CENTRAL NEW YORK -- Plenty of local stations helped their communities celebrate Saint Patrick's Day by taking part in local parades and other events. It wouldn't be fair to just show one station, so we've got a few different ones sharing the honors in this edition of Picture of the Week. Updated 8:15pm to add […]
SYRACUSE -- They've been nominated time and time again for the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards, but still no prize for B104.7 (WBBS) morning co-hosts Tom Owens and Becky Palmer. Meantime, New Country WOLF 105.1 night host Cody Alan is named "Personality of the Year" on the national level.
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 […]
12+ Mon-Sun, 6a-12mid. Population: 253,800. Market Rank: #164. Last Update: January 9, 2012.
SYRACUSE -- Geographically, they may be closer to Villanova, Pennsylvania, but spiritually, Big D and Bubba were rooting with the 34,616 fans in the Carrier Dome for the Orange to BEAT NOVA last Saturday night.
SYRACUSE -- Notice anything missing lately from the afternoon drive shift at MOViN 100.3/96.5 (WMVN)? Yo! Sunny Joe, one of the original members of the air staff when the station launched in 2007, has been told his services are no longer needed.
SYRACUSE -- Remember The Sandman Serenade from WOLF back in the 1940s and 1950s? You may already know public broadcaster WCNY-FM has had a revival of the show on its HD2 channel for some time now. But starting tonight, they've got "The Sandman" himself back in the air chair. Even if you don't remember the original […]
DETROIT -- After 45 years on the air in the Motor City, Buffalo native and SU graduate Dick Purtan is getting ready to call it a career. Purtan -- who used some other names on-air in Syracuse -- announced his retirement plans on his morning radio show this week. Updated 2/14 with comment from Jay […]
SYRACUSE -- Radio audience estimates for the Syracuse market are finally "official" today, after Arbitron re-issued the Fall 2009 book this morning. The ratings company had to re-issue the data after it was discovered one station was completely left out of the original results.
SYRACUSE -- No word yet on who has been hired for the on-air team at Foxfur Communications' New Country WOLF 105.1 (WOLF-FM), but PD Skip Clark tells us who hasn't been hired -- a midday talent. He's putting out the last call for applications as the station hopes to get someone hired "ASAP" and unveil […]