After a Tuesday morning altercation in which gossip columnist A.J. Benza struck 'Stuttering John' Melendez, the semi-regular guest of the Howard Stern show was shown the door by WXRK manager Tom Chiusano. The fight occured after Melendez posed as a listener calling in to mercilessly insult Benza. Stern's morning show is heard locally on 95X.
Beginning in September, two 24-hour sports stations will grace the Syracuse radio dial. Former Comedy World franchise WNSS 1260 AM, will switch their affiliation to ESPN network programming as well as begin simulcasting 95X's play-by-play of Syracuse University basketball and football games. WHEN vice president Joel Delmonico doesn't view the change as a threat to […]
Forstmann Little has purchased Citadel Communications for $2 billion. With the deal, which works out to $26 a share, Citadel moves from a publicly traded to a privately held company.
Syracuse rock station 95X (WAQX) has signed a new five-year contract with syndicated 'shock jock' Howard Stern. The often vulgar, sometimes controversial morning show ranked third in the market during the last ratings period.
Ted Long and Amy Robbins have signed a new contract that will keep them on the air at 93Q through December, 2004. 93Q Operations Manager Tom Mitchell says, 'the Ted & Amy Show has been the cornerstone of 93Q for over 12 years. I'm very glad to report that they'll continue their successful run here […]
Jackie "The Jokeman" Martling is persona non grata at the Howard Stern show according to the New York Post. The paper says sources tell it Stern was "hurt by Jackie leaving" and does not want to work with the show's longtime head writer again. The story states that Jackie is having second thoughts about his […]
Within the next 90 days, WNSS AM 1260 will relaunch as "ESPN Radio 1260". In addition to ESPN network coverage, the station will broadcast Syracuse University football and basketball as well as Buffalo Bills football in the fall. WNSS has been simulcasting Lite 105.9 FM's programming since Comedy World Network went dark a couple months […]
Arbitron has released its latest quarterly numbers. B104.7 (WBBS) remains a strong leader in the Syracuse market, Y94FM (WYYY) moves from third to seventh overall, while AM 1260 WNSS (formerly Comedy World) slips off the ratings radar screen altogether. Related Link: http://syracuse.com/entertainment/stories/20010504_farbs.html
Last fall, Syracuse AM station WNSS became the first station in the country to begin broadcasting programming provided by the Comedy World Network. On Wednesday, April 25, local Station Manager Ed Kilgore received a call from the network's General Manager Jay Clark, informing him that the network had run out of money. Hours later, 1260 […]
Rumors have been swirling on the Internet that Britney Spears has been dating 'a Syracuse DJ'. The mystery man is 93Q's night jock Rick Roberts who, though an unabashed Britney fan, denies that he and the teen pop star are an item. www.101britney.com reports on an incident that may have spawned the speculation. (Source article […]