WASHINGTON, DC -- Plans for a proposed new AM radio station in Saint Johnsville are dead. In a four-page ruling issued today, the Federal Communications Commission sealed the fate of what would have been 1120 WKAJ. The FCC confirmed its earlier ruling that the station's expired construction permit will not be reinstated.
UTICA/ROME -- The locally-owned Roser Communications Network, which operates a cluster of radio stations and an advertising agency in Utica, is looking to hire an on-air personality. But, for the time being, the company isn't specifying which station has the opening.
SYRACUSE -- Whether you enjoy public broadcasting on a daily basis, or only once or twice a week, chances are you're not too pleased whenever you tune-in your favorite programs, only to find they've been interrupted, delayed or pre-empted by a pledge drive. But WRVO says it'll limit its spring on-air fundraising to just one day (rather than several) if listeners come through during "Foneless February."
SYRACUSE -- Journalism majors who maintain a permanent address anywhere within the Syracuse Press Club's 21-county service area are invited to apply for the club's annual DeVesty-Williams scholarship. Applications are being accepted now for the $2,000 award and materials should be submitted as soon as possible.
SYRACUSE -- Some new "insights" on local issues will be coming to your television next month, when WCNY-TV debuts "Insight" on Friday nights at 9:00pm. Farah Jadran, editor of "Syracuse Woman Magazine," has been tapped to host the 30-minute program. "Insight" will also feature contributions from WCNY News and Public Affairs Director Susan Arbetter. The show will debut on March 2.
UTICA-ROME -- If you're a fan of either country music or the Fox TV series "Glee," you're familiar with the Toby Keith song "Red Solo Cup." So it's only appropriate for Bug Country 99.7 and 101.1's Dave Silvers and his wife Sandy to be holding a couple of the famous cups when they met the superstar vocalist earlier this month.
SYRACUSE -- Jim Kenyon doesn't have skin cancer, but the reporter's recent close call with the disease was the basis for a two-part series which concluded on NBC3 (WSTM-TV) this evening . Kenyon says it all started with three tiny blemishes which wouldn't go away.
SYRACUSE -- There's still time, but not much, for alumni of Syracuse University student-operated WJPZ-FM to RSVP for the station's 27th Annual Birthday Banquet. The dinner is slated for March 3 at the SU Sheraton, and includes this year's inductions into the WJPZ Hall of Fame.
SYRACUSE -- It's a trip down memory lane with some of the biggest musicians in Syracuse history this Sunday. "The Wax Museum" on Love Radio WVOA 103.9/95.3/98.1 will devote all three hours of this week's show to music and live in-studio guests from groups like The Monterays, Stroke, The Madisons and more.
UTICA/ROME -- Several months after new owners took over WRUY 1450 in Rome, the station remains silent. The FCC originally issued a mid-January deadline for the station to resume broadcasting, but days before the deadline, the Commission approved a request to push the deadline out a few more months.