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Bug Country Shifts Spotlight to "Today's New Country"

UTICA-ROME -- After a few weeks of all-Christmas country music, the Roser Communication Networks' duo of Bug Country (WBUG/WBGK) stations is ready to unveil a "more contemporary" playlist tomorrow morning at 9am.  

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Premiere Cancels "Jeff Foxworthy Countdown"

About 300 country stations nationwide -- including three in Central New York -- are hunting for new programming to fill their weekend schedules after Premiere Radio Networks cancelled the long-running "Jeff Foxworthy Countdown" today.

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Taylor: Chapter 11 for Regent? (And 3Q Reports from Saga, CC)

Less than a week after Citadel Broadcasting announced it may soon be exploring "the possibility of seeking relief through a Chapter 11 filing," one prominent online columnist explains why he thinks Regent could be in a similar situation.  Both companies own stations in Central New York.

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Former Kiss-FM Personalities Find New Jobs

UTICA/ROME -- Two personalities who exited Kiss-FM (WSKS/WSKU) within two days of each other in September have found new jobs in radio.  Former middayer Jesse Jordan has been hired for the same daypart in a significantly larger market down the Thruway, while former night jock "Intern Dave" drops his nickname to fill some shifts at […]

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Country Host Kingsley's Future Secure to 2014

Good news for Central New York country music fans who enjoy hearing Bob Kingsley's weekly countdowns -- the host's contract has been renewed through 2014.

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POTW: Radio & TV at the Utica Boilermaker

UTICA-ROME -- This past weekend marked the 31st running of "America's Biggest 15K Road Race," the Utica Boilermaker.  Every year, the race gets bigger and bigger... and for many years, local media outlets have made it a point to have a presence at the race.  Several pictures this week instead of the usual one.

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Former WIBX Board Op Dies at 32

UTICA-ROME -- Former WIBX board operator R. Clark Witt, IV, passed away on Sunday, following a long illness.  He was 32 years old.  Writing obituaries is never pleasant -- but this one is especially tough for your editor -- we were co-workers at Regent Broadcasting from 1999 until about 2002-ish, when Clark graduated from Utica College […]

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WFRG's Frogfest Lineup Unveiled

Updated 5/12 at 7:50pm UTICA-ROME -- Keith Anderson and the group "Trailer Choir" are the two headliners at this year's Frogfest, the annual listener appreciation concert organized by Big Frog 104 (WFRG).  The Regent country station has been trickling out the list of performers one by one since last week.

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Regent Loses $32.5M in First Quarter

Regent was one of two major broadcasting companies to give its first quarter financial statement on Friday, and the news was not good.  The company posted a $32.5 million loss for the first three months of the year, compared to a $3.0 million loss in the same period of 2008.

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Regent Proposes Reverse Stock Split

Following a move similar to what Saga did in January, Regent Communications is reportedly proposing a reverse stock split.  It's an effort to help boost the company's stock price, which stood at 15 cents as of 9:20am Friday.

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