Galaxy Communications in a lone wolf in the Syracuse radio market. Local ownership of stations is becoming a rarity these days, but Ed Levine is bucking the trend.

Public radio station WRVO FM 90 will broadcast New York Governor George Pataki's State of the State address live this afternoon. The speech, which will be delivered at the state capitol in Albany, begins at 1:00.

Archive article reposted with help from volunteer Ashley Caster

Market veteran Bob Brown is stepping away from the radio microphone for a few months to embark on a national tour of 'Funny Girl'.   He'll play the character of Nick Arnstein for the Candlewood Productions tour that lasts through April 21.

Y94FM has added the syndicated John Tesh Show to its Sunday morning schedule. The three-hour program, which airs from 7-10am, features music, entertainment news, and celebrity interviews.

Local radio morning man Dave Smith has joined the WCNY underwriting sales staff. Smith, who was recently let go due to budget cuts from his nine-year run as host of WFBL's morning show, is part of the team of behind the scenes personnel responsible for drumming up corporate support.

Bill Knowlton would like to hear the national anthem played daily on central New York radio stations. The host of WCNY's Bluegrass Ramble show said in a recent letter to the Syracuse New Times that the broadcast of the anthem is a "needed musical morale booster."

Tickets went on sale today for the 2002 Syracuse Area Music Awards show which returns to the Landmark Theater on Friday, February 1. The biennial event which honors local musicians is sponsored in part by Galaxy Communications.

With Matt Johnson's move to Jackson Mississippi, part-timer Carson slides into the producer/sidekick roll on Dakota's morning show at Hot 107-9. Kathy Denman at the newsdesk rounds out the Hot morning crew.

Thanks to volunteer Ashley Caster for helping to get this archive article republished.

Beginning with tonight's show, WAER FM 88's Women's Voices is making a couple of format changes.

Galaxy Communications president Ed Levine is quoted in today's R&R Online on the issue of media consolidation. Saying that "smaller, focused organizations will always thrive", his hope for the new year is that large organizations like Clear Channel and Citadel will scale back their ownership in markets where they control more than five or six stations.