SYRACUSE -- The new week begins with a new--but old--additional choice for talk radio in the Salt City. Leatherstocking Media Group is launching "CNY Talk Radio" on WFBL 1390, effective tomorrow (Monday) morning at 5:00am. In other news from the Smokey Hollow Road studios in Baldwinsville, WSEN is no longer airing traffic reports from Tony […]
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SYRACUSE -- The sudden simulcast change on WSEN(AM) yesterday morning is the first step towards a brand new format at 1050 on the AM dial. That's what CNYRadio.com has learned this morning from General Manager Judy Kelly, two days after Leatherstocking Media Group has effectively overtaken the Buckley cluster through an LMA.
SYRACUSE -- Change is already in the air at the Buckley Radio compound in Baldwinsville, just a day after Leatherstocking Media Group's LMA on the cluster went into effect. WSEN AM and FM are no longer simulcasting the same "Classic Hits" format. Instead, WSEN 1050AM is simulcasting WFBL's "Oldies 1390" format.
SYRACUSE -- The pricetag on the sale of Buckley Radio's three-station Syracuse cluster to James V. Johnson's Leatherstocking Media Group was revealed today. In documents filed with the FCC, the purchase price is listed as $2.1 million.
Updated 8/19 @ 6:15PM with Buckley Press Release - SYRACUSE -- Buckley's three-station Syracuse cluster will soon have a new owner, pending FCC approval: James Johnson's Leatherstocking Media Group, the same outfit that recently purchased the WMCR AM/FM duo in Oneida.
ONEIDA -- The sale of, as they legal ID themselves, "WMCR AM 1600 and FM 106.3 in Oneida, New York" is a done deal. After about 40 years of ownership, Vivian Warren has retired from the radio ownership game, nearly a million dollars richer.
ONEIDA -- The tiny station next to the former Ames plaza on Route 5 in Oneida will soon have a new owner. WMCR is in the process of a pending sale to James Johnson's Leatherstocking Media Group.
Updated 12/31 CENTRAL NEW YORK -- While most media outlets use this week to look back at all the general news from 2011, we're using these last few days of the year to look back at all the news from within those media outlets. On New Year's Eve, we'll countdown our "top 10" stories based on […]
12+ Mon-Sun, 6a-12mid. Population: 551,100. Market Rank: #88. Last Update: January 9, 2012. WTLA/WSGO changed from Adult Standards to ESPN Sports in Spring 10. WXTL-FM was formerly AC as WLTI until Spring 2010; changed from talk to classic rock after the Fall 2011 book ended. WSYR-FM was previously WPHR/Urban until Spring 2011. WHEN-AM was […]