Y94FM (WYYY) has hopped on-board the latest trend of adult contemporary stations across the country as they've moved to an all-holiday music format.

A couple months ago, 570 WSYR's afternoon newscaster Kevin Schenk started appearing as the weekend news anchor over at WSTM-TV 3. Schenk has since given up the radio microphone and is now a full-time member of the channel 3 news staff.

Rush Limbaugh announced on his afternoon program today that he is now 100% deaf and will likely undergo cochlear implant surgery later this year.

Lisa Morrow will head up Galaxy Communications' Syracuse market stations. Morrow, who joined Galaxy in 1996 as an account executive, has been named vice president and station manager for the company's 10 Syracuse area radio stations. She previously held the positions of local sales manager and, most recently, director of sales for the company.

After poor ratings and an increasing number of affiliates opting not to carry Howard Stern's Saturday night television show, King World has decided to pull the plug.

It looks like the dust is settling over at Y94FM (WYYY) and B104.7 (WBBS). The latest move involves a promotion for Kathy Rowe who takes over programming duties at Y94FM.

Former 570 WSYR newscaster Aaron Brillbeck has taken a position at WWTI (Channel 50) in Watertown. Before his Syracuse stay, Brillbeck spent time in the radio newsrooms of Ogdensburg's WPAC/WSLB and WHAM in Rochester.

Local talkers Jim Reith and Adam Schein are the first two local hosts to integrate into their shows a new interactive web site which was unveiled today.

Following the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a handful of media conglomerates have taken over of a large piece of the radio ownership pie. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is now worried that their policies on local radio ownership do not adequately reflect current industry conditions.

The Federal Trade Commission has given a thumbs up to Clear Channel Communications' bid to buy the Ackerley Group, which includes WIXT (channel 9) in Syracuse. Clear Channel, which owns six Syracuse radio stations, must now get approval from the Department of Justice. If the deal goes through, it appears Clear Channel will have to give up at least one of its local radio stations if it wants to hold on to WIXT.