Grant Roser

UTICA-ROME — Although listeners first discovered WUTQ’s expansion to the 100.7FM frequncy about ten days ago, Roser Communications Network officially announced the changes Monday night.  In addition, the company says it has hired Taylor Harris to host the music hours heard middays on the four-frequency simulcast.

UTICA/ROME — Starting Monday, Mark Piersma will have a new co-host on his weekday show, Talk of the Town on Roser Communications Networks’ WUTQ.  Longtime local business leader Frank Elias will join the three-hour gabfest, according to a press release from the station.

UTICA/ROME — The three-station simulcast (two AMs and an FM translator) known as B95.5 will be rebranding itself come Monday as “95.5FM WUTQ, your FM local news and talk headquarters.”  The station, which has combined local talk with “beautiful music,” will be focusing more on news and talk programming.  As a result, longtime morning host […]

UTICA-ROME — Even though Arbitron didn’t release its Spring 2010 ratings estimates to the general public (the market’s actually been embargoed since the Fall 2008 book), Arbitron’s Fair Use policy says media can report on certain ratings data — as long as the data is provided by subscribers.  That’s just what happened, so for the […]

UTICA-ROME — Roser Communications Network’s KISS-FM (WSKS/WSKU) announced plans to launch two new locally-produced mix shows which will air on Sunday nights.  They’ll be produced by The Mov.Em.Ent, a local entertainment and promotion company.