UTICA-ROME -- He's not just the co-host of SportsWatch on WIBX; Fred Miller is also the owner of a local newspaper and website that cover local sports. And in today's edition of the Utica Observer-Dispatch, Miller discusses his love for his work, and how he became a "media jack-of-all-trades."
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.
UTICA-ROME -- Nothing beats a nice HD big screen when it comes to football, but if you're stuck at work or on the road during any big games this season, Newsradio 950 WIBX has you covered. The station has inked a deal to carry Westwood One's NFL Prime Time lineup, which includes the biggest game […]
Good news for Central New York country music fans who enjoy hearing Bob Kingsley's weekly countdowns -- the host's contract has been renewed through 2014.
UTICA-ROME -- This past weekend marked the 31st running of "America's Biggest 15K Road Race," the Utica Boilermaker. Every year, the race gets bigger and bigger... and for many years, local media outlets have made it a point to have a presence at the race. Several pictures this week instead of the usual one.
NATIONWIDE -- If you catch the top-of-hour news on WIBX/Utica, WTNY/Watertown, WHCU/Ithaca or any other CBS affiliate, you'll notice something missing today: those quick little "chirp" tones that had been part of the newscasts for more than three decades.
Updated 7/8/09 - Radio reacted quickly to the death of Michael Jackson last month, sharply increasing spins of his titles. But few local radio stations went out of their way to offer live coverage of the singer's memorial service in Los Angeles today.
This may be old news to some, but we just first heard about it in this morning's Tom Taylor on Radio-Info e-newsletter -- Casey Kasem's last new countdown will air on Independence Day weekend.
UTICA-ROME -- Former WIBX board operator R. Clark Witt, IV, passed away on Sunday, following a long illness. He was 32 years old. Writing obituaries is never pleasant -- but this one is especially tough for your editor -- we were co-workers at Regent Broadcasting from 1999 until about 2002-ish, when Clark graduated from Utica College […]
Updated 5/12 at 7:50pm UTICA-ROME -- Keith Anderson and the group "Trailer Choir" are the two headliners at this year's Frogfest, the annual listener appreciation concert organized by Big Frog 104 (WFRG). The Regent country station has been trickling out the list of performers one by one since last week.