SYRACUSE — Two weeks after Bob Lonsberry took over afternoons at FM Newsradio 106.9 and 570 WSYR, his show has been extended by an extra hour. The Rochester-based host still takes to the airwaves at 3pm, but as of today, his show runs until 6pm rather than 5pm.
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A local radio GM is on his way to a new job on the west coast, and a former Utica news anchor who has enjoyed some national face time on cable is back on broadcast TV in Atlanta. 
UTICA/ROME — The newest affiliate of the Syracuse-based Mars Hill Network, WMHU (91.1/Cold Brook) is now fully licensed by the FCC. The “License to Cover” was granted on July 11, but the FCC officially announced the approval today. UTICA/ROME — As reported here earlier, the call letters at WYFY/Rome will be changing before Bible Broadcasting Network officially hands the keys over to Tune In Broadcasting. Now, we know those calls: the station, sold in February for $90,000, is now WRUY. According to this week’s edition of NorthEast Radio Watch, BBN swapped the . . . → Read More: WYFY’s New Call Letters: WRUY 
UTICA/ROME — The company planning to build a new AM station licensed to serve Little Falls has filed paperwork with the FCC to move the station to a new location, southeast of the original tower site. As a result, it appears WKAJ 1120 will eventually sign-on with Saint Johnsville as it’s community of license. 
SYRACUSE — Classic FM (WCNY) has requested permission to move its transmitter to the relatively new TV tower on Sentinel Heights. Word comes from Scott Fybush’s NorthEast Radio Watch that WCNY wants to move from its older tower in Pompey. Updated 6/22 with additional information.
ITHACA — Public radio listeners are noticing some recent changes on the FM dial, thanks to the anticipated launch of WITH 90.1. Ithaca’s Community Radio at 88.1FM (W201CD), which had been simulcasting Geneva-based WEOS, is now simulcasting a Binghamton-area station’s signal instead. Updated 5/19.
ITHACA — Time’s running out for Hobart & William Smith Colleges’ construction permit to get new radio station WITH (90.1 FM) on the air. With some help from public broadcasters in Rochester and Binghamton, it looks like WITH will meet the deadline, with plans to sign-on sometime in May. 
SYRACUSE — Lite Rock 105.9 is out and “TV on the Radio” is in. WLTI is playing random classic TV theme songs, mostly from the 1970s and 1980s (at least during the half-hour or so your editor had the chance to listen). For now, the legal ID is still WLTI, though we were told last week the call letters would be changing as the station flips to talk sometime this week. |
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GENEVA — It was a busy weekend for NPR affiliate WEOS. The station hosted a live taping of Says You in Geneva on Friday night and a live broadcast of Whad’ya Know in Ithaca on Saturday. Scott Fybush attended the Ithaca event and posted photos in
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