Greg McShea

UTICA-ROME — Although she started at Lite 98.7 (WLZW) exactly 20 years ago today, midday host Trudy announced she’s celebrating 15 years with the adult contemporary station today.  Many broadcasters joke that they got into broadcasting so they wouldn’t have to do math, but Trudy says there’s a good reason for the numbers not matching […]

SYRACUSE and UTICA-ROME — It’s a double feature for our Picture of the Week.  Up and coming country music star Jenna Jentry is touring the country and recently visited two area radio stations.  And while doing some background research about the singer, we found out she’s got roots here in Central New York.

UTICA-ROME — The brother-and-sister national country recording artists known as The Roys recently stopped by the studios of Big Frog 104 (WFRG).

UTICA/ROME — Even though they work in the same building every single day, spending hours in the same studio — the full-time members of a radio station’s on-air team are usually not there together at the same time.  But for Regent’s Big Frog 104 (WFRG), there’s always at least one chance to see the entire […]

SYRACUSE — Former Ithaca morning show host Mark Vanness excitedly writes CNYRadio.com today: “I got a J-O-B!”  Not only did he find a way to get back into radio on a full-time basis; he’s making a rather significant market rank jump as well.

Following up on an earlier story, we’ve noticed Lite 98.7 has announced Trudy’s first day back at WLZW will be this coming Monday, August 25.  She replaces Greg McShea, who slides over to the midday shift at Regent’s country station, Big Frog 104.

A couple of “insiders” at Regent’s Utica-Rome cluster tell CNYRadio.com we can expect to see some interesting talent lineup changes, as the cluster fills two vacancies we first told you about last month.  The switcheroo includes the return of one personality who left the market a few years ago.