SportsRadio 620 (WHEN) will carry Westwood One's regional feed of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. That makes yet another radio station which listeners can listen to the Syracuse University Orangemen in action during the post season.

New Rock 105 (WWDG) has put together a new weekly local music show that features interviews, live performances, and classic cuts from local artists. The Backyard, which airs Sunday nights beginning at 6, is hosted by Josh Farrell, a former member of the now defunct SAMMY award-winning band Doctor Pocket.

WSEN's web site has a whole new look. Along with a redesign of the site's navigation and features, the upgrade to Oldies 92.1's online presense also includes the unveiling of a new station logo. Check out the changes at: wsenfm.com.

Syndicated shock jock Howard Stern is hot under the collar over the debut of ABC's reality series Are You Hot? in which contestants are evaluated on looks alone by three celebrity judges. Stern, whose morning show is heard in Syracuse on 95X, contends ABC stole his idea which resulted in the plug being pulled on a deal he was working on with another network. Because of that, he has filed suit against ABC for $100 million.

A 95X sponsored concert last night at the Onondaga County War Memorial brought The Scorpions, Whitesnake, and Dokken to town. 95X's night jock, Ryno, who introduced the bands, also managed to get in a shot or two at rival K-Rock early in the show. The Syracuse Post-Standard reports K-Rock's 'Silent Bob' Staffa, who was in the stands at the time, took to the floor and after some words were exchanged between the two, security got involved.

The reaction to the cancellation of 95X's local music show Soundcheck continues. Local guitarist/songwriter Mark Doyle has sent out hundreds of emails encouraging people to push for the show's return. Competitor Ed Levine, head of Galaxy Communications and a former 95Xer himself, is disappointed too. This week's Syracuse New Times has more.
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After struggling with problems and poor customer support from Tripod's web hosting service for more than a year, Bob Mitchell has switched providers for his WOLF Tribute Site. Gone are those pesky popup ads and annoying timeouts because of bandwidth use. Mitchell thanks former WOLF jock and S.U. alum Don Bayley for helping to get the site switched over to Bayley's web hosting company ThriftWeb.com.

Check out the WOLF Tribute Site at WOLF1490.net.

What could be better for Lite 105.9's morning man, Dave Allen, than sleeping in? How about collecting 2,754,000 pennies for charity?

"It was exciting!" says Allan who is grateful for the community support of last week's fifth annual Lite Loves Kids radiothon which netted $71,069 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) will announce 10 Crystal Award winners at an April 8th luncheon during the group's annual convention in Las Vegas. Power 106.9 (WPHR) has been selected as one of a group of 40 finalists from across the country up for the award which recognizes outstanding year-round community service efforts.

Syracuse's newest morning man is Bob Schmidt, a 21-year-old Syracuse University junior from Batavia. Schmidt, who holds down the fort at New Rock 105 weekdays from 6-10 a.m., had been working for Clear Channel sister stations SportsRadio 620 (WHEN) and B104.7 (WBBS).