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.
NATIONWIDE -- If you catch the top-of-hour news on WIBX/Utica, WTNY/Watertown, WHCU/Ithaca or any other CBS affiliate, you'll notice something missing today: those quick little "chirp" tones that had been part of the newscasts for more than three decades.
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 […]
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.
UTICA-ROME -- Good news for Art Bell fans: his "Somewhere in Time" series of best-of shows is now part of the weekend lineup at Newsradio 950 WIBX.
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.
Several sources say Regent Communications, the owner of four stations in the Utica-Rome market, could be very close to defaulting on $195 million in debt on loan from Bank of America. The reports were triggered by Regent's latest SEC filing.
UTICA-ROME -- Programming director Gene Conte from Regent's WIBX 950 writes with an update on his plans for the Lars Larson Show. The weekday show stays put, live from 6-8pm, but the Sunday "best of" show will be replaced by a player to be named later. Exactly one week ago, Westwood One dropped Larson. This […]
PORTLAND, OR -- Less than a week after Lars Larson was dropped by Westwood One, the Oregon-based talk host has a new syndicator lined up. The deal means Larson will remain on the air with at least one of his two local affiliates.
PORTLAND, OR -- According to radio-info.com, syndication giant Westwood One has cancelled the Lars Larson show "effective immediately," leaving affiliates to line up replacements. Larson is reportedly seeking a new syndicator so he can stay on the air. (Updated 3/20)