Anything that has to do with the Syracuse market.

Syracuse’s annual “Chick-N-Wing” festival at the Inner Harbor will be capped off by a special all-day concert called “Soundcheck Live,” commemorating Dave Frisina’s 30 years in radio and just about as long, his show “Soundcheck,” which features local musicians.

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In a move Citadel CEO Farid Suleman calls “an unusual deal, but it’s a deal for the times,” Sean Hannity’s show will be syndicated by both Citadel’s ABC Radio Networks and by Clear Channel’s Premiere Radio Networks, effective next year. [More...]

Many autism awareness groups protested Michael Savage’s show today, upset over comments he made last week, calling many children diagnosed with autism “a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out.”  Savage, whose show is heard locally on WSYR, says he will not apologize for the remarks, explaining that his comments were taken out of context. [More...]

K-Rockathon XIII was held this past weekend at the Cayuga County Fairgrounds in Weedsport.  Reporter Gavin Strube of the Auburn Citizen reported the event was sold out at 12,000+ and everything went smoothly, despite a handful of people being ejected from the premises for starting fights.  [More...]

The Utica Observer-Dispatch has an article about the upcoming K-Rockathon.  Here’s the article.  “K-Rockathon XIII” is, as you may have guessed, hosted by Galaxy Communications’ triplet of K-Rock stations.  They are 100.9 WKRL North Syracuse, 106.5 WKRH Minetto, and 94.9 WKLL Utica. [More...]

Former 95X PD Steve Brill has been named Ops Manager for Citadel’s 5-station cluster in Des Moines, Iowa, according to R&R.  (We originally said GM because they did, but they’ve since changed their article.)

And a reliable source tells us there’s a new GM at Citadel’s Syracuse cluster, but did not have any further details. If you do, please e-mail us at cnyradio (at) cnyradio.com. As always, if you want us to keep your name out of it, we will.

Shortly after Bob Costas finishes doing his part to help NBC produce 3600 hours of Olympics coverage in Beijing next month, he’s expected to return to Syracuse to receive a special honor. [More...]

Apparently Citadel’s decision to drop “Opie & Anthony” from the 95X lineup yesterday, replacing it with a music-intensive show branded as “Shut Up and Rock” was a surprise to O&A themselves. [More...]

Citadel rocker 95X (WAQX) has once again changed its morning show.  Effective today, the syndicated Opie & Anthony Show is out, and locally-programmed “Shut Up & Rock Mornings” are in.  WAQX had carried the O&A show since January 2007. [More...]

Syracuse broadcast legend Dave Laird is retiring at the end of this month, comes word today from Y94FM (WYYY) Program Director Kathy Rowe.  Laird’s radio career has taken him up and down the Syracuse dial … and back and forth along Interstate 90 too. [More...]