SYRACUSE/UTICA -- What were the best rock songs of the last ten years? The dual-market KRock trio of stations (WKRH/WKRL/WKLL) is asking listeners to cast their votes towards the "Top 100 KRock Songs of the Aughts."
SYRACUSE/UTICA -- What were the best rock songs of the last ten years? The dual-market KRock trio of stations (WKRH/WKRL/WKLL) is asking listeners to cast their votes towards the "Top 100 KRock Songs of the Aughts."
UTICA-ROME -- There are now three stations in the Utica-Rome market playing non-stop Christmas music. Lite 98.7 (WLZW) made the switch early this morning. It's the first time in the Regent Communications AC station's 20-year history that the all-Christmas switch was flipped before Christmas Eve.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Former K-Rock (WKRL/WKLL/WKRH) middayer/MD/APD Ty is on the move again. Just a little over a year since she moved from Syracuse to Baltimore, Ty's now headed to the nation's capital and the legendary DC101 (WWDC-FM). But she won't be going by "Ty" on-air anymore...
SYRACUSE -- Starting next week, fans attending Syracuse University basketball games will hear the voice of Galaxy Communications VP/Programming Mimi Griswold over the public address system. The announcement makes her the first woman to become a permanent PA announcer in the Carrier Dome's 30-year history.
UTICA-ROME -- There are two more places on the FM dial to find wall-to-wall holiday tunes in the Mohawk Valley starting today -- the pair of "Bug Country" stations owned by Roser Communications Network. But WBGK/Newport and WBUG/Fort Plain are remaining in-format...
NEW YORK CITY -- Our congratulations to longtime Syracuse TV and radio broadcaster Rick Gary -- one of several personalities inducted to the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame last night, during a ceremony at The Paley Center for Media.
SYRACUSE -- There are now two AC stations in the market offering Christmas music around the clock: Clear Channel's Y94FM (WYYY) flipped the switch today.
SYRACUSE/UTICA -- Once again, the first Monday in November means the beginning of 24/7 Christmas music on the radio in Central New York. As of midnight, Galaxy Syracuse AC Sunny 102 (WZUN) and Utica-Rome Hot AC Mix 102.5 (WUMX) started playing holiday hits.
SYRACUSE -- Nationwide industry magazine Radio Ink says Mimi Griswold is one of the top 10 programmers in radio. That's according to the magazine's October 19th edition. More details from Mark Bialczak's "Listen Up" blog on syracuse.com. (We'd normally link directly to Radio Ink, but the article isn't available online.)
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.