Ten Syracuse radio stations are sponsoring two different radiothons over the next two days to benefit the two Manlius firefighters who died in the line of duty last week. Funds raised will go directly to the families of Timothy Lynch and John Ginocchetti.
Hot 107-9 morning man Dakota is in need of a new co-host, and what better way to pick one than a contest. He's taking applications in the form of a picture and 100-word essay, and beginning Monday, March 25, sixteen finalists will be auditioned live on the air and eliminated until only one is left.
Three years ago, 570 WSYR lost its Syracuse University play-by-play contract to 95X (WAQX) and WNSS 1260 AM. This July that contract is up, and WSYR as well as TK-99 (WTKW) are looking to become 'The Voice of the Orange.
Hot 107-9 morning show producer Carson is headed to New Orleans. He's taking over evenings at B97 (WEZB). The top 40 formatted station is owned by Entercom, the country's fifth largest radio group.
In numbers released yesterday by Arbitron for the first monthly trends of the winter ratings period, at 9.7, B104.7 gained a full ratings point keeping the station at the top of the rankings.
Hot 107-9's (WWHT) soon-to-be former program director Jason Kidd has been named winner of this year's Central New York Sales And Marketing Executive Award. The award is given to someone who does an "outstanding job of successfully executing the winning principles of sales and marketing." Kidd recently announced he's leaving Syracuse for another Clear Channel […]
Sports broadcaster Jim Rome has inked a new multi-year deal that will keep him on the radio for some time to come. Rome, whose nationally syndicated show is heard locally weekday afternoons on SportsRadio 620 (WHEN), had spent the past several weeks deciding whether to focus his time in radio or television. With the new […]
Hot 107-9 program director and afternoon jock Jason Kidd has signed on as the new program director at fellow Clear Channel station KISS 96-1 (WKST) in Pittsburgh. Until a replacement is found here in Syracuse, Kidd will continue his Hot 107-9 programming duties remotely from his new digs.
All Access is reporting that Hot 107-9 program director and afternoon jock Jason Kidd plans to leave Syracuse, though they won't say where he's headed. According to All Access, "Kidd has been earning a ton of frequent flier miles these days and enjoying fine airport cuisine up and down the east coast."
SportsRadio 620's Adam Schein bid farewell to Syracuse yesterday, broadcasting his final show locally on WHEN. Schein, who has hosted a weekday afternoon call-in talk show for nearly three years, is leaving to concentrate on his broadcast work with WFAN 660 AM in New York City and a new national weekend show on Fox Sports […]