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UTICA-ROME — Starting today, you’ll begin to hear some familiar voices from the past on Regent mainstream AC Lite 98.7 (WLZW).  Some former personalities will be appearing on the airwaves as the station nears it’s 20th anniversary in late November.

SYRACUSE — The WRVO Stations have announced plans today to host a debate among the three primary candidates running for Syracuse Mayor this fall. The debate will air next Friday and Saturday, but you can attend the “live-to-tape” event next Thursday at the Everson Museum in Syracuse.

Here’s a riddle for this Picture of the Week… do you know which Fox News Radio reporter has a Central New York tie in common with comedian Jerry Seinfeld?

SYRACUSE — Clear Channel’s Newsradio 570 WSYR is sounding a lot clearer these days for listeners who have an HD Radio receiver.  Observant CNYRadio.com readers report the station is now offered on the HD2 channel of sister station Power 106.9 (WPHR).

SYRACUSE — Local hockey fans don’t need to wait until game days to hear or talk about Syracuse’s AHL franchise on the radio; this season, fans can go “Off the Ice with the Syracuse Crunch” every week on SportsRadio 620 WHEN.  The new show is hosted by new Crunch broadcaster Joe Brown.

SYRACUSE/UTICA — Longtime central New York radio and TV personality Rick Gary is among six people who are to be inducted to the New York State Broadcasters’ Association Hall of Fame during a ceremony next month in New York City.

SYRACUSE — Don’t know about you, but this especially wet, chilly week  made us appreciate the fact that — despite the lack of any major heat waves — it was still a pretty good summer.  So before conceding to the fact that 5pm nightfall and snowstorms are just around the corner… we’re heading back about

UTICA-ROME — He’s not just the co-host of SportsWatch on WIBX; Fred Miller is also the owner of a local newspaper and website that cover local sports.  And in today’s edition of the Utica Observer-Dispatch, Miller discusses his love for his work, and how he became a “media jack-of-all-trades.”

ITHACA – We’re a couple days late on this one: W254BF, the former Power 106.9 (WPHR) translator located at 98.7 on the FM dial in Ithaca, is indeed being sold by Clear Channel to Saga Communications.  We told you last week that Saga used the outlet to launch a new AAA-formatted station branded as “98.7 The

SYRACUSE — One Syracuse University School of Law professor was notably upset with Clear Channel’s recent weekend-long format flip from urban Power 106.9 to “Young Country 106.9” and then back to Power.  LaVonda N. Reed-Huff’s thoughts were published on the opinion page of the Syracuse Post-Standard.  If you missed the paper, you can read the article