'Big Frog 104 Cares for Critters Radiothon' got underway yesterday at 6 a.m. as WFRG personalities broadcast live from Utica's Sangertown Square Mall for the entire radiothon which runs until 7 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday. Money raised during the two-day event will be divided among several humane societies and animal shelters within Big Frog 104's immediate listening area.
FULTON - It's Patsy Cline and George Jones for 'The New AM 1300'. Fulton's WAMF 1300 AM (formerly WOSC and WZZZ) is up and running with a new format of traditional country music with Don DeRosa, the station's new owner, handling morning show duties.
The Syracuse radio community is offering its condolences to WSYR's Joe Galuski on the news of the passing his father on Monday. Calling hours for Henry J. Galuski, 74, are Wednesday from 4-7 p.m. at Welter-Price Funeral Home on James Street in Syracuse. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday morning.
Most Central New York radio stations plan to memorialize and pay tribute to the victims of the terrorist attacks of one year ago with special programming today. The published schedule of events include...
After 30 years on WCNY (91.3 FM), broadcasts of Syracuse University's Thursday Morning Roundtable are moving to WAER (88.3 FM). According to WCNY station manager Paul Dunn, "everybody's happy" with the switch which will give Classic FM more hours of classical music and University Roundtable will now be heard on a station owned by the university itself. The weekly one-hour programs can be heard on WAER Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. beginning this weekend.
Looking to be "older than Y94 but younger than WSEN," Ed Levine says carving out that slice of the adult contemporary pie is "the correct position" for Sunny 102.1. The new mix of music bumps up the amount of songs from the 1970s played on the station from about 10% to 50%.
As the one-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks nears, we look back at how radio in Central New York responded to the news of the day and pulled together to support the relief efforts.
Things have been a little quiet this summer over at 89.1 FM. After a silent few months in which station facilities were upgraded, Z89 is set to trot out a new format of sorts come this Sunday. Promos for the launch are running on a continuous loop all this week. And, for a down-to-the-second countdown clock, check out www.z89.com. This week's Syracuse New Times has more in its 'Idle Chatter' section.
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The search for a programmer for Hot 107-9 is over. Erin Bristol takes over from Jason Kidd who left for Pittsburgh five months ago. Bristol moves from Cedar Rapids, Iowa where she was program director for Clear Channel's hot AC formatted Mix 96.5.
The programming department at Galaxy Communications has been busy the past few days. As the kids head back to school, Sunny 102 is rolling back the music clock about a decade or so. Following yesterday's day-long jock-free preview of the station's new playlist, "The New Sunny 102.1" is now serving up an oldies-based adult contemporary format featuring music from the 60s, 70s, and 80s.