SYRACUSE -- For the first time in almost 40 years, the National Football League is relaxing its TV blackout policy. But Buffalo Bills fans in Syracuse and Utica won't notice anything different: the Bills announced today that they won't be exercising a new option to reduce the team's "blackout threshold."
OSWEGO -- Sunny 102.1 (WZUN) is going full-power on its namesake frequency, but an observant CNYRadio.com reader tells us the 106.1 signal from translator W291BU in Fulton has recently been switched to a simulcast of sister station TK99/105 (WTKW/WTKV). We checked with Mimi Griswold, VP/Programming for Galaxy Communications and she tells us the change is temporary, […]
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 […]
BOLTON LANDING -- It's a night of congratulations for stations throughout all three markets covered by CNYRadio.com and CNYTVNews.com. Five stations in Syracuse, two in Utica and one in Ithaca are winners at the New York State Broadcasters Association's 46th annual "Excellence in Broadcasting Awards."
SYRACUSE and UTICA-ROME -- It's a new "first" for the long-running Blue Moon Café on Galaxy stations TK99/105 (WTKW/WTKV) in the Syracuse market and 96.9 WOUR in the Utica-Rome market. On Sunday's show, Mimi Griswold announced Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers will headline the very first "Blue Moon Afternoon" concert, taking place at Jamesville Beach in […]
SYRACUSE and UTICA -- As you've no doubt heard by now, broadcast icon Dick Clark died today at the age of 82. And you read here this afternoon that Clark's legendary career started right here in Central New York, first at WRUN radio in Utica, then WOLF in Syracuse, then back to WRUN and onto […]
SYRACUSE -- After a few weeks off, The Irish Power Hour has a new radio home in Syracuse... and a chance to pick up some new fans in the Utica market. Starting this Sunday, co-hosts Sean Johnston and Cabrina Gilbert bring their weekly hour-long show to Galaxy's TK99/105 (WTKW/WTKV). It'll be simulcast on Utica's 96.9 […]
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...
CENTRAL NEW YORK -- In various ways, radio stations (even some who don't normally play her music) went out of their way to respond to the death of singing superstar Whitney Houston. The winner of six Grammys and one Emmy (and more than 400 other awards) died at the age of 48 on Saturday night, […]
SYRACUSE -- Recently-unemployed rock jock Dave Frisina and his show "Soundcheck" will be back on the radio again within a few weeks. Today, Cumulus Media announced Frisina will be joining 105.9 The Rebel (WXTL). Cumulus ditched "The Big Talker" to launch the classic rock format earlier this month, not long after Frisina was suddenly dismissed […]