UTICA-ROME -- First he was a morning show host... then a TV show host... then both at the same time. Now, Bill Keeler has a brand new venture -- and this one's no laughing matter. He's launched a new "online newspaper" aiming to serve Utica, Rome and the Mohawk Valley.
PITTSFIELD, MA -- Former Utica and Syracuse jock Nick Caplan has landed on his feet again... with a morning gig in western Massachusetts. And his boss is a fellow former Utica radio programmer.
UTICA-ROME -- The Arbitron Persons 12+ numbers for the Fall 2008 ratings period are out. Regent's Big Frog 104 (WFRG) and Lite 98.7 (WLZW) still own the top 2 ranks, but the duo traded ranks as Lite loses nearly 3 ratings points since the spring.
SYRACUSE -- Nearly four months after longtime WLTI morning host Dave Allen was let go, it appears Lite Rock 105.9 has a new permanent morning show team in place. It's the syndicated Bob & Sheri show.
Sorry we're a few days late on this one -- it's the first time we've had really good internet access during our summer vacation, so we just noticed Arbitron has released the P12+ ratings for the Syracuse and Utica-Rome markets. It appears Clear Channel's WBBS (B104.7) and Regent's Lite 98.7 (WLZW) are the clear winners in […]
Radio: Arbitron Market Rank #164 (as of January 2013). Eastlan Market Rank #166 (as of January 2013). TV: Nielsen Market Rank #172 (as of the 2012-13 television season).
Citing "inappropriate comments" made on the air last week by 'Java Joel' Murphy on Chicago's 103.5 KISS (WKSC), Clear Channel Communications ousted the jock from his nighttime on-air duties as host of the 'The Rubber Room.' Murphy is a former Hot 107-9 (WWHT) jock.Source (link may no longer work): fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=61701
UTICA-ROME -- On the heels of last month's format switch at WUCL, comes word of several staffing changes at the Clear Channel cluster in Utica-Rome.
The latest Arbitron numbers are out for the Utica-Rome market and Regent Communications is once again on top. Regent's Big Frog 104 (WFRG) and Lite 98.7 (WLZW) have been neck-and-neck atop the ratings heap for the past couple of years. In numbers released this week for the fall ratings period, WFRG moved ahead of WLZW […]
The Arbitron spring book is out for the Utica-Rome market and there weren't too many surprises. The top six stations all held their rank but Lite 98.7's comfortable three point lead over Regent sister station Big Frog 104 (WFRG) has shrunk to a half a point. Clear Channel had mixed results: 96.9 WOUR and KISS-FM […]