SYRACUSE - Just a few days after 93Q (WNTQ) spent a week celebrating the 20th anniversary of "Ted & Amy in the Morning," the station has taken longtime midday jock Big Jim Donovan off the air. Management hopes it's a "temporary situation." UPDATE 11/19 - Big Jim doesn't seem to think it's temporary.
All week long, 93Q (WNTQ) morning show hosts Ted and Amy have been celebrating 20 years on the air together. The "official" anniversary was Monday, but they've been sprinkling in little "bonuses" here and there throughout the week.
There are some changes in the on-air lineup at Cram Communications Hot AC MOViN 100.3/96.5 (WOLF-FM/WWLF-FM). Original morning show co-host Heather Dee is back, alongside Skip Clark. UPDATED 11/12 with info on what happened to Jessica and Jeremy.
Movin 100.3 (WOLF-FM) and its on-air staff have won three "2008 Best of Syracuse" awards from the Syracuse New-Times. The station itself won for "Best Local Radio Station" and two on-air personalities won in other categories.
Citadel Broadcasting is the latest radio conglomerate facing a possible de-listing from a major trading market - in this case, the New York Stock Exchange.
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.
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 […]
Syracuse broadcast legend Dave Laird is retiring at the end of this month, comes word today from Y94FM (WYYY) Program Director Kathy Rowe. Laird's radio career has taken him up and down the Syracuse dial ... and back and forth along Interstate 90 too.
There can only be one Picture of the Week, but we had two major radio events on the same weekend earlier this month. WFRG's Frogfest won the coin toss to be the POTW last week. This week, it's 93Q Balloonfest at Jamesville Beach Park.
NewsChannel 9's local talk show "Bridge Street" will be guest-hosted tomorrow by 93Q morning co-hosts Ted Long and Amy Robbins. Nothing yet on NewsChannel 9's Bridge Street website (as of 1:30pm today), but the longtime morning team has mentioned it on their own show.