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).
Last week Syracuse's Radio Disney affiliate, WOLF 1490 AM, began broadcasting a digital signal. After shelling out $80,000 for the upgrade, the station is now ready for the day that digital receivers become available to consumers later this year.
Former Syracuse jock, Kidd Chris, got a big thumbs up from Howard Stern yesterday in a visit to the syndicated morning show's New York studios. Stern called Chris's phony phone call with George Takei (Sulu of Star Trek fame) the funniest phone prank he's ever heard. While Stern has, in the past, featured other bits and parody songs by Chris, Thursday's appearance was his first in-studio visit.
Former WSEN program director and afternoon jock Jim Asker walked down the isle with longtime girlfriend Cate Sanfino on 2/28 at a private ceremony in Nashville. Asker, who worked at WSEN in the early 80s when the station's format was country, is currently the country editor at AllAccess.com.
Former Rock 107 (WRCK) jock and longtime Mohawk Valley radio personality Bill Keeler is headed to television.
There wasn't much shuffling of the order of the top dozen or so Syracuse radio stations in the latest monthly trends released by Arbitron. TK-99 moved up to tie with sister station K-Rock which slipped to a 4.5. 95X and 93Q showed drops in ratings but held on to their rank. 570 WSYR inched closer to market leader B104.7 with a 0.7 point increase, while New Rock 105 (WWDG) showed up on the radar with a 0.5.