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Y94FM Moves Tesh to PM Drive

CNYRadio.com — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:07:52 +0000

Syracuse Clear Channel AC Y94FM (WYYY) has moved the John Tesh Radio Show from evenings to afternoon drive. We know we’re a bit late on this; our effort to reach Y94 Program Director Kathy Rowe last week for confirmation was not returned. But we’ve since seen it reported by at least two national trades. Radio [...]

93Q Drops Big Jim Donovan

CNYRadio.com — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:32:05 +0000

Just a few days after 93Q (WNTQ) spent a week celebrating the 20th anniversary of “Ted & Amy in the Morning,” the station has taken longtime midday jock Big Jim Dononvan off the air. Management hopes it’s a “temporary situation.” In a rare move for the broadcasting business, Citadel Syracuse Operations Manager Tom Mitchell has posted a notice [...]

Former CNY’er McMahon Exits WBZ/Boston

CNYRadio.com — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:33:41 +0000

An observant CNYRadio.com reader points out Bob McMahon, formerly of stations in Utica and Syracuse, has been let go from WBZ in Boston. According to AllAccess.com, a media blogger for the Boston Herald reports McMahon was one of three people to receive walking papers from the station, as part of “cluster-wide job cuts” at CBS Radio. Our reader points [...]

POTW: Bug Country’s Trip to Albany (2008)

CNYRadio.com — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:00:11 +0000

This week, Dave Silvers from Utica’s Bug Country (WBUG/WBGK) heads to Albany to mingle with a couple of country’s biggest superstars. Silvers and wife Sandy had the chance to meet Kelly Clarkson and Reba McEntire when their “2 Worlds 2 Voices Tour” stopped at the Times Union Center in Albany on November 6th. There are plenty [...]

Regent Signs With Radiolicious

CNYRadio.com — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:45:19 +0000

Regent Communications has signed a deal with Radiolicious, making it the first major radio group to make all of its web streams accessible to users of Apple iPhone or iPod Touch devices. The deal, announced today by Regent, is made possible through a service called Radiolicious. It’s described as “a new native iPhone application available through [...]

Ted & Amy Celebrate 20th Anniversary on 93Q

CNYRadio.com — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:41:55 +0000

All week long, 93Q (WNTQ) morning show hosts Ted and Amy have been celebrating 20 years on the air together. The “official” anniversary was Monday, but they’ve been sprinkling in little “bonuses” here and there throughout the week. Since the timing of your editor’s “real” job often prevents first-hand listening to morning radio, and nobody sent [...]

More Hannity, More Often in 2009

CNYRadio.com — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:57:11 +0000

Affiliates of The Sean Hannity Show are being asked to meet some lofty demands when they renew their affiliation contracts for 2009, including the carriage of a new 3-hour “best-of” show on weekends. The news comes from Tom Taylor in today’s edition of his Taylor on Radio-Info newsletter. Affiliates can reportedly air the show anytime on Saturday [...]

MOViN Morning Show Shuffle

CNYRadio.com — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:15:44 +0000

There are some changes in the on-air lineup at Cram Communications Hot AC MOViN 100.3/96.5 (WOLF-FM/WWLF-FM). Original morning show co-host Heather Dee is back, alongside Skip Clark. UPDATED 11/12 with info on what happened to Jessica and Jeremy. Dee was morning co-host alongside Nick Caplan when the station first launched in 2006. She left a short [...]

WSEN Lineup Changes Complete

CNYRadio.com — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:51:45 +0000

It appears that Buckley’s Classic Hits 92.1 (WSEN) has completed on-air lineup changes, following the exit of former PD/afternoon driver Jim Tate. UPDATED 11/11 with weekend schedule changes. Tate disappeared from the WSEN lineup last week. CNYRadio.com attempted to reach GM Judy Kelly for confirmation and further comment on Tate’s exit, but we did not receive any response. An [...]

POTW: Homecoming with WICB (2008)

CNYRadio.com — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:00:26 +0000

Here’s some of the staff from WICB at Ithaca College, at the school’s homecoming weekend back in September. Incidentally, today’s the final day to cast your vote to help WICB win a national award. WICB’s photo gallery didn’t have any captions for these pictures — so we don’t know who these guys are. If you do, [...]