Updated 12/1 – SYRACUSE — While it’s not uncommon to see “Syracuse University” mentioned by national networks like ESPN, those mentions had usually been for game highlights and other routine sports coverage typically afforded Division I schools. That all changed nearly two weeks ago, when ESPN and other networks converged on Syracuse to cover developments in the Bernie Fine case. And it’s been a two-way street, as local broadcasters have been honoring requests to assist stations in other parts of the country.
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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. 
SYRACUSE — Less than a year after he was reinstated to morning drive — following a two-year absence in the market — syndicated talker Don Imus will once again be dropped from the lineup at WHEN. Jim Rome is expected to leave his gig at Fox Sports when his contract expires later this year. The New York Post reports that ESPN is in negotiations with the sports commentator in hopes of grabbing him for a new weekly show for the network. Locally, Rome can be heard weekday afternoons on SportsRadio . . . → Read More: Jim Rome may move to ESPN 
Sports broadcaster Jim Rome has inked a new multi-year deal that will keep him on the radio for some time to come. Rome, whose nationally syndicated show is heard locally weekday afternoons on SportsRadio 620 (WHEN), had spent the past several weeks deciding whether to focus his time in radio or television. With the . . . → Read More: Jim Rome renews radio contract |
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