This month's meeting of the Oswego County Press Club will include a presentation by the WRVO Stations. John Hurlbutt, program director and morning host, and Matt Seubert, the stations' listener support coordinator, will give an update on what's been happening at WRVO, central New York's top rated public radio station.
Five years to the day after their first date, Y94FM's Kathy Rowe and M&T Jazz Fest executive director Frank Malfitano will tie the knot in Las Vegas on April 4. The couple had entertained the thought of getting hitched live on stage at this year's Jazz Fest but opted not to turn the personal event into a sideshow.
Up until 9:14 a.m. last Saturday, it was a typical morning at CBS Radio for Peter King.
"You could say my heart stopped for a minute," recalls the network news anchor who alerted listeners to a potential problem with the Columbia space shuttle. His reports aired around the clock for most of the day on more than 500 stations nationwide including WIBX 950 in Utica.
Erica Farber, publisher of the industry trade publication Radio & Records, will give the keynote address at this year's WJPZ Radio Birthday Banquet. The 18th annual event will be held at the Syracuse University Sheraton on March 1. For additional information, call Scott Meach at (888) 32-2257.
The fall Arbitron numbers are in for central New York's public radio stations and the news is good for WRVO and WCNY. WRVO and its network of stations held on the the top spot in the Syracuse, Utica-Rome, and Watertown markets. With ratings of 4.4 for WRVO and a 2.7 for Classic FM (WCNY) in Syracuse, both stations saw their best numbers in more than two years. Check our ratings section for all the facts and figures.
2003 marks the 25th year that Dave Frisina has been 'turning it up' at 95X. Mike Parrish, managing director of the industry trade publication Friday Morning Quarterback, recently talked with Frisina about his longevity, a shift in direction for the station, and his thoughts on when the S.U. Orangemen might win a national title...
Shortly after NASA declared a problem with Saturday morning's landing of the space shuttle Columbia, WRVO FM 90, 570 WSYR, and NewsRadio 950 (WIBX) switched to continuous coverage of the unfolding events.
Area musicians and radio personalities are coming together for a benefit for cancer survivor Sam Amato. Sunday's lineup of live music includes: Smokin', The Cobblerockers, Joe Whiting, and Dan Elliot. Syracuse air personalities Glenn 'Gomez' Adams, Ron Bee, Gary Dunes, Jim O'Brien, Becky Palmer, and Eric Will are also scheduled to make appearances.
Big Frog 104 (WFRG) celebrated 15 years on the air Friday morning with a surprise anniversary party during Matt Herkimer's morning drive show. Herkimer, who is the only original air personality left at the station, welcomed several local dignitaries including State Senator Ray Meier, Utica Mayor Tim Julian, and Rome Mayor Joe Griffo.
Syracuse was front and center in the debate over media ownership on Capitol Hill on Thursday. Robert Short Jr, former owner of WRDS 102.1 FM, testified before congress that Clear Channel and Citadel forced him out of the Syracuse radio market. Charging that he had to sell WRDS to Galaxy Communications because Clear Channel owned over 50% of the local market and Citadel Communications had 25% of the revenue, Short claimed that Clear Channel was able to leverage its market dominance, flip WPHR 106.9 FM to an urban format and knock WRDS out of the game.