Beginning next week, Syracuse will have another local news-talk choice in the morning.

TalkRadio 1390 WFBL's revamped morning show will be hosted by the station's new news director, former 570 WSYR newsman Bill Colley. Don't expect the ranting and raving heard on most other talk shows though, Colley hopes to provide a forum for in-depth discussions of the news of the day.

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The Central New York radio community said goodbye to two broadcast veterans this year.

2003 had its usual assortment of radio programming and staff changes locally.

Here is CNY Radio's annual scorecard to help keep track of the ever-changing Central New York radio landscape.

Earlier this month TalkRadio 1050 WFBL became TalkRadio 1390 when the news-talk format on 1050 AM moved up the dial. The 1050 AM frequency, which changed call letters to WSEN AM, continued to simulcast the talk format until this week when it flipped over to a simulcast of FM sister station Oldies 92.1 (WSEN).

WSEN AM/FM had simulcast the same signal for years until 1050 AM switched to an adult standards format after Buckley Broadcasting purchased the WFBL call letters in the early '90s.

Rush Limbaugh says he will appeal a ruling by a Florida judge that says he must release his medical records to prosecutors investigating possible drug-related crimes.

The conservative talk-show host believes that Democrats are out to get him. According to Limbaugh, "The Democrats in this country still cannot defeat me in the arena of political ideas, and so now they are trying to do so in the court of public opinion and the legal system."
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SportsRadio 620 is giving local racing fans a forum to discuss motor sports with the launch of a new weekend call-in show.

Earlier this month the station debuted On Victory Lane, a one-hour news and interview show hosted by Rob Searle and area track announcer Doug Elkins.

Catch the show every Sunday at 10 a.m.

The Syracuse SkyChiefs have signed a new multi-year agreement with TalkRadio 1390 WFBL to carry SkyChiefs baseball beginning in 2004.

Play-by-play announcer Bob McElligott will return for a fifth straight year. Opening day at P&C Stadium is April 8.

WFBL had been the home of Syracuse baseball for a number of years in the past, most recently in 1984. Announcers of note during those years include Marv Albert, Sean McDonough, Hank Greenwald and John Harmon.

It's that time of year once again, and area stations are out and about with plenty of live music and cheap breakfasts leading up to Christmas day.

Here's what we've got so far...

After nearly a year and a half of local talk in the morning, Kathy Denman's one-hour show on 570 WSYR will be no more.

Denman will focus her efforts in her new role as director of an expanded traffic reporting department for the cluster of Clear Channel stations in Syracuse.

No word yet on WSYR's plan for the weekday 9 a.m. time slot.

Buckley Broadcasting is after a bigger chunk of the news/talk radio audience in Central New York and has looked down the dial for help.

On the heels of moving its talk programming from 1050 AM to the stronger 1390 AM frequency it recently acquired from Crawford Broadcasting, WFBL has hired Bill Colley to be the station's news director and morning show host. Colley had been 570 WSYR's afternoon news anchor.