In a surprise move yesterday, it was announced that Farid Suleman is leaving his position as head of Infinity Broadcasting to run Citadel Communications.
In a surprise move yesterday, it was announced that Farid Suleman is leaving his position as head of Infinity Broadcasting to run Citadel Communications.
For the first time in several years, B104.7 (WBBS) is not alone at the top of the Arbitron ratings for Syracuse. In 12+ numbers for the fall quarter, B104.7 shares it's familiar number one ranking with fellow Clear Channel station 570 WSYR.
Citadel Communications President Bob Proffitt has asked his regional engineers to look into the feasibility of running continuous monitors of the group's stations and hold tapes or transcripts for 60 days.
93Q (WNTQ), 95X (WAQX), and Lite 105.9 (WLTI) have resumed streaming of their live signals over the Internet, the first commercial radio stations in Syracuse to do so.
Oprah Winfrey has ordered syndicated shock jock Howard Stern to stop playing tapes from her show on his program.
Galaxy Communications in a lone wolf in the Syracuse radio market. Local ownership of stations is becoming a rarity these days, but Ed Levine is bucking the trend.
In a display of national unity, as requested by President Bush, radio stations across the country suspended their normal programming at 8:46 this morning, the three-month anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, to play the National Anthem.
In what has become an annual holiday tradition, local rock station 95X last weekend raised $7,500 for the local chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. An auction of rock-related memorabilia, held at Shoppingtown Mall, included an autographed guitar from Kenny Wayne Shepard and signed South Park dolls.
For the 11th straight year, local rocker 95X is holding a holiday auction to benefit the Make a Wish Foundation.
After poor ratings and an increasing number of affiliates opting not to carry Howard Stern's Saturday night television show, King World has decided to pull the plug.