ALBANY -- Even though Rich Lawrence and Kim Dunne are no longer part of the weekend on-air lineup for Utica's Lite 98.7 (WLZW), the duo haven't completely walked away from the microphone. Earlier this week, they debuted their brand new podcast, The Kim & Rich Show.
UTICA/ROME -- In less than two hours, "Flashback Saturday Night" host Rich Lawrence will be signing off Lite 98.7 (WLZW) for the last time. Lawrence says he's had a blast over the past five years he had been on the station's part-time roster, but he says it's time to move on.
HERKIMER -- Thanks to reader submissions, we're firing up the Picture of the Week time machine for at least the next three weeks in a row! This week, we're headed 50 years back in time -- and about 50 miles east from CNYRadio.com HQ for a look inside the studios of WALY in Herkimer. Any […]
UTICA/ROME -- You may have read in the national trades by now, about yet another round of cuts by Clear Channel. This time around, the cuts mainly targeted production staffers. One of those pink-slipped this week was Randy Spicer, who went to work for CC in Atlanta after more than a dozen years at Utica's […]
CENTRAL NEW YORK -- If you've been away for awhile, CNYRadio.com is celebrating it's 10th anniversary this week. The site went live on March 1, 2001... and we've been running a series of special articles this week to mark the occasion. Today, we finish up the series with our reflections and yours, on ten years […]
UTICA/ROME -- We're a week behind on this one, but with all the big news going on last week (and all sorts of holiday festivities), we simply ran out of time to write a Picture of the Week article. So, for a moment, let's all pretend it's Christmas time once again, as one Utica/Rome radio […]
UTICA/ROME -- Last week, we put out the call for stations to let us know what they're doing to help their communities during the holiday season. And last night on Facebook, we put out an urgent call for Picture of the Week submissions -- it's been such a busy news week, we never had time […]
UTICA/ROME -- The four stations owned by Connecticut-based Townsquare Media have brand new websites. The company says it's part of an initiative to "re-launch all its local radio stations' digital properties" -- for 171 radio stations in 36 markets -- by the end of the first quarter of 2011.
UTICA/ROME -- News/talker WIBX 950 turns 85 years old on Sunday. We hadn't realized the big milestone was approaching until CNYRadio.com reader Jerry Reed sent in a picture from the very early days of the station -- along with a history of the station he compiled in 1991. So we have not only a picture, but […]
UTICA-ROME -- There are now two stations in the Mohawk Valley playing holiday hits around the clock. Just like last year, Lite 98.7 (WLZW) chose today, the day after Thanksgiving, as the date to make the change.