SYRACUSE -- The two-year affilation between The Score 1260 (WSKO) and Yahoo Sports Radio (formerly Sporting News Radio) won't be reaching a third anniversary. Cumulus Media and CBS Sports are launching a new radio network, and WSKO is said to be one of nearly 70 Cumulus stations who will be on board for the network's […]
Updated 6/22 -- SYRACUSE and UTICA-ROME -- After a ten-year affiliation with The Score 1260 (WSKO) in Syracuse and one season with WUTQ in Utica, the Buffalo Bills will have new affiliates in both markets this coming season. Galaxy Communications has inked a deal to carry the games on TK99/105 (WTKV/WTKW) in Syracuse and Oswego, and on […]
SYRACUSE -- We first told you last week of Utica Observer-Dispatch blogger Don Laible's series of "where are they now" type interviews with sports broadcasters who got their start in Utica. Little did we know then, that the series wasn't over: Liable started off this week with a two-part series about The Score 1260 (WSKO) […]
SYRACUSE -- As the Syracuse Crunch's playoff bid ended on Friday at the hands of the Ice Caps in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, so did Jason Lockhart's two-season run as the AHL team's broadcaster. Next season, Lockhart will be on the west coast, calling games for a different team in a different league.
SYRACUSE -- Just within the past year, golf pro Perry Noun's been up and down the dial, on both the AM and FM bands. When his weekly golf show begins its 11th season this Saturday, he'll be on his third new station in just a little more than a year. Golf fans will find "Tee […]
SYRACUSE -- With the Syracuse University mens basketball team starting the NCAA tournament yesterday as a #1 seed, it's no surprise that everyone's literally been seeing orange all over the place this week. And that includes the wardrobes of local television newscasters.
SYRACUSE -- Weekdays on The Score 1260 (WSKO), it's Mike Lindsley on middays, followed by Brent Axe in the afternoon. But Mike was talking with a different Brent earlier this month at the Carrier Dome -- specifically, longtime network TV sportscaster Brent Musburger. And you'll find a couple other familiar faces in the background...
Updated 1/4 -- BUFFALO -- Multiple news media outlets in western New York's largest city are reporting Cumulus Media's Buffalo cluster has terminated its 13-year deal to broadcast and syndicate Buffalo Bills games. That report has been creating some question about radio coverage in Syracuse and Utica when the Bills return to the field for […]
SAN ANTONIO, TX -- It's an unprecedented deal between two of the biggest companies in radio: Cumulus Media is joining iHeartRadio, the platform owned by Clear Channel which already provides mobile streaming of more than 800 Clear Channel stations. By adding the 570 stations owned by Cumulus, iHeartRadio will offer roughly 1400 stations -- many […]
SYRACUSE -- Congratulations to Cumulus Media Syracuse Market Manager Shane Bogardus, who was among this year's "40 Under 40" honorees for the Syracuse region. The awards were presented during a special luncheon held today in downtown Syracuse.