The Syracuse Press Club handed out its annual awards at a dinner on April 16. WSYR and WAER picked up four awards each, while WRVO received three honors.

The former WOSC 1300 AM, which has been WZZZ for the past fifteen years, is changing its call letters to WAMF. The Fulton station was bought by Don DeRosa earlier this month.

Former Y94FM (WYYY) midday personality Jeanne Ashley, currently doing middays at Star 102 in Kansas City, adds hosting duties for Y94FM's Love Songs at Night. Star 102 is owned by Infinity Broadcasting.

The cast list for Art Zimmer's play Cruizin' Thru the 50's is coming together and includes a number of high-profile Syracuse radio personalities.

Congratulations to former Hot 107-9 (WWHT) program director Jason Kidd and his wife Tara who welcomed 8 lb, 4 oz Aidan Lee into the world over the weekend. Kidd moved to WKST in Pittsburgh last month.

570 WSYR's news director and director of programming, Bill Carey, has been honored by the Syracuse Press Club with a Bliven-Ganley-Rossi Career Achievement Award. Carey returned to radio last year after a long run in television news at WTVH TV 5 and WIXT TV 9.

Public radio's WCNY 91.3 FM and the Jazz Appreciation Society of Syracuse are sponsoring a tribute dinner for Leo Rayhill, host of the station's long-running The Sounds of Jazz. The event will be held at Le Moyne Manor on April 21.

Stuttering John Melendez, a regular on the Howard Stern Show heard locally on 95X, is bringing his comedy act to town.

Former Syracuse television news anchor and investigative reporter Sheryl Nathans died yesterday in a Pennsylvania hospice.   Nathans, 55, who was diagnosed with incurable cancer two months ago, chose to "go quietly into the night" instead of fighting the disease with conventional treatments.

Regent Communications plans to offer approximately 8,000,000 shares of common stock. The offering represents a new financing plan by the company which owns six stations in Utica-Rome including market leaders Big Frog 104 (WFRG) and Lite 98.7 (WLZW).