There can only be one Picture of the Week, but we had two major radio events on the same weekend earlier this month.  WFRG’s Frogfest won the coin toss to be the POTW last week.  This week, it’s 93Q Balloonfest at Jamesville Beach Park. [More »]

Don Imus is once again in the hot seat, defending comments he made during his nationally syndicated show Monday morning — comments which some are saying, were racist in nature.  Imus explains that wasn’t his intent, and at least one prominent blogger takes his word for it.  Imus is heard locally on 92.7 The Drive (WXUR) in the Utica-Rome market. [More »]

NewsChannel 9′s local talk show “Bridge Street” will be guest-hosted tomorrow by 93Q morning co-hosts Ted Long and Amy Robbins.  Nothing yet on NewsChannel 9′s Bridge Street website (as of 1:30pm today), but the longtime morning team has mentioned it on their own show. [More »]

It’s happened to all of us: a song plays on the radio, and you’re wondering about the artist and/or title, but the station just slams into the next song without saying anything to identify the song.  Syracuse’s Lite Rock 105.9 (WLTI) wants to change that. [More »]

The New York State Fair announced Def Leppard will be playing a concert at the Mohegan Sun Grandstand during this year’s fair, as part of the “30th Birthday Bash” for Citadel rocker 95X (WAQX Manlius). [More »]

NPR affiliate WRVO Oswego has changed the frequency of its Geneva translator, to avoid interference with a commercial station in Syracuse. [More »]

It’s become more common in the past few years, especially in Syracuse — live coverage of sporting events on FM music stations.  What do you think of the practice?  Our weekly poll on the topic is already closed, but you can still post comments with your thoughts. [More »]

As Paul Harvey would say, “and now, the rest of the story.”  Earlier this week, we told you Citadel’s Syracuse cluster has a new GM… and today, we know what’s happening to the old one.  David Calabrese is headed west. [More »]

Citadel Syracuse’s new Market Manager is coming from Albany, according to an article published Friday by the Albany Business Review.  Dan Austin — who calls Syracuse his hometown – will begin in Syracuse on May 12. [More »]

We begin the revival of the “Picture of the Week” with a classic picture tucked away in a website we found, detailing the history of the Penn Can Mall (known today as Driver’s Village) in Cicero.  We couldn’t believe it when we found this… [More »]