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Laura Ingraham’s syndicator, Talk Radio Network, tells affiliates she will be back on the air by Monday… after a long absence which — according to national radio columnist Tom Taylor — angered many affiliates.  Ingraham’s show is carried in Syracuse, Utica and Watertown.

Nope, it’s not another format change.  “Ciao!” is the name of a new Italian-heritage show WFBL is launching this weekend.  It’ll be hosted by two good friends of the late Armond Magnarelli, who hosted his own local Italian radio show for 17 years.

You read about WFBL’s format flip here on CNYRadio.com back in April (at least one reader thought it was an April Fool’s joke at first).  And this week, the Syracuse New Times picked up on the changes at the Buckley Broadcasting studios in Baldwinsville.

Calling hours are tonight for Barb Gibbons, a longtime Syracuse radio personality who died last Saturday following a sudden illness.  Gibbons, 65, had worked at WNDR, WFBL, WNTQ, and WSYR.

Newsradio 570 WSYR is once again picking up the leave-behinds from WFBL’s abandoned news/talk format. The station is airing promos stating it will begin carrying Laura Ingraham on Sunday afternoons, starting May 4.

When WFBL flips formats from news/talk to oldies on Monday, at least one of its syndicated hosts will remain on the air in Syracuse.  Newsradio 570 WSYR is running on-air promos stating it will begin carrying “The Savage Nation” with Michael Savage on Monday evening.

(UPDATE 4/2/08 – GM confirmation in Comments area) Aircheck collectors be on alert!  Several sources indicate Buckley Broadcasting’s Syracuse stations, WSEN (92.1 FM / 1050 AM) and WFBL (1390 AM), will be flipping formats this coming Monday.  The changes may not seem too dramatic at WSEN, but it’s a pretty big change for WFBL, which will be […]

Dick Carr continues to add affiliates to the roster of stations airing his weekly syndicated Big Bands Ballads & Blues.

SYRACUSE — Ten years after Buckley Broadcasting purchased the WFBL call letters and moved the station to 1050 AM, WFBL and the station’s news-talk programming have returned to its legendary 1390 AM frequency.

The show got its start on Jazz 88 (WAER) almost two years ago, and a syndicated version was picked up by the WOR Network and 30 stations across the country earlier this year. Now, Big Bands, Ballads, and Blues is moving to TalkRadio 1050 (WFBL) in Syracuse on Sundays from 8 – 10 a.m.