Updated 7:20pm - UTICA-ROME -- After a full weekend of saying goodbye to Kiss FM (WSKS/WSKU), the station is back to normal -- with a new morning show host -- much to the relief of loyal listeners who started calling to vent their frustrations after a fake launch of "Beautiful Music" hit the air this […]
UTICA-ROME -- After nearly 15 years as Utica-Rome's dominant CHR station duo, Kiss-FM (WSKS/WSKU) will be flipping formats on Monday, according to a press release issued by the station today.
UTICA-ROME -- Today was the last day for Gary "Big Poppa" Spears on morning drive at Kiss-FM (WSKS/WSKU). A press release from the CHR station late this afternoon says Spears "has left the building."
UTICA-ROME -- The Arbitron Persons 12+ numbers for the Fall 2008 ratings period are out. Regent's Big Frog 104 (WFRG) and Lite 98.7 (WLZW) still own the top 2 ranks, but the duo traded ranks as Lite loses nearly 3 ratings points since the spring.
This week, Dave Silvers from Utica's Bug Country (WBUG/WBGK) heads to Albany to mingle with a couple of country's biggest superstars.
Syracuse's B104.7 (WBBS) has been nominated in both of the broadcast award categories for the 2008 Country Music Awards. The station is up for one award, and morning co-hosts Ron Bee and Becky Palmer are up for their own award.
Sorry we're a few days late on this one -- it's the first time we've had really good internet access during our summer vacation, so we just noticed Arbitron has released the P12+ ratings for the Syracuse and Utica-Rome markets. It appears Clear Channel's WBBS (B104.7) and Regent's Lite 98.7 (WLZW) are the clear winners in […]
It's America's Biggest 15K Road Race, with over 10,000 runners, including Governor David A. Paterson. Nearly every radio station in the Utica-Rome market was there, so we put everyone's name in a hat and KISS-FM came out as the station to represent the Boilermaker in this installment of the Picture of the Week.
Even if you're not a longtime Mets fan, viewers of the sitcom "Seinfeld" should recognize this guy, who posed for a photo with Bug Country (99.7 WBGK/Newport Village) morning man Dave Silvers at spring training in Florida earlier this spring.
UTICA - Former ClearChannel "Sports Stars" stations WUTQ (1550AM) and WADR (1480AM) have flipped to a new "Beautiful Music" format, under its new owner, Roser Communications. The new lineup keeps longtime fixture Hank Brown in morning drive, followed by former WRUN-AM morning host Joe Graziano. The Utica Observer-Dispatch has the full story.