Frank Abbadessa

UTICA-ROME — After 55 years of broadcasting in the Mohawk Valley, Hank Brown is ready to hang up his headphones for good.  His final broadcast on 95.5FM WUSP will be New Year’s Eve, Tuesday, December 31.  This, according to a press release from WUSP’s Tom Coyne today.

UTICA-ROME — From the “while we were on hiatus” file, all-sports 95.5 WUSP has become an affiliate of the CBS Sports Radio and Yahoo! Sports Radio networks.  But, in a twist not seen often in Central New York, it’s a two-way connection with Yahoo, as the network has picked up one of WUSP’s locally-produced programs.

UTICA-ROME — Sports talk stations WUSP and WRCK are looking to add a name to its sales team roster.  We received the following job description today from Frank Abbadessa at Good Guys Broadcasting:

UTICA/ROME — Although word of a new format on two AM radio stations and an FM translator was first leaked in late July, it wasn’t clear exactly when the new lineup would begin on WUSP 1550, WRCK 1480 and translator 95.5FM (W238CA).  That question is answered now; an observant CNYRadio.com reader says the new lineup […]

Updated 5:00pm — UTICA-ROME — There’s new information this evening about the three-station format flip we initially reported late Sunday night: WUTQ(AM), WRCK and translator 95.5 FM (W238CA) will eventually be sold for $350,000 to former WKTV executives Frank Abbadessa and Tom Coyne.

Updated 7/23 — UTICA-ROME — Roser Communications Network’s 95.5FM (W238CA), 1550 WUTQ and 1480 WRCK have broken away from simulcasting the news/talk/music format of 100.7 WUTQ-FM. Several signs point to the three stations flipping to a new sports talk format. While 100.7 will keep the WUTQ-FM calls, it appears 1550 WUTQ(AM) will be changing to […]

UTICA — NBC affiliate WKTV NewsChannel 2 is looking to fill an opening in the sales department.  Frank Abbadessa, Station Manager and Director of Sales, sends along the following job posting: