Jim Lerch

SYRACUSE — Longtime local sportscaster Jim Lerch has announced “The Manchild Show with Boy Green” is coming to an end this month. The show’s final episode on The Score 1260 (WSKO) will be Friday, June 27, two weeks from today.

SYRACUSE — There won’t be any more “Imus in the Morning” on The Score 1260 (WSKO). The sports talk station is revamping its program schedule, effective Monday.  The new lineup reflects its affiliation with the newly-launched CBS Sports Radio network. Part of that lineup includes a sports talk host who started his career in Utica.

SYRACUSE — Aside from an intense, soaking rain storm that moved along very quickly, it looks like it was a great time for everyone who took part in the 7th annual Bill Leaf Kickball Tournament, on September 22 in Liverpool.

Updated 12/1 – SYRACUSE — While it’s not uncommon to see “Syracuse University” mentioned by national networks like ESPN, those mentions had usually been for game highlights and other routine sports coverage typically afforded Division I schools.  That all changed nearly two weeks ago, when ESPN and other networks converged on Syracuse to cover developments […]

CENTRAL NEW YORK — All this week we’re celebrating the 10th anniversary of CNYRadio.com with a series of special reports.  Yesterday, several folks who’ve been in local radio for 10+ years explained why they feel consolidation was “the” biggest story from the past decade.  Despite the negative side of consolidation, most radio pros are optimistic for what’s […]

SYRACUSE — The once-successful local sports talk pairing of Bud and the Manchild will return to the airwaves on Monday, May 3.  The show has a new timeslot — weekdays from 10am to noon.  It also has a new home — Citadel’s The Score 1260 (WSKO).  CNYRadio.com spoke with co-host Jim Lerch, who says he’s […]

Less than a week after Citadel Broadcasting announced it may soon be exploring “the possibility of seeking relief through a Chapter 11 filing,” one prominent online columnist explains why he thinks Regent could be in a similar situation.  Both companies own stations in Central New York.

SAN ANTONIO, TX — CC Media Holdings, Inc. released its first quarter earnings report for 2009 today, and — similar to last week’s reports from Regent and Citadel — the results are not positive.  The nation’s largest radio group says revenue fell 23% compared to last year’s first quarter — and the company also posted […]

SYRACUSE — The day after Jim “The Manchild” Lerch was among the 1,800+ victims in a nationwide wave of Clear Channel layoffs, he and former co-host Bud Poliquin are talking about the cancellation of their afternoon sports talk show on Sportsradio 620 WHEN.

SYRACUSE — Sportsradio 620 WHEN sports director Jim Lerch is confirmed to be among the 1,800 fired nationwide by Clear Channel today.  Overall, the company says it has cut 9% of its staff.  Most of the cuts reportedly came from sales, but quite a few, like Lerch, came from the programming side.