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Hot 107-9 program director and afternoon jock Jason Kidd has signed on as the new program director at fellow Clear Channel station KISS 96-1 (WKST) in Pittsburgh. Until a replacement is found here in Syracuse, Kidd will continue his Hot 107-9 programming duties remotely from his new digs.

All Access is reporting that Hot 107-9 program director and afternoon jock Jason Kidd plans to leave Syracuse, though they won’t say where he’s headed. According to All Access, “Kidd has been earning a ton of frequent flier miles these days and enjoying fine airport cuisine up and down the east coast.”

In a letter in this week’s edition of the Syracuse New Times, Hot 107-9 morning man Dakota makes good on a prediction and thanks the paper for a recent award. Here’s the letter… Congratulations! Your prediction that I would “piss someone off” in 2002 proved prophetic (“Psychics Predict,” Dec. 26). On my first showof the

With Matt Johnson’s move to Jackson Mississippi, part-timer Carson slides into the producer/sidekick roll on Dakota’s morning show at Hot 107-9. Kathy Denman at the newsdesk rounds out the Hot morning crew. Thanks to volunteer Ashley Caster for helping to get this archive article republished.

Hot 107-9 (WWHT) is losing its morning show producer and sidekick. A posting today on the CNY Broadcast Message Board says Matt Johnson is headed for a programming position in Jackson, Mississippi.

Hot 107-9’s program director and afternoon jock Jason Kidd is in the hot seat, so to speak, at allaccess.com. He’s part of the national radio news web site’s weekly “10 Questions With…” column.

ABC newsman Sam Donaldson made an in-studio appearance yesterday on Dakota’s morning show on Hot 107-9.

The Syracuse New Times has released its fifth annual ‘Best of Syracuse’ reader poll. Winners in the radio categories include K-Rock (WKRH/WKRL) for best station, Dakota of Hot 107-9 (WWHT) for best local disc jockey, and best local morning show honors once again go to 93Q’s (WNTQ) Ted Long and Amy Robbins.

Clear Channel Communications wants to buy the Ackerley Group for $800 million. What that means for Syracuse is the addition of television station WIXT channel 9 to Clear Channel’s group of six local radio stations. The deal still has to be approved by Ackerley share holders, the FCC, and the Justice Department. Related Link: –

Nearly 10,000 people gathered in Clinton Square on Thursday evening for a service to remember those who lost their lives in last week’s terrorist attacks and to show support for those assisting in the recovery effort. WRVO FM 90 and the six local Clear Channel radio stations broadcast the 90-minute event live.