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UTICA-ROME — Regent AC Lite 98.7 (WLZW) is in the midst of its 9th annual Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon. They’re live at St. Luke’s Hospital today and tomorrow, raising money to benefit hospital’s pediatric and maternity services.

UTICA-ROME — The Arbitron Persons 12+ numbers for the Fall 2008 ratings period are out.  Regent’s Big Frog 104 (WFRG) and Lite 98.7 (WLZW) still own the top 2 ranks, but the duo traded ranks as Lite loses nearly 3 ratings points since the spring.

Regent Communications has signed a deal with Radiolicious, making it the first major radio group to make all of its web streams accessible to users of Apple iPhone or iPod Touch devices.

It’s only a few days later than last year, but the “All-Christmas Music” battle has started in Syracuse.  Galaxy’s Sunny 102.1 (WZUN) in Syracuse and Mix 102.5 (WUMX) in Utica have made the switch.  Correcting our earlier report, it appears Y94FM’s all-Christmas programming is only available via webcast.

Following up on an earlier story, we’ve noticed Lite 98.7 has announced Trudy’s first day back at WLZW will be this coming Monday, August 25.  She replaces Greg McShea, who slides over to the midday shift at Regent’s country station, Big Frog 104.

Regent Communications is at risk of being delisted from the NASDAQ stock market, according to business newspaper report in Cincinnati, the home of Regent corporate HQ.  The owner of 62 stations — including four in Utica-Rome — has been trading below NASDAQ’s $1.00 minimum for more than 30 consecutive trading days.

A couple of “insiders” at Regent’s Utica-Rome cluster tell CNYRadio.com we can expect to see some interesting talent lineup changes, as the cluster fills two vacancies we first told you about last month.  The switcheroo includes the return of one personality who left the market a few years ago.

Sorry we’re a few days late on this one — it’s the first time we’ve had really good internet access during our summer vacation, so we just noticed Arbitron has released the P12+ ratings for the Syracuse and Utica-Rome markets.  It appears Clear Channel’s WBBS (B104.7) and Regent’s Lite 98.7 (WLZW) are the clear winners in

This was Administrative Professionals Week, a perfect opportunity for AC stations everywhere to reach out to the many office workers who make up a big part of the at-work audience.

An observant CNYRadio.com reader alerted us of some brand-new websites for the Utica-Rome cluster of Regent Communications stations.  For those of you who like to get technical, our tipster also mentioned the websites have switched from PHP-based technology to ASP-technology.