Calling hours are tonight for Barb Gibbons, a longtime Syracuse radio personality who died last Saturday following a sudden illness. Gibbons, 65, had worked at WNDR, WFBL, WNTQ, and WSYR.
Calling hours are tonight for Barb Gibbons, a longtime Syracuse radio personality who died last Saturday following a sudden illness. Gibbons, 65, had worked at WNDR, WFBL, WNTQ, and WSYR.
Dates for radio and TV talk show host Glenn Beck's "Summer Political Tour '08" have been announced, and Syracuse is one of just 8 cities on the list.
Newsradio 570 WSYR is once again picking up the leave-behinds from WFBL's abandoned news/talk format. The station is airing promos stating it will begin carrying Laura Ingraham on Sunday afternoons, starting May 4.
The press office of New York State Governor David A. Paterson today announced a statewide "radio town hall tour," which begins next week. On Tuesday, Paterson is scheduled to appear on The Jim Reith Show on Syracuse's Newsradio 570 WSYR. The talk show airs weekdays from 3-7pm.
Syracuse's Newsradio 570 WSYR will have to wait another year to try for one of the coveted NAB Crystal Radio Awards. As we reported last month, WSYR was one of 50 finalists in the entire country, but only 10 stations would win.
Clear Channel Syracuse is now accepting team registrations for the 3rd Annual Bill Leaf Kickball Tournament. Leaf was working as a reporter for Newsradio 570 WSYR, and a part-time sportscaster for WTVH-TV, when he was killed by a drunk driver in 2006. This year's tournament will take place on Saturday, May 17th at Onondaga Lake […]
We aren't sure how old this is -- there were no dates mentioned on 570 WSYR's website, but morning show host Joe Galuski recently celebrated 20 years with the station.
When WFBL flips formats from news/talk to oldies on Monday, at least one of its syndicated hosts will remain on the air in Syracuse. Newsradio 570 WSYR is running on-air promos stating it will begin carrying "The Savage Nation" with Michael Savage on Monday evening.
Clear Channel announced the sale of it's television division for $1.1 billion Friday, ending months of guessing while the deal was in limbo. Even though we don't really get into TV-related news here, we're reporting it because there's a lack of radio news the past couple of days, and it is somewhat related to CNY […]
The National Association of Broadcasters says Newsradio 570 WSYR is among the 50 finalists for the 2008 Crystal Radio Awards. The awards recognize stations for their committment to community service. We'll find out of WSYR is one of the ten winners next month.