UTICA-ROME — He’s not only the night jock at KISS-FM (WSKS/WSKU)… we’re proud to report “Intern Dave” Wheeler is also an avid CNYRadio.com reader! [More »]

UTICA-ROME — Roser Communications Network’s KISS-FM (WSKS/WSKU) announced plans to launch two new locally-produced mix shows which will air on Sunday nights.  They’ll be produced by The Mov.Em.Ent, a local entertainment and promotion company. [More »]

WASHINGTON, DC — A 2007 proposal from the National Association of Broadcasters, which would allow AM stations to use FM translators to increase their audience reach, has been approved by the Federal Communications Commission. [More »]

UTICA-ROME — An FCC investigation says radiation levels at WOKR 93.5FM in the Town of Floyd are within legal and safe limits.  But neighbors are disputing the report — claiming they saw engineers performing work at the tower on at least two nights before FCC inspectors could get to the scene. [More »]

UTICA-ROME — After more than a year and a half on afternoon drive, market fixture Bill Keeler is headed back to his old stomping grounds — morning drive — effective tomorrow.  The announcement was made this evening live on WXUR, and at the weekly “Saranac Thursday” party, outside the F.X. Matt Brewery in Utica. [More »]

UTICA-ROME — Educational Media Foundation, the owner of WOKR 93.5 FM, has responded to recent reports questioning radiation levels from its broadcast site in the Utica suburb of Floyd. [More »]

UTICA-ROME — Former Kiss-FM (WSKS/WSKU) morning host Eric Thomas, who was fired last week after barely a month in the air chair, is asking one last favor before he leaves town.  He tells CNYRadio.com, “my landlord has been amazingly cool in not holding me to a lease and I am desperate to try to get him another tenant.”  Thomas has even set up a website with plenty of pictures and info about the townhouse in New York Mills that he’ll soon be vacating.

This may be old news to some, but we just first heard about it in this morning’s Tom Taylor on Radio-Info e-newsletter — Casey Kasem’s last new countdown will air on Independence Day weekend. [More »]

UTICA-ROME — Barely a month since he was hired to host mornings at KISS-FM (WSKS/WSKU), Eric Thomas tells CNYRadio.com he was given his walking papers today because management “didn’t like the direction of the show.”  He has also blogged about the situation. [More »]

UTICA-ROME — Just about a month after being introduced by a fake format flip that fooled local and national media alike, new KISS-FM (WSKS/WSKU) morning host Eric Thomas provides a glimpse of how things look from his viewpoint during the show. [More »]