WJPZ Radio Inc.

SYRACUSE — Providing real-world experience that goes beyond textbooks and quizzes, many alumni of SU’s Newhouse School would argue that student-run WJPZ radio is the “greatest media classroom.”  That’s part of the title for a new documentary due to premiere in March.

SYRACUSE — ABC News Radio correspondent Steven Portnoy will be the keynote speaker at the WJPZ Alumni Association’s 28th annual birthday banquet this March.  The festivities will be emceed by the Class of 2007’s Ralphie Aversa, who is now the night jock at New York’s WPLJ-FM.  The banquet is part of a full weekend of […]

SYRACUSE — It’s a moment many broadcasting students at Syracuse University have been eagerly awaiting for nearly two years.  Plans to expand the facilities of Z89 (WJPZ-FM) and CitrusTV were first announced in early 2011.  And just a little over a week ago, Z89 flipped the switch to begin broadcasting from its brand new studio.

SYRACUSE — There’s still time, but not much, for alumni of Syracuse University student-operated WJPZ-FM to RSVP for the station’s 27th Annual Birthday Banquet.  The dinner is slated for March 3 at the SU Sheraton, and includes this year’s inductions into the WJPZ Hall of Fame.

SYRACUSE — Membership numbers have been booming for student-run media organizations on the Syracuse University campus… and starting this fall, the amount of floor space devoted to those organizations will begin to catch up. A grocery store inside SU’s Watson Hall will be closed down to make way for an expansion of Z89 (WJPZ-FM) and […]

ITHACA — Ithaca College’s WICB won the very first “College Radio Woodie” at the mtvU Woodie Awards in 2008, and they’re hoping to pull it off again this year.  WICB and three other local college stations made it into the top 25, but WICB is the lone local nominee to make it into the final […]

SYRACUSE — A new contest from The Beat of Syracuse Z89 (WJPZ) aims to help promote local musicians by giving them some on-air exposure.  The contest is open to anyone in Z89’s listening area, and any style of music is eligble for the competition.

Lee Abrams, chief programming officer at XM Satellite Radio, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s annual WJPZ Radio Birthday Banquet. The event is scheduled for March 2 at the Syracuse University Sheraton. For additional information, call Scott Meach at (888) 323-2257.