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95X Ditches Opie & Anthony

95X Ditches Opie & Anthony

Citadel rocker 95X (WAQX) has once again changed its morning show.  Effective today, the syndicated Opie & Anthony Show is out, and locally-programmed “Shut Up & Rock Mornings” are in.  WAQX had carried the O&A show since January 2007. [More...]

95X debuts new morning show

95X debuts new morning show

After two months without a morning show, Syracuse active rock station 95X (WAQX) welcomes a new local morning team to replace Howard Stern’s syndicated show which the station dropped in late December. Guy “Beaner” Patton and Ken Heron, who were last paired together on the air in Birmingham, Alabama, aren’t looking to duplicate Stern’s show, instead opting for more shtick and less shock.

Stern still off the air in Syracuse

Stern still off the air in Syracuse

Howard Stern is back from his two week vacation, but not in the five markets where Citadel Communications had been broadcasting the shock jock’s show. [More...]

95X clipping Stern show

95X clipping Stern show

Today’s Howard Stern Show was peppered with talk throughout the morning of 95X’s recent decision to bail out of Stern’s syndicated show each morning at 10 a.m. [More...]

Stern heading for satellite radio

Stern heading for satellite radio

Howard Stern is saying goodbye to the FCC and broadcast radio. The syndicated shock jock announced this morning that he has signed a five-year deal with Sirius Satellite Radio where he’ll oversee programming on three of the service’s channels and host his own morning show. [More...]

Stern tops list of possible Letterman replacements

Matt Drudge is reporting that executives at CBS have Howard Stern’s name at the top of a short list of possible replacements if David Letterman decides to move to ABC. The talks are being described as “serious”, with Stern’s agent Don Buchwald said to be on the phone nearly “non-stop” with the network. Stern’s syndicated morning show is heard locally on 95X.

‘Joke Man’ hopes to return

'Joke Man' hopes to return

Six months after walking off the Howard Stern Show over a contract dispute, the New York Post today reports that Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling would love to return to the show. [More...]

95X leads morning show race

95X leads morning show race

In the latest Arbitron figures for Syracuse released last week, with an 11.1 share, Howard Stern’s show broadcast on 95X (WAQX) tops the morning drive rankings. [More...]

A.J. Benza kicked off Stern show

A.J. Benza kicked off Stern show

After a Tuesday morning altercation in which gossip columnist A.J. Benza struck ‘Stuttering John’ Melendez, the semi-regular guest of the Howard Stern show was shown the door by WXRK manager Tom Chiusano. The fight occured after Melendez posed as a listener calling in to mercilessly insult Benza. Stern’s morning show is heard locally on 95X.

95X inks new deal with Stern

95X inks new deal with Stern

Syracuse rock station 95X (WAQX) has signed a new five-year contract with syndicated ’shock jock’ Howard Stern. The often vulgar, sometimes controversial morning show ranked third in the market during the last ratings period.