As part of WSTM TV 3's latest "Best of Central New York" viewer poll, 93Q took away top honors for best radio station. The contemporary hits formatted station edged rival Hot 107-9 which came in second, while market leader B104.7 was third.Source (link may no longer work): wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=768063
In the wake of Citadel Communications' move to shut down its Internet division, comes word from the company that web streaming of its stations is expected to continue. Citadel, which owns Syracuse stations 93Q, 95X, Lite 105.9, and ESPN Radio 1260, has a two-year web streaming deal with Yahoo.
The cast list for Art Zimmer's play Cruizin' Thru the 50's is coming together and includes a number of high-profile Syracuse radio personalities.
Last week's Syracuse New Times featured the winning entries in the paper's annual Syr-Haikus competition. 93Q's Ted Long was featured in the celebrity category.
Yesterday on Jim Reith's afternoon talk show, the 570 WSYR host fielded calls from listeners who were irate over a new state law that banned smoking, drinking, and eating while driving. The law was actually a hoax announced by Ted and Amy earlier in the day on Citadel's Top 40-formatted 93Q (WNTQ). Reith, not realizing […]
As usual, 93Q's Ted and Amy were in prank mode today with their annual April Fools' Day hoax. This year's stunt was a report that New York lawmakers had outlawed eating, drinking, and smoking while driving a car. Command Traffic's Tony Bombardo played along as well by reminding morning commuters of the law that supposedly […]
93Q's morning team of Ted Long and Amy Robbins have the dubious honor of showing up in this week's 'Good Week, Bad Week' feature in the Syracuse New Times.
Larry Wilson, chairman of Citadel Communications, has decided to leave the company he founded. With the recent hiring of Infinity's Farid Suleman to head the day-to-day operations of the radio group, there was little room at the top for Wilson.
Several area radio stations plan to take part in tomorrow's St. Patrick's parade on Salina Street in downtown Syracuse. Stations listed in the published lineup include Oldies 92.1 (WSEN), WOLF/Radio Disney, 93Q (WNTQ), 95X (WAQX), and Lite 105.9 (WLTI). The 18th annual parade is scheduled to begin at noon on Saturday and will be broadcast […]
In numbers released yesterday by Arbitron for the first monthly trends of the winter ratings period, at 9.7, B104.7 gained a full ratings point keeping the station at the top of the rankings.