SYRACUSE -- Longtime local radio personality and Syracuse University associate broadcasting professor Dr. Roosevelt "Rick" Wright says radio is "at a fork in the road," reflecting on the many recent format changes in the market. He also calls out larger corporate owners for buying too many "overvalued" stations too quickly, racking up painful debt.
LAS VEGAS -- Citadel Broadcasting, the owner of more than 200 radio stations including four in Syracuse, has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. According to one published report, Citadel Chairman and CEO Farid Suleman said, "we're glad it's over and we can get on with running the company."
SYRACUSE -- Another locally-produced show has been added to the lineup at The Score 1260 (WSKO). The addition of Danny Parkins will give the Citadel station eight solid hours of local sports talk every weekday, starting on Tuesday. Updated 2:55pm with additional information from Citadel.
SYRACUSE -- Play-by-play broadcasts of Syracuse Crunch hockey will have a new home starting this fall. The team has signed a deal with Citadel Broadcasting's The Score 1260 (WSKO), ending a long-lasting partnership with Clear Channel's Sportsradio 620 WHEN.
SYRACUSE -- Public broadcaster WRVO took home First Place in the "Radio Newscast" category at the Syracuse Press Club awards dinner on Saturday night. The Oswego-based NPR affiliate took home four other first-place awards and a second-place title. Syracuse-based NPR affiliate WAER had the second-longest list of awards, and WSYR took home three titles. Updated […]
SYRACUSE -- A little over two years (and four days, to be exact) after it was announced Citadel named Dan Austin as GM of the company's four-station Syracuse cluster, Austin is on the move once again. This time, he's headed to market #13: Seattle-Tacoma, Washington.
SYRACUSE -- The once-successful local sports talk pairing of Bud and the Manchild will return to the airwaves on Monday, May 3. The show has a new timeslot -- weekdays from 10am to noon. It also has a new home -- Citadel's The Score 1260 (WSKO). CNYRadio.com spoke with co-host Jim Lerch, who says he's […]
SYRACUSE -- Citadel Broadcasting is looking for a part-time assistant to help with continuity. The job includes a wide variety of duties, 10 hours a week, Monday-Friday, according to a job posting recently listed online.
You've read about all the various format flips and call letter changes over the past few months here at CNYRadio.com ... but if you've been out of town, perhaps you haven't had a chance to hear the changes. Now you can -- Scott Fybush has posted a slew of new Syracuse legal IDs on tophour.com.
SYRACUSE -- A number of changes first announced in December finally took place today. ESPN Radio has changed its Syracuse affiliation over from Citadel's WSKO (formerly WNSS) 1260 over to a four-station simulcast including two AMs and two FM translators owned by Galaxy.