Clear Channel Syracuse part-timer J.J. Ryan has picked up a full-time gig down south. The B104.7 (WBBS) and Hot 107-9 (WWHT) weekender is the new evening guy and music director at Cumulus's Power 105.7 (KMCK) in Fayetteville, Arkansas (market #151).
Clear Channel Syracuse part-timer J.J. Ryan has picked up a full-time gig down south. The B104.7 (WBBS) and Hot 107-9 (WWHT) weekender is the new evening guy and music director at Cumulus's Power 105.7 (KMCK) in Fayetteville, Arkansas (market #151).
The Syracuse Press Club is gearing up for its annual dinner in which the group hands out awards for journalistic excellence.
Hosts for the May 17 Professional Recognition Awards dinner are Julie Abbott of NewsChannel 9 (WIXT) and Jeff Glor of Action News 3 (WSTM).
Cost is $40 per person or $360 for a table of 10. For more information or to sign up online, go to syracusepressclub.org.
Dave Coombs knows more than a little about soccer. The Dave half of TK-99's Gomez and Dave morning show, who has played for the USL's Rochester Flash and for the Buffalo Stallions, brings his expert knowlege of the sport to the microphone this season as the play-by-play announcer for the new Syracuse Salty Dogs professional soccer team. Fans can catch his webcasts at www.syracuse.com.
Real Rock Radio 93.5 (WVBR) has named Chris Bianchi as the station's new program director, while Brad Bershad gets music director stripes. The Ithaca rocker is owned by Cornell Radio Guild.
95X (WAQX) evening jock Ryno has been promoted to middays at the Syracuse active rock station. He fills the slot held for years by market veteran Dave Frisina who exited for middays at crosstown TK-99.
Next up on 95X program director Bob O'Dell's task list: finding a new evening guy.
It was their shortest pledge drive in recent memory, but WRVO FM 90 was finally able to get their spring fundraiser underway last week after several delays due to the station's coverage of the war in Iraq and the April ice storm.
In all, 400 listeners phoned in their support during the three-day pledge drive which netted the station $40,000. WRVO estimates about $475,000 of its annual operating budget this year will come from listener donations.
WRVO's programming can also be heard on WRVD in Syracuse, WRVN in Utica-Rome, and WRVJ in Watertown.
Syracuse New Times publisher Art Zimmer is bringing back his "Cruzin' Thru the '50s" musical for another run this year at the New Times Theater at the New York State Fairgrounds.
The play once again features cameo roles from a who's who of local radio celebrities including Gary Dunes, Oldies 92.1 (WSEN), Ted Long and Amy Robbins, 93Q (WNTQ); 'Big Mike' Fiss, Sunny 102.1 (WZUN), Dave Allen, Lite 105.9 (WLTI); Phil Markert, WTLA; Armond Magnarelli, WFBL; and Pete Michaels and Brenda Bissett, Y94FM (WYYY). Bob Brown directs the show which runs through next weekend.
New Rock 105, The Dog (WWDG) gets some improved coverage this week as the station's owner, Clear Channel Communications, flips its Syracuse translator at 98.3 FM from Power 106.9 (WPHR) to WWDG. The Deruyter licensed Alternative formatted station at 105.1 FM suffers from weak coverage in the Syracuse metro area.
Fans of local motor sports can now keep up with what's happening on the tracks of Central New York by tuning in to Around the Tracks on WTLA 1200 AM and WSGO 1440 AM. The new show, hosted by Joe Marotta, airs Sunday mornings at 9 a.m. Marotta is the chief announcer at DIRT's Rolling Wheels Raceway, Cayuga County Speedway, and Oswego Speedway.
Around the Tracks aired previously on SportsRadio 620 (WHEN).
The numbers are out for the Syracuse winter book and New Rock 105 (WWDG) enjoyed the biggest gain in the market. There was nowhere to go but up for 'The Dog' which switched formats around the first of the year from a simulcast of B104.7 (WBBS) to alternative rock.