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Dick Carr’s Big Bands, Ballads and Blues has been part of the Monday night lineup on Jazz 88 (WAER) since October 2001. Carr, a former Syracuse and New York City radio executive, recently connected with the WOR Radio Network to syndicate the show nationally.

The cast list for Art Zimmer’s play Cruizin’ Thru the 50’s is coming together and includes a number of high-profile Syracuse radio personalities.

WFBL 1050 AM has added two syndicated shows to its weekend lineup.

Yesterday, Buckley Radio switched its four Hartford-area AM stations from an adult standards format to news-talk. The new lineup includes WDRC morning host Brad Davis, Dr. Joy Browne, and the Dolans.  

Local radio morning man Dave Smith has joined the WCNY underwriting sales staff. Smith, who was recently let go due to budget cuts from his nine-year run as host of WFBL’s morning show, is part of the team of behind the scenes personnel responsible for drumming up corporate support.

The Syracuse radio community said goodbye to several broadcast veterans this year.

SiteShell announced this week that it will no longer handle website maintenance and content, but is now a technology and platform licensing company that will license its technology as a package to group broadcasters and other companies.

Local television news legend Ron Curtis died yesterday after a year-long battle with cancer. Curtis, who began his long television career at channel 5 in 1960, started out in radio at the age of 15 when he dropped out of Solvay high school to take an announcing job at WFBL AM.

Sister stations Oldies 92.1 (WSEN FM) and WFBL 1050 AM unveiled completely redesigned station web sites earlier this week. The stations have partnered with the BlueDot WebSite NetWork to create content-rich web sites that are a mix of local station information and national news and features aimed at the station’s target demographics.

Former Syracuse radio personality Nelson Guyette passed away on Thursday, October 4 in Rochester.