Don Imus is once again in the hot seat, defending comments he made during his nationally syndicated show Monday morning -- comments which some are saying, were racist in nature. Imus explains that wasn't his intent, and at least one prominent blogger takes his word for it. Imus is heard locally on 92.7 The Drive […]
It's become more common in the past few years, especially in Syracuse -- live coverage of sporting events on FM music stations. What do you think of the practice? Our weekly poll on the topic is already closed, but you can still post comments with your thoughts.
Brent Axe and his sports talk show "On the Block" returned to the Syracuse airwaves this afternoon. As we reported earlier, Axe is on the air weekdays from 3-6pm. His show is on Citadel's ESPN Radio 1260 (WNSS). He originally told us today's launch was not set-in-stone, but any uncertainty is now gone, with the […]
Sports talk host Brent Axe will be back on the radio within the next month. Axe e-mailed us with the news today. His show "On the Block," will make its comeback on Citadel's ESPN Radio 1260 (WNSS) in April.
SYRACUSE -- Beginning Monday, Brent Axe will take over as the newest sports talker on Syracuse's SportsRadio 620 WHEN with a two-hour daily call-in show called On the Block.
Jim Rome is expected to leave his gig at Fox Sports when his contract expires later this year. The New York Post reports that ESPN is in negotiations with the sports commentator in hopes of grabbing him for a new weekly show for the network. Locally, Rome can be heard weekday afternoons on SportsRadio 620 […]
570 WSYR's news director and director of programming, Bill Carey, has been honored by the Syracuse Press Club with a Bliven-Ganley-Rossi Career Achievement Award. Carey returned to radio last year after a long run in television news at WTVH TV 5 and WIXT TV 9.
Public radio's WCNY 91.3 FM and the Jazz Appreciation Society of Syracuse are sponsoring a tribute dinner for Leo Rayhill, host of the station's long-running The Sounds of Jazz. The event will be held at Le Moyne Manor on April 21.
The Syracuse SkyChiefs kick off their 2002 season this afternoon at 2 p.m. against the Rochester Red Wings. Beginning this year, ESPN Radio 1260 (WNSS) takes over as the radio broadcast home of the team with Bob McElligott announcing the play-by-play action.
SportsRadio 620's (WHEN) weekday afternoon schedule is starting to shake out following Adam Schein's move to New York City last month.