Ron Bee and Becky Palmer get their turn in the national spotlight tonight.
The highly-rated B104.7 (WBBS) morning duo will be on-hand at tonight's live CBS broadcast of the Country Music Association's annual awards. Bee and Palmer were named best radio personalities in medium sized markets. B104.7 was also a nominee for best medium market country station.
From our "Where are they now?" department comes word that Mark Turcott is the new general sales manager of Clear Channel's 96 Rock (WKLS) and The Buzz (WBZY) in Atlanta. Turcott has been in Atlanta for seven years, working first for Infinity and the last 18 months as the Atlanta-based national sales manager for Cox Radio's Birmingham, Alabama cluster.
Mark worked in sales and promotions for the Citadel group in Syracuse and was best known on the air locally for his 13 years of "Orangewatch" reports.
The latest Arbitron ratings are out for the Syracuse radio market.
The Syracuse Post-Standard takes a closer look at some of the numbers and gets reactions from local managers about why the news-talk stations didn't fare too well.
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syracuse.com/entertainment/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-8/109947698441973.xml
Known to many as Salty Sam, Willard Everett Lape Jr. was a big part of the Syracuse media and theater scenes for decades.
Lape, who passed away in September at the age of 74, spent part of his career in local radio on 570 WSYR. He was probably best known to area baby-boomers as Salty Sam, the cheerful children's television show host on channel 3.
The Syracuse New Times has more on Lape's career...
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newtimes.rway.com/2004/102704/coverb.shtml
Lite 105.9 (WLTI) morning news anchor Dee Collins is saying goodbye to radio.
Collins, who has worked at many stations in the Syracuse market since her first gig as WSEN's afternoon jock in 1985, is leaving her current position at Metro Networks to work in sales at Westwood One's satellite services division.
It was a good summer for Y94FM (WYYY). The adult contemporary station moved into fourth place in the Syracuse market for the summer Arbitron ratings period, their best showing in more than three years.
But the format with the most movement looks to be the various blends of rock from across the dial.
It looks like the excitement over the Red Sox recent wins has reached a fever pitch in Utica-Rome for one, not too bright, fan.
Scott Fybush is reporting that a Boston Red Sox banner was flying from one of WTLB's towers this weekend. Galaxy Communications, which owns the adult standards station, has no idea how it got up there and isn't too thrilled about it either considering the dangers of scaling a 5,000 watt transmitter tower.
Read this week's Northeast Radio Watch for more.
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fybush.com
UTICA -- While some may call Bill Keeler's locally-produced television show, "The Keeler Show", a clone of MTV's popular "Jackass", the former Rock 107 (WRCK) morning show host begs to differ.
Syracuse Community Radio WXXE and its all-volunteer staff are sponsoring a two-day concert to help raise funds that will help keep the operation afloat.
Mezzanotte Cafe & Lounge on North Salina Street is where it all happens beginning Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 8 p.m. Featured artists include Ashley Cox, Tom Ward III, Steve Cerio, and Dana Bonn.
Tickets are $10 presale for both days, or $6 at the door each night.
Source (link may no longer work):
www.wxxe.org/benefit.html
Sunny 102 (WZUN) has shifted its jock roster following Marty Santy's departure.
Santy, who had been the station's afternoon jock for years, left last month to concentrate on his mobile entertainment service. In his place, Ted Bilodeau moves up from evenings to afternoon drive, while Syracuse radio veteran Randy Foxx takes over the evening slot. Foxx got his start in the business 15 years ago as a producer for 'Big Mike' Fiss who hosts the station's morning show.