WSYR

In the wake of Tuesday’s terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C., all Syracuse radio stations turned to continuous coverage of the unfolding story.

The locally produced computer advice show Random Access aired its last 570 WSYR broadcast on Sunday, September 9.

A posting on the CNY broadcast message board says that Bill Carey has been tapped as the new Program Director at 570 WSYR. Carey, who is a reporter for WIXT News Channel 9, spent a number of years in Syracuse radio in the 70’s and 80’s at 62-WHEN. Word has it that Carey starts his

93Q (WNTQ) and Hot 107.9 (WWHT) gained some ground in the latest monthly trends released by Arbitron.

Beginning this week, 570 WSYR’s Jim Reith Show adds an additional hour of talk as the 5 o’clock hour switches from a mixture of news and features to Reith’s talk format already in place during the 4 and 6 o’clock hours. Jim Reith made the transition to talk show host last year after working as

Nationally syndicated newscaster Paul Harvey is back on the air broadcasting his daily five-minute morning newscast and afternoon Rest of the Story feature.

The Coming Global Superstorm, a book by nationally syndicated late-night talk host Art Bell, is being turned into a movie by TBS.

The syndicated financial advice show The Motley Fool Radio Show has been dropped by Cox Radio Syndication and is scheduled to cease production as of September 17.

82-year-old broadcast legend Paul Harvey returned to the microphone today. His brief appearance on his noon newscast is Harvey’s first since May when he came down with a bad case of laryngitis. Saying that “the rusty pipes are being renewed… I’m so eager to return”, it’s still not clear when he’ll be back for good.

Accusing 570 WSYR of “good old-fashioned, indiscriminate, all-purpose hate,” Syracuse University Professor Laurence Thomas made his displeasure with the station known through an editorial letter in the Syracuse Herald Journal.