The Syracuse New Times is once again on the hunt for the 'Best of Syracuse'. The paper's annual reader poll includes 59 categories ranging from best neighborhood bar to best place for hair removal.

This year's radio categories are: best local radio station, best local radio personality/ies, and best local radio show. Also in the media division is an award for best Destiny USA suckup which may also get some radio-related nominations.

Check out this week's Syracuse New Times for the official ballot. Voting ends September 19.

WRVO FM 90 had its best Syracuse ratings in over two years this spring. Arbitron ranks the Central New York news/talk station as the number one public radio outlet in Syracuse with a 4.8 rating. Classic FM (WCNY) came in second with a 2.7, and Jazz 88 (WAER) scored a 1.1.

In Utica-Rome, WCNY came out on top with a 2.7 rating, followed by WRVO with a 1.9.

Visit our ratings section for more...

Was the scuffle over Soundcheck's cancellation earlier this year part of what led to Bob O'Dell's split with 95X?

While station management isn't saying much beyond calling O'Dell's departure a "mutual decision", this week's Syracuse New Times got reactions from former WAQX midday jock Dave Frisina and some area musicians on what role the local music uproar may have played.
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The Children's Miracle Network is $27,053 richer thanks to the efforts of Lite 98.7 at their third annual radiothon.

The WLZW sponsored event held at Sangertown Square in New Hartford last Friday and Saturday topped last year's final tally by more than $10,000.

All of the money raised will stay in the Mohawk Valley, benefiting the pediatric and maternity wards of the St. Luke's Campus of Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare.

Veteran Syracuse newsman Bill Carey is leaving 570 WSYR for Time Warner Cable's new 24-hour local news channel, News 10 Now.

Carey, who has been WSYR's news director and afternoon anchor for the past two years, worked previously as a reporter for WIXT TV 9 and news director at WTVH 5.

His last day at WSYR is September 10.

David Rubin, Dean of the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, thinks 570 WSYR should have a better plan in place for when big news events like the Northeast blackout hit Central New York.

Read Rubin's lengthy opinion piece in this week's Syracuse Post-Standard.

When K-Rock's Abbie Weber told the 20,000 on hand at this year's K-Rockathon to back away from the stage when the rain started to come down, the crowd chanted, "Hell, no, we won't go!".

For more on that and other tidbits about last week's show, check out this week's Syracuse New Times...
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For the past 35 years, Dale Dorman has been a big part of the Boston radio scene, most recently at Kiss 108 (WXKS) where he has done afternoon drive since 1980. That is until two weeks ago when the Clear Channel station let him go.

While his ratings were consistantly high, insiders speculate that Dorman, 63, may have been axed due to his age and high salary.

Dorman, who did stints in Denver and Fresno before moving to Boston, got his start in radio at WOLF in Syracuse in 1965.
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Former Syracuse Clear Channel cluster part-timer JJ Ryan is featured this week on AllAccess.com's 10 Questions With... column.

The Oswego native worked for B104.7 (WBBS), Y94FM (WYYY), and Hot 107-9 (WWHT) before heading south for a full-time gig as evening jock and music director at the top 40 formatted Power 105.7 (KMCK) in Fayetteville, AR.

After ten years at Lite 98.7 (WLZW), Trudy is moving on. The popular midday personality told listeners last week that she was recently married, and that her husband's job requires that they move out of the area.