A Brief History

Originally founded in 2001 by Scott Jameson, CNYRadio.com is all about the radio stations of Central New York and the hard-working, talented people who keep them on the air.  If it’s happening in radio in the Syracuse, Utica-Rome, Watertown or Ithaca/Cortland markets, we’re interested.

Longtime visitors may recall the site entered a hiatus in 2005. We signed back on in February 2008 under new management. Scott graciously agreed to “transfer the license” so to speak, and here we are today.

To mark the relaunched site’s one-year anniversary, we launched the CNYRadio.com Station Wiki, an interactive directory of stations in the four markets we cover.  Anyone who signs up for a free CNYRadio.com login can edit the content.  See the Wiki’s own “About” page for more information.

Who’s in Charge Here?

After being asked “who are you?” by several area PDs, we finally revealed in April 2009, via our new Twitter feed, that “we” is really just one person: Peter Naughton.  Your CNYRadio.com Editor started his broadcasting career as a part-timer at Utica’s WLZW and WFRG while attending SUNY Oswego.  After graduation, he became WLZW’s afternoon host for four years, picking up PD stripes along the way.  In 2005, Naughton shifted to TV news, as a producer at WSYR-TV.  For a brief time in 2006, Naughton also anchored weekend newscasts at WSYR radio.  In February 2009, Naughton moved to a new job, entirely outside of broadcasting.  While he sometimes toys with the idea of doing part-time radio again, he’s currently concentrating on his new day job.

Like the site? Tell others! If not, tell us!

We hope you enjoy CNYRadio.com and pass the word along to others who may not have discovered we’re back.  Your comments, suggestions and other feedback (except for the microphone-next-to-a-speaker kind) are always welcome.

General Site Policies

If you’re new to the site, here’s an overview of how we do things here:

• Submitting News Items/Press Releases
• Anonymous Tips
• Comment Posting Policy
• Questions? Corrections?
• Search Help
• Use of station logos/images

Submitting News Items/Press Releases

All news items can be e-mailed to cnyradio(at)cnyradio.com or use our Contact form.  Just hired a new jock?  Lineup changes?  Big celebrity coming to the station?  Got a job opening?  New jingles or imaging voice?  Revamped website?  Let us know and we’ll let everyone else know.

Items submitted by station personnel using their official work e-mail address will generally be posted as soon as possible.  If you don’t want us to attribute the information to you, or if you’d like us to “hold” the information until a certain date/time, just let us know.

Anonymous Tips

Use our Contact page to send in your tips.  Even though there are spaces to provide your name and e-mail, you can leave them blank if you wish.  Either way, rest assured, if you tell us you don’t want us to use your name, we will not use your name.  We appreciate our network of “tipsters” out there, and we would never do anything to ruin those important relationships.

Comment Posting Policy

Comments can be posted on ANY article.  But first, you must register for a FREE Subscriber Account.  Why?  It prevents our comments from being filled up with spam… and just as important, it guarantees you’re the only person using your username to post comments.

1. Usernames do not need to reveal your identity, but they cannot imply someone else’s.  For example, don’t make a username called “WXYZ-PD” unless you actually are the PD of WXYZ.  Impostor accounts will be deleted.
2. Have fun, but stay classy. Yes, you can express opinions of disagreement and criticism — even about us if you want — just keep it professional and clean. If you insist on high-school level name-calling and insults, take it to syracuse.com’s TV & Radio forum. We really hope this rule is just a formality that never needs to be enforced.

Please also see our Privacy Policy before signing up for a Subscriber Account.  It explains what kind of information we collect from you (very little) and how it will be used (almost never).

Search Help

Every article is filed under at least one “category,” usually the market(s) the article pertains to.  Every article also has one or more “tags,” which usually include the call letters and owners of any stations mentioned in the article, along with the names of any people (on-air talent or management) mentioned in the article.  If you click on any category or tag within an article, you will see a list of all other articles with the same category or tag.  You can also use the search box near the top-right corner of any page on the site.

Questions? Corrections?

Most of our updates are reliant on the trades, newspapers, direct observation of things we happen to hear on-air, and any “insider tips” we receive.  We always do our best to confirm accuracy.  But if we make a mistake, just let us know, and we’ll be happy to correct any errors.

Use of Station Logos/Images

In accordance with Fair Use laws, station logos can be used in conjunction with news stories relating to that particular station.

Photographs of on-air personalities or station events are sometimes used with news stories or for our Picture of the Week feature.  CNYRadio.com makes every effort to acknowledge the owner of the photo, and when applicable, we provide a link to the original source of the photo.