Reggie Jordan has been named Vice President and General Manager for the group of Syracuse stations owned by Citadel Communictions.
Reggie Jordan has been named Vice President and General Manager for the group of Syracuse stations owned by Citadel Communictions.
Football season is just around the corner, and WNSS AM 1260 has picked up the broadcast rights for regular-season games of the Buffalo Bills Radio Network beginning this fall. WNSS switches to its new sports fomat on September 5.
Beginning in September, two 24-hour sports stations will grace the Syracuse radio dial. Former Comedy World franchise WNSS 1260 AM, will switch their affiliation to ESPN network programming as well as begin simulcasting 95X's play-by-play of Syracuse University basketball and football games. WHEN vice president Joel Delmonico doesn't view the change as a threat to […]
Forstmann Little has purchased Citadel Communications for $2 billion. With the deal, which works out to $26 a share, Citadel moves from a publicly traded to a privately held company.
Within the next 90 days, WNSS AM 1260 will relaunch as "ESPN Radio 1260". In addition to ESPN network coverage, the station will broadcast Syracuse University football and basketball as well as Buffalo Bills football in the fall. WNSS has been simulcasting Lite 105.9 FM's programming since Comedy World Network went dark a couple months […]
Arbitron has released its latest quarterly numbers. B104.7 (WBBS) remains a strong leader in the Syracuse market, Y94FM (WYYY) moves from third to seventh overall, while AM 1260 WNSS (formerly Comedy World) slips off the ratings radar screen altogether. Related Link: http://syracuse.com/entertainment/stories/20010504_farbs.html
Last fall, Syracuse AM station WNSS became the first station in the country to begin broadcasting programming provided by the Comedy World Network. On Wednesday, April 25, local Station Manager Ed Kilgore received a call from the network's General Manager Jay Clark, informing him that the network had run out of money. Hours later, 1260 […]