There's still a couple more chances to catch a Syracuse SkyChiefs game in Spanish this season. In his third year at the play-by-play microphone, Jose Ramos is once again offering up SkyChiefs action in Spanish on WVOA 103.9 FM. Nathan Dinsdale of the Syracuse New Times has all the details...
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Jason Jackson, host of ESPN Radio's afternoon show Gameday, is leaving the network. Until a permanent host is found, the network will rely on rotating fill-in hosts. ESPN Radio is heard on WNSS 1260 AM in Syracuse.
After three years of anouncing play-by-play action of Syracuse University basketball and football, Dave Pasch is leaving to accept a similar position for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals.
Listen for some changes on SportsRadio 620 during the evening hours as Fox Sports Radio hires Steve Czaban to takes over the 7-10 p.m. slot. In the past, Czaban has frequently filled in for Jim Rome. That move bumps J.T. 'The Brick' to 10 p.m. - 2 a.m. and Dan Sileo exits the network altogether.
The final tally is in for the 12th annual WFAN Radiothon with Don Imus. $200,000 was raised from phone pledges and donations over the Internet during a 28-hour period. Funds raised will benefit three charities serving children: The CJ Foundation for SIDS, Tomorrow's Children's Fund, and the Imus Ranch for kids with cancer. Imus in the Morning is heard locally on WHEN 620 AM.
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A subtle adjustment is in the works for Cram Communications' religious and paid programming station at 103.9 FM as the call letters changed from WVOA to WVOA-FM. That's because Cram has decided to use WVOA as call letters for its new station located at 720 AM and licensed to Dewitt instead of the original plan which called for the WSIV call letters to move to 720 AM from 1540 AM.
The Federal Communications Commission has approved Clear Channel Communications' bid to buy the Ackerley Group's roster of radio and television stations.
After more than 170 shows and over 500 guests, WAER's weekly public affairs program Women's Voices is taking a break. The show, co-hosted by radio market veteran Lorraine Rapp, featured discussions on a wide range of women's issues.
Former Syracuse air personality Peter King, who has been a freelance reporter for the CBS radio network for the past eight years, becomes a full-time correspondent covering the southeastern United States. King, who worked at both WHEN 620 AM and WRRB 107.9 FM during the 1980's, has also spent time in Rochester and Daytona Beach.
One of the co-hosts of the locally-produced computer advice show Random Access is stepping down. Al Fasoldt, who also writes about computers and technology for the Syracuse Post Standard, is easing into retirement, and the move helps to free up his weekends.