New Rock 105 (WWDG) program director and midday air personality Erin Bristol is no longer with the Syracuse Clear Channel station and is in search of other opportunities.
Bristol moved to Syracuse nearly two years ago from Cedar Rapids, Iowa where she programmed a Hot AC station for Clear Channel.
Erin can be reached at (315) 952-7134 or erinbristol@aol.com.
It was an offer that he couldn't refuse. Syracuse University play-by-play announcer Mark Johnson announced he is heading west to Denver to be sports director at KOA 850. KOA is the radio home of the Denver Broncos football and Colorado Rockies baseball teams.
Johnson, 36, has been the voice of Syracuse University sports for the past two years, which included calling the basketball team's run at the national title in 2003.
Johnson's partner in the broadcast booth, Matt Park, has been named as his replacement.
Source (link may no longer work):
www.syracuse.com/sports/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1089448661238693.xml
With country station WSCP now relaying on 101.3 FM in Syracuse and a deal with the city to sponsor this past weekend's Country Fest in Clinton Square, Galaxy Communications is looking for WSCP to be known as more than just "that little Pulaski station."
This week's Syracuse NewTimes cover story takes a look at the plans for the one-day free show and catches up with WSCP radio veteran Fred Lewis on his long career and what he's up to now.
Source (link may no longer work):
newtimes.rway.com/2004/070704/cover.shtml
Syracuse University basketball coach Jim Boeheim will be in the hot seat when NPR's quiz show Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me comes to town this fall.
Dick Carr continues to add affiliates to the roster of stations airing his weekly syndicated Big Bands Ballads & Blues.
WEAR's Eric Wellman has been awarded the Hearst Prize in radio journalism for his coverage of the Northeast blackout of 2003.
The kudos come with a $5,000 check for Wellman and also for Syracuse University. Wellman, a reporter for WAER, is a student at the Newhouse School.
Y94FM is dusting off its disco ball for the station's annual Disco Reunion concert Friday, August 6th at the State Fairgrounds.
This year's lineup includes The Ladies of Chic, Bonnie Pointer from the Pointer Sisters, Carol Williams from Odyssey, and Sal Soul Orchestra. The cover band Dyn-o-mite Disco Revue will also be on hand.
Howard Stern is not giving up.
Months after being kicked off of six Clear Channel stations across the country, the syndicated shock jock announced today his show will debut in nine new markets beginning in July. That's good news for Stern fans in Rochester which was one of the markets affected by Clear Channel's decision in February.
Stern's show continues to air on 95X (WAQX) in Syracuse.
Source (link may no longer work):
www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/30/stern.bush/index.html
Big Frog 104 (WFRG) welcomed a new morning co-host earlier this month. Kristie Waters jumps from middays at Galaxy's Rock 107 (WRCK) to pair up with Matt Herkimer. Waters replaces Lisa Webber who left for New England in April.
Over at Rock 107, the midday chair is now occupied by former WFRG/WFRY personality Matt 'Bullfrog' Raisman.
Kobe (Zimmerman) Austin is keeping himself busy out on the West Coast these days. The former Syracuse jock who got his start in radio on Z89 (WJPZ), 93Q (WNTQ), and Hot 107-9 (WWHT) has branched out into voiceover production work and acting in addition to gigs on the radio in Portland, Oregon and Boston.
All Access checks in with Kobe to get his perspective on the radio biz...
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allaccess.com