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).
Last week's Syracuse New Times featured the winning entries in the paper's annual Syr-Haikus competition. 93Q's Ted Long was featured in the celebrity category.
Bob Mitchell's WOLF 1490 AM tribute site has added a slew of new photos, airchecks, and information related to the "glory days" of one of Syracuse's most successful AM stations.
In numbers released yesterday for phase 2 monthly trends for the Winter 2002 Arbitron ratings period, compared to the fall quarterly numbers, WSEN FM 92.1 showed the largest increase by picking up 1.3 ratings points. Of the top seven stations in the Syracuse market, only 570 WSYR lost ground with a drop of a half a point.
FULTON -- Fulton's WZZZ 1300 AM has been bought for $300,000 by a former manager of the station. Don DeRosa was general manager of the 1,000 watt AM, at the time known as WOSC, along with Magic 104.7, WKFM in the early 80's. DeRosa also spent time at WPTR in Albany during the 60's and WTLB and WRUN in Utica.
The Syracuse SkyChiefs kick off their 2002 season this afternoon at 2 p.m. against the Rochester Red Wings. Beginning this year, ESPN Radio 1260 (WNSS) takes over as the radio broadcast home of the team with Bob McElligott announcing the play-by-play action.