Frank Lischak

ITHACA — A Dryden man recently won$10,000 from Z95.5 (WFIZ) and Cornell University Athletics, the largest single prize awarded by any radio station in the Ithaca/Cortland market in recent memory.  It was all thanks to a combination of good aim and good luck.

ITHACA/CORTLAND — Frank Lischak is back for his second tour of duty as General Manager of Z95.5 (WFIZ). Lischak was GM when the station launched in 2008, ending a stretch of 15+ years during which the Ithaca market had no CHR-formatted radio stations.

Updated 11/21 at 8:30pm: ITHACA — There’s more new information tonight surrounding the recent exit of morning host/PD Justin Wright from ROI Broadcasting’s Z95.5 (WFIZ).  Station management has some corrections to information we had been provided and reported earlier.  They’ve also provided us with an official job posting to fill the vacancy.

ITHACA — General Manager Frank Lischak at Z95-5 (WFIZ) says he has a job opening in his sales department.  The job posting from Frank reads as follows:

One day after the tragic, unexpected passing of Z95.5 (WFIZ) PD and Morning Co-Host Tommy Frank, the station has decided to promote Assistant PD Justin Wright to the helm.

CNYRadio.com is saddened to report the sudden death of WFIZ (Z95.5) program director and morning co-host Tommy Frank. GM Frank Lischak tells us Frank died early this morning of an apparent heart attack.

Ithaca’s Z95.5 (WFIZ) ended its opening “10,000 commercial free songs in a row” stunt on Wednesday, debuting it’s jock lineup.

One tiny detail the insiders at WFIZ forgot to mention when they notified us about the station launch last week — they haven’t yet hired the jocks that’ll be taking to the airwaves after their 10,000-song non-stop music marathon is over.

There’s a new sound on the air in the Ithaca-Cortland market.  At 95.5, the country format and WFLR-FM call letters are gone.  The new call letters are WFIZ, and they’re playing 10,000 CHR songs in a row to kick in the new “Z95.5, Ithaca’s Hit Music Channel.”