Bill O'Reilly has debuted a new web site related to his daily radio and television programs. The site, www.billoreilly.com, has show and affiliate information, O'Reilly's bio, and for those interested, lists of his likes in music, books, and movies. O'Reilly's The Radio Factor airs daily on TalkRadio 1050 (WFBL) in Syracuse and NewsRadio 950 (WIBX) in Utica-Rome.
Mark Doyle and Doug Moncrief are among a group of local musicians who have expressed their displeasure with 95X (WAQX) over the cancellation of the station's long-running local music show Soundcheck. Host Dave Frisina has been mum on the issue, while operations manager, Tom Mitchell, says the move is a done deal.
Regent Communications has named Don Cristi as the new general manager of its four-station cluster in Watertown. Cristi, who has worked for Regent in Utica-Rome as operations manager for three years, replaces Bob Dakin, who moves to Evansville, IN as general manager of Regent's group of stations there.
Bob Brown is busier than ever these days. The Syracuse radio veteran's theater company, Opening Night Productions, is in the middle of a run of Lend Me a Tenor at the Glen Loch restaurant. Brown directs and plays Merelli in the farce which runs through March 16. James MacKillop of the Syracuse New Times gives the production a big thumbs up saying that Brown "shows that he can probably do anything" ...
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Regent Communications plans to close on its acquisition of 12 Brill Media stations next week. The $62 million price tag is an all cash deal for Regent who's CEO, Terry Jacobs, told investors yesterday that "there may be one or more complementary transactions announced in the near-term that will further enhance the value of the overall Brill transaction."
Just a week after being promoted to vice president and general manager of KMOX in St. Louis, Tom Langmyer is helping to console staff members following the murder of the station's popular morning show co-host last night. Nan Wyatt, 44, who first came to KMOX in 1990, was found slain in her home around 6 p.m.; her husband has been charged with first-degree murder.
The long-running local music show Soundcheck has been pulled from 95X's lineup. The station's program director, Bob O'Dell, says the decision was a tough one, but that Soundcheck didn't fit with 95X's recent format shift from classic to active rock.
Dick Carr's Big Bands, Ballads and Blues has been part of the Monday night lineup on Jazz 88 (WAER) since October 2001. Carr, a former Syracuse and New York City radio executive, recently connected with the WOR Radio Network to syndicate the show nationally.
Sunny 102.1 (WZUN) has added Premeire Radio's Leeza Gibbons Hollywood Confidential to its weekend lineup. The three-hour mix of music, celebrity interviews, and entertainment news, hosted by the former Entertainment Tonight anchor, airs Sundays beginning at 9 a.m.
A former radio show host from Bosnia and his son, Emir and Almir Loncaric, will debut a new weekly hour-long show on WVOA this weekend. The program, which will air Sunday nights at 6 p.m., will highlight music, news, and events in their homeland and the local community of Bosnian immigrants.