CENTRAL NEW YORK — As per tradition here at CNYRadio.com and CNYTVNews.com, New Year's Eve is when we look through a whole bunch of server stats to determine the Top 10 Stories that appeared on this website over the past year. We also asked readers to submit some of your own thoughts on which stories […]
UTICA-ROME -- With the recent news about WIBX's locally-produced SportsWatch ending last week, after more than 40 years, it seemed timely and fitting that we happened to receive this photo. It features former SportsWatch host Tom Coyne, who had moved on to hosting The Talk of Central New York by the time this photo was […]
Updated 1/18 with more comments from more former hosts -- UTICA-ROME -- After a run of more than 40 years, the locally-produced and aptly-named sports talk show SportsWatch ended its run on Townsquare Media news/talk station WIBX 950 last Friday night. We've since heard from some of the folks who've hosted SportsWatch over the years, including […]
UTICA-ROME -- After decades as a staple on the weekday schedule at news/talker WIBX 950, the final buzzer has sounded on SportsWatch. CNYRadio.com just got word of the show's cancellation as the final show was ending. Readers who were tuned-in said co-hosts Jeff Monaski and Ray Rich ended the final show -- an abbreviated 30-minute […]
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 -- Brent Axe has been talking sports as host of On the Block every weekday afternoon for most of the past decade -- first at the former SportsRadio 620 (WHEN) for Clear Channel, and since 2008, at Cumulus Media's The Score 1260 (WSKO). But in less than two weeks, Axe will be stepping off […]
UTICA-ROME -- It's been a little over a year since former Utica-Rome sports radio host Adam "The Bull" Gerstenhaber started his current job at 92.3 The Fan in Cleveland. Gerstenhaber said he's really enjoying the job, in a recent interview with Don Laible of the Observer-Dispatch.
SYRACUSE -- We first told you last week of Utica Observer-Dispatch blogger Don Laible's series of "where are they now" type interviews with sports broadcasters who got their start in Utica. Little did we know then, that the series wasn't over: Liable started off this week with a two-part series about The Score 1260 (WSKO) […]
UTICA/ROME -- After a few years away from radio, former Syracuse news anchor Jules Thompson will be returning to the airwaves later this month. He's just been hired as News Director for Townsquare news/talker WIBX 950. And Thompson's arrival will allow the current ND to move down the hall into a new role of his […]
UTICA/ROME -- Minutes after we reported learning that SportsWatch is returning to the WIBX lineup, we've learned the station is now looking for its next News Director / Program Director. Here's the official job posting as provided to CNYRadio.com by Townsquare Ops Manager Bill McAdams: