UTICA-ROME — One addition to our earlier coverage of the mishap on the tower at WKTV on Smith Hill — another radio station, 92.7 The Drive (WXUR) was taken off the air for a few hours.
UTICA-ROME — Even though Arbitron didn’t release its Spring 2010 ratings estimates to the general public (the market’s actually been embargoed since the Fall 2008 book), Arbitron’s Fair Use policy says media can report on certain ratings data — as long as the data is provided by subscribers. That’s just what happened, so for the first time in over a year, we have a snapshot of the radio battle in the Mohawk Valley.
UTICA/ROME — It certainly wasn’t a pleasant occasion, but Mark Piersma from 92.7 The Drive (WXUR) got plenty of face time on Utica and Syracuse TV stations last night and again this morning. He was interviewed by reporters as a neighbor of the man who reportedly shot an employee at an AT&T store in the Utica suburb of New Hartford yesterday.
UTICA-ROME — Central New York native Kidd Chris, who now hosts mornings at KUFO in Portland, Oregon, is returning to the Mohawk Valley’s airwaves. He’s hosting a new Saturday night show, starting tonight, on 92.7 The Drive (WXUR). The show will air from 7pm to midnight. Updated 5/10 with correction.
UTICA-ROME — Today’s shift of ESPN Radio over to Galaxy Communications stations in Syracuse and Utica-Rome has had another impact on competitors. Arjuna Broadcasting’s WNRS 1420 shifts to a hybrid format of Fox Sports Radio during the day and Bloomberg Financial Radio in the evening.
UTICA-ROME — A recent “human billboard” stunt during Bill Keeler’s morning show on 92.7 The Drive (WXUR) was quickly brought to a halt after a National Grid employee witnessed the gag and called the police. It’s a story that could serve as a good lesson to any other stations considering similar stunts.
UTICA-ROME — If the folks in charge of the Guinness Book of World Records approve, The Keeler Show on 92.7 The Drive (WXUR) could be credited for helping to get two new listings added to the book. The attempts took place during Friday’s show.
UTICA-ROME — More news from Utica morning fixture Bill Keeler: he tells CNYRadio.com he’s on the hunt for a new morning sidekick. Former right-hand man Mark Piersma is reportedly hoping to start his own morning show on a different station in the market.
UTICA-ROME — The celebration on “Keeler in the Morning” on 92.7 The Drive (WXUR) didn’t last very long this morning. Shortly after thanking listeners for pledging $15,000 for the American Red Cross to help recent fire victims in Utica, personnel inside Keeler Productions on Genesee Street had to be quarantined due to a terrorist threat.
UTICA — Longtime Mohawk Valley fixture Bill Keeler moved his show over to Arjuna Broadcasting’s WXUR almost two years ago, but many listeners may not have noticed until earlier this month — when the station’s transmitter moved northwest from Frankfort to the more-popular Smith Hill, overlooking Utica from the north.
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