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New Logo for Utica's WIBX

UTICA/ROME -- You may remember reading here last week about big changes to the on-air branding of news/talker WIBX in Utica.  This week, the station unveiled a brand new logo to support those changes.

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Switch from CBS to Fox Part of WIBX Rebranding

UTICA/ROME -- It's a busy week at Townsquare Media's WIBX. After 76 years as an affiliate of CBS News, the station is now running Fox News Radio at the top of the hour. There's also new imaging, a new station voice, and the staffers are gearing up for the station's 40th annual Heart Radiothon this […]

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WIBX Seeks Part-time Reporter/Anchor

UTICA/ROME -- Newsradio 950 WIBX is expanding its newsroom. The Townsquare Media station is looking to hire a part-timer to help with reporting needs during the week, and to anchor weekend newscasts.

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POTW: Buckets Blakes Balances Basketballs with Big Frog's Polly Wogg (2011)

UTICA/ROME -- Yes, too much time was invested in the title for our latest Picture of the Week.  She's known for spinning country tunes... but earlier this week, Big Frog 104 (WFRG) morning co-host Polly Wogg got a lesson in spinning basketballs, from Buckets Blakes of the Harlem Globetrotters.

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POTW: Annual Coat Drive (2010)

UTICA/ROME -- Last week, we put out the call for stations to let us know what they're doing to help their communities during the holiday season.  And last night on Facebook, we put out an urgent call for Picture of the Week submissions -- it's been such a busy news week, we never had time […]

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Utica Townsquare Stations Revamp Websites

UTICA/ROME -- The four stations owned by Connecticut-based Townsquare Media have brand new websites.  The company says it's part of an initiative to "re-launch all its local radio stations' digital properties" -- for 171 radio stations in 36 markets -- by the end of the first quarter of 2011.

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POTW: Early Days of WIBX (c. 1926)

UTICA/ROME -- News/talker WIBX 950 turns 85 years old on Sunday.  We hadn't realized the big milestone was approaching until CNYRadio.com reader Jerry Reed sent in a picture from the very early days of the station -- along with a history of the station he compiled in 1991.  So we have not only a picture, but […]

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Dr. Dean Edell's Prescription: Retirement

SAN FRANCISCO -- Several local radio stations may need to look for new programming, after the widely-syndicated Dr. Dean Edell announced yesterday that he's retiring from his medical advice show at the end of the year.  The show has local affiliates in Syracuse, Utica-Rome and Ithaca/Cortland, among others.

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Lite 98.7 Flips All-Christmas Switch

UTICA-ROME -- There are now two stations in the Mohawk Valley playing holiday hits around the clock.  Just like last year, Lite 98.7 (WLZW) chose today, the day after Thanksgiving, as the date to make the change.

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All-Christmas in Syracuse and Utica-Rome

SYRACUSE and UTICA-ROME -- With Halloween 2010 just barely into the history books, two local radio stations are already looking ahead to Christmas.  And based on previous years' experience (2009 | 2008) -- it's no surprise that Galaxy's Sunny 102 (WZUN/Phoenix) and Mix 102.5 (WUMX/Rome) are those first two stations to make the switch.

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