After disappearing for ten years, Galaxy Communications has revived "Fireworks Over Central New York," which took place yesterday at the Herkimer County Fairgrounds in Frankfort. The Utica Observer-Dispatch has a report on the event, followed by a mixture of positive and negative reviews from readers.
Sorry we're a few days late on this one -- it's the first time we've had really good internet access during our summer vacation, so we just noticed Arbitron has released the P12+ ratings for the Syracuse and Utica-Rome markets. It appears Clear Channel's WBBS (B104.7) and Regent's Lite 98.7 (WLZW) are the clear winners in […]
Back to Utica-Rome for the latest Picture of the Week. Introducing the new morning man at Galaxy's Mix 102.5 (WUMX), Sam Schrier.
Galaxy's Mix 102.5 (WUMX Rome) has a new morning host, according to AllAccess.com and confirmed by Program Director Ted Bradford. The new guy's name is Sammy Schrier, and he hails from Entercom's WBEE (Rochester), where he served as morning show producer.
Galaxy Communications tells the Utica Observer-Dispatch it's had plenty of success with two of the stations it acquired from Clear Channel in 2007. The company also announced plans to bring its Gomez & Dave simulcast back to the Utica-Rome market.
UPDATE (4/23/08): The position has been filled. Looks like Whoopi Goldberg's about to get whooped in Utica/Rome -- Galaxy Communications has posted an "immediate opening" for a morning show host at WUMX Mix 102.5, one of the properties it acquired from ClearChannel last fall.
UTICA-ROME -- On the heels of last month's format switch at WUCL, comes word of several staffing changes at the Clear Channel cluster in Utica-Rome.
After a weekend of spinning a "Wheel of Formats" -- everything from polka music to classical -- WRBY 102.5 FM in Utica-Rome has officially flipped formats from country to hot adult contemporary.