SYRACUSE -- Huge congratulations to Ted Long! As of today, April 12, Long been working in radio for exactly 45 years... all of it at top 40 station 93Q (WNTQ).
SYRACUSE -- Huge congratulations to Ted Long! As of today, April 12, Long been working in radio for exactly 45 years... all of it at top 40 station 93Q (WNTQ).
SYRACUSE -- No confirmation yet, but it appears longtime "Morning Mess" co-host Shannon may have exited Cumulus rocker 95X (WAQX).
SYRACUSE -- Beth Coughlin, the VP/Market Manager of Atlanta-based Cumulus Media's three Syracuse-based radio stations, has been promoted to Regional Vice President, adding Buffalo and Erie to her portfolio. More details in this press release from Cumulus. In Syracuse, the company owns 93Q (WNTQ), 95X (WAQX), The Score 1260 (WSKO) and online-only SGNL.
UTICA-ROME -- Townsquare Media's 100,000-watt country blowtorch Big Frog 104 (WFRG) has once again claimed the top spot in Nielsen's semi-annual audience estimates for the market. At first glance, Townsquare's entire cluster appears to have swept the entire market.
SYRACUSE -- Our condolences go out to 93Q (WNTQ) morning co-host Ted Long after the station announced the passing of his wife, Barbara "Bobbie" Long on Wednesday. It's the unfortunate end of a story listeners had been following since Ted recently announced his wife had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cirrhosis of the […]
SYRACUSE — Following the recent exit of Tom Mitchell earlier this month after 26 years at the cluster which includes 93Q (WNTQ) and 95X (WAQX), his replacements — three of them — have been named.
SYRACUSE -- Longtime Cumulus Syracuse Operations Manager Tom Mitchell has left the building. The announcement comes via a Facebook profile update.
SYRACUSE -- Just over a decade after he joined "The Rebel" (formerly WXTL 105.9), longtime Syracuse rock radio personality and programmer Dave Frisina says he was "ineligantly informed over a phone call," during the final hour of his show on Monday night, that his position is being eliminated. As a result, he's decided to call […]
SYRACUSE -- It used to be unheard of, but it's now happened at least three times within the past year -- iHeart Media's country-formatted B104.7 (WBBS) was not ranked #1 in the latest Nielsen ratings. The once-dominant station, which is now almost completely devoid of locally-based DJs, fell to second place among those stations to […]
SYRACUSE -- Many wondered how Rush Limbaugh's death earlier this year might impact talk radio. But it doesn't seem to be an issue for Newsradio 570 & 106.9 WSYR. For the second Nielsen ratings report in a row, the iHeart news/talker has bested its sister station, former longtime market leader, B104.7 (WBBS).