The booster for Auburn station WPHR 106.9 FM won't be in Auburn, though that's the community of license applied for. The 1720-watt, vertical-only signal will broadcast from near the merge of I-81 and I-690 in downtown Syracuse. The request is subject to FCC approval.

Former WSEN Program Director and afternoon drive jock Jim Asker has joined AllAccess.com as head of their Nashville-based country office.

WXXC 88.7 FM in Truxton has filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission to reinstate their construction permit. The Syracuse Community Radio station's CP was revoked due to allegations that the group misled the FCC by filing for a license despite the fact that the station itself was still under construction.

Family Life Radio has been granted a license for W207BH 89.3 FM in Baldwinsville. The translator will serve the north side of Syracuse simulcasting Canandaigua's WCIY 88.9 FM.

National radio trade publication Gavin Magazine has named Jazz 88's Music Director Eric Cohen its Jazz Programmer of the Year award winner.

Rumors have been swirling on the Internet that Britney Spears has been dating 'a Syracuse DJ'. The mystery man is 93Q's night jock Rick Roberts who, though an unabashed Britney fan, denies that he and the teen pop star are an item. www.101britney.com reports on an incident that may have spawned the speculation. (Source article has since been deleted)