SYRACUSE -- Would you vote local TV news anchor Rod Wood into public office? How about former local talk host Jim Reith? At least a few people said "yes" to these and other local broadcasters, submitting their names as write-in candidates during the 2012 General Election, according to results from the Onondaga County Board of […]
SYRACUSE -- Longtime NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) anchor Rod Wood and former longtime WSYR radio talk show host Jim Reith were among many local and national broadcasters to receive write-in votes in Onondaga County this past Election Day. Other names to receive votes include TK99 morning co-host Glenn "Gomez" Adams, and national TV stars like Jon […]
Citadel rocker 95X (WAQX) has once again changed its morning show. Effective today, the syndicated Opie & Anthony Show is out, and locally-programmed "Shut Up & Rock Mornings" are in. WAQX had carried the O&A show since January 2007.
After two months without a morning show, Syracuse active rock station 95X (WAQX) welcomes a new local morning team to replace Howard Stern's syndicated show which the station dropped in late December. Guy "Beaner" Patton and Ken Heron, who were last paired together on the air in Birmingham, Alabama, aren't looking to duplicate Stern's show, […]
Howard Stern is back from his two week vacation, but not in the five markets where Citadel Communications had been broadcasting the shock jock's show.
Today's Howard Stern Show was peppered with talk throughout the morning of 95X's recent decision to bail out of Stern's syndicated show each morning at 10 a.m.
Howard Stern is saying goodbye to the FCC and broadcast radio. The syndicated shock jock announced this morning that he has signed a five-year deal with Sirius Satellite Radio where he'll oversee programming on three of the service's channels and host his own morning show.
Stuttering John Melendez, a regular on the Howard Stern Show heard locally on 95X, is bringing his comedy act to town.
Matt Drudge is reporting that executives at CBS have Howard Stern's name at the top of a short list of possible replacements if David Letterman decides to move to ABC. The talks are being described as "serious", with Stern's agent Don Buchwald said to be on the phone nearly "non-stop" with the network. Stern's syndicated […]
Local singer-songwriter Ashley Cox appeared recently on Howard Stern's nationally syndicated morning show. Cox, who described the experience as "awful", took part in an on-air contest during the show's recent trip to Las Vegas. (Link to a New Times article posted at rway.com is no longer active.)