurence, who worked at WOLF and WHEN in Syracuse during the 1970s, runs Autumn Hill Studios, a successful national production company based in North Carolina.
The next Gilligan won't be from Weedsport.
Mark Groesbeck, who played one of two Gilligans in TBS's new reality series The Real Gilligan's Island, was banished from the island in the show's second week. Known as 'Gooner', Groesbeck had been a frequent radio guest on Scorch's morning show in Syracuse prior to appearing on the show.
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This week's Syracuse New Times offers up a blistering commentary on Citadel Communications' move to clip Howard Stern's syndicated show at 10 a.m. each morning on 95X (WAQX) in Syracuse and four other markets that carry the show.
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newtimes.rway.com/2004/120804/shakin.shtml