As Paul Harvey would say, “and now, the rest of the story." Earlier this week, we told you Citadel's Syracuse cluster has a new GM... and today, we know what's happening to the old one. David Calabrese is headed west.
As Paul Harvey would say, “and now, the rest of the story." Earlier this week, we told you Citadel's Syracuse cluster has a new GM... and today, we know what's happening to the old one. David Calabrese is headed west.
Citadel Syracuse's new Market Manager is coming from Albany, according to an article published Friday by the Albany Business Review. Dan Austin -- who calls Syracuse his hometown -- will begin in Syracuse on May 12.
Brent Axe and his sports talk show "On the Block" returned to the Syracuse airwaves this afternoon. As we reported earlier, Axe is on the air weekdays from 3-6pm. His show is on Citadel's ESPN Radio 1260 (WNSS). He originally told us today's launch was not set-in-stone, but any uncertainty is now gone, with the […]
We begin the revival of the "Picture of the Week" with a classic picture tucked away in a website we found, detailing the history of the Penn Can Mall (known today as Driver's Village) in Cicero. We couldn't believe it when we found this...
Sports talk host Brent Axe will be back on the radio within the next month. Axe e-mailed us with the news today. His show "On the Block," will make its comeback on Citadel's ESPN Radio 1260 (WNSS) in April.
The current edition of the Syracuse New-Times has an article about 93Q (WNTQ) morning show hosts Ted Long and Amy Robbins. Among the factoids in the article: Ted never graduated from OCC (even though the school uses him in advertising) and Amy originally aimed for radio news, but thought she "was not aggressive enough."
Industry trade FMQB reports Citadel Broadcasting is looking to divest itself of various properties, as a condition for its recent acquisition of ABC Radio Networks. Citadel hasn't yet named specific markets up for sale, but the article mentions Syracuse as a possibility. Citadel owns four stations in Syracuse: WNTQ (93Q), WAQX (95X), WLTI (Lite Rock 105.9) […]
SYRACUSE - More than a dozen local bands have signed on to perform live on stage and on the radio during "Ted & Amy's Christmas Spectacular," marking it's 16th year on Christmas Eve morning. In addition to the tunes, visitors can enjoy breakfast for $1.93, and the kids can meet Santa Claus. Click the headline for the complete schedule.
After two months without a morning show, Syracuse active rock station 95X (WAQX) welcomes a new local morning team to replace Howard Stern's syndicated show which the station dropped in late December. Guy "Beaner" Patton and Ken Heron, who were last paired together on the air in Birmingham, Alabama, aren't looking to duplicate Stern's show, […]
Howard Stern is back from his two week vacation, but not in the five markets where Citadel Communications had been broadcasting the shock jock's show.