ITHACA -- Two CHR competitors are one step closer to becoming part of the same family, raising questions as to their future. In today's edition of its Daily Digest, the FCC announced it has approved the sale of Z95.5 (WFIZ) to Saga Communications, the owner of rival Hits 103.3 (W277BS, simulcasting WYXL-HD2).
Updated 11:20am -- ITHACA -- The parent company of the Cayuga Radio Group, the dominant radio cluster in Ithaca, is looking to grow bigger. According to documents filed with the FCC last week, Saga Communications wants to buy ROI Broadcasting CHR station Z95.5 (WFIZ) and three translators. The $715,000 deal is being spurred by a […]
ITHACA/CORTLAND -- Frank Lischak is back for his second tour of duty as General Manager of Z95.5 (WFIZ). Lischak was GM when the station launched in 2008, ending a stretch of 15+ years during which the Ithaca market had no CHR-formatted radio stations.
CHICAGO -- Formerly of WFBL and WNTQ, Alan Bishop recently won Radio Ink magazine's "GM of the Year" award, for his work with the Finger Lakes Radio Group in Geneva. The award was presented to Bishop at the NAB-RAB Radio Show last week.
Updated 11/21 at 8:30pm: ITHACA -- There's more new information tonight surrounding the recent exit of morning host/PD Justin Wright from ROI Broadcasting's Z95.5 (WFIZ). Station management has some corrections to information we had been provided and reported earlier. They've also provided us with an official job posting to fill the vacancy.