CENTRAL NEW YORK — As the year winds down to a close, it’s time to begin our annual look back at 2013. We have a four-part series of Year in Review which stretches from today, right up to New Year’s Eve. In part one, we recap the many changes in terms of station ownership (especially in
SYRACUSE — The early October launch of all-Christmas “Holly-FM” was accompanied by some call sign changes for a few local stations. There was some confusion earlier due to the federal government shutdown, but thanks to the FCC’s monthly report of call sign changes nationwide, we can report the following:
SYRACUSE — After years of going “all-Christmas” on November 1, classic hits Sunny 102.1 (WZUN) is pushing back the start of its annual flip to holiday mode until mid-November. Co-owned Utica-Rome hot AC station Mix 102.5 (WUMX), which used to also flip on November 1, will be holding off even longer — until Thanksgiving.
SYRACUSE — For the past several years, Central New Yorkers have come to expect all-Christmas music to hit the radio on November 1. This year, a new record — as of late Saturday night, October 5 — there are two FM frequencies where you can hear holiday hits around the clock. “Holly-FM” is up and
SYRACUSE — Later this month, Ronnie Dark will be hosting the 200th edition of his weekly “Wax Museum” program on Love Radio 103.9 (WVOA). To help mark the milestone, there’s a contest for fans who produce original artwork to help promote the show.
CENTRAL NEW YORK — Here we are, wrapping another year documenting the happenings of local radio and television in Syracuse, Utica and Ithaca. Sometimes you don’t realize just how much has changed in local broadcasting until you stop to take a look back at the past twelve months. Today, we begin our annual Year in
CENTRAL NEW YORK — Earlier this week, we shared with you the Syracuse and Utica-Rome market Arbitron radio ratings for the Spring 2012 survey period. The ratings company’s relatively-new “subscriber only” policy makes it tough to get a truly-accurate picture of the competition in both markets, but thanks to reliable sources, we have some additional
SYRACUSE — Unless you’ve got access to the full Arbitron Spring 2012 ratings report for Syracuse, it can be difficult to tell where the area’s radio stations stacked up against each other. The numbers released to the public today include only 8 of the market’s more than 30 stations.
SYRACUSE — Just within the past year, golf pro Perry Noun’s been up and down the dial, on both the AM and FM bands. When his weekly golf show begins its 11th season this Saturday, he’ll be on his third new station in just a little more than a year. Golf fans will find “Tee
OSWEGO — Last week, Scott Fybush tipped us off to the mid-January collapse of the tower of WWLF 96.7FM, the Oswego simulcast of New Country WOLF 105.1. In his latest Tower Site of the Week column on fybush.com, he’s got some photos of the tower from 2011. During the trip, he also has tower shots
