WATERTOWN — If you’ve ever checked out the remarkable collection of radio station legal IDs at tophour.com (aka “Toppy” for short) you may have noticed the site had no clips from Watertown.  That changed today, as the site added more than a dozen Watertown IDs from 9 different stations. [More »]

CHICAGO – Longtime news commentator Paul Harvey died in Arizona on Saturday, according to the Associated Press.  He was 90.  A spokesperson for ABC Radio Networks says Harvey died surrounded by his family. [More »]

Affiliates of The Sean Hannity Show are being asked to meet some lofty demands when they renew their affiliation contracts for 2009, including the carriage of a new 3-hour “best-of” show on weekends. [More »]

In a move Citadel CEO Farid Suleman calls “an unusual deal, but it’s a deal for the times,” Sean Hannity’s show will be syndicated by both Citadel’s ABC Radio Networks and by Clear Channel’s Premiere Radio Networks, effective next year. [More »]

Laura Ingraham’s syndicator, Talk Radio Network, tells affiliates she will be back on the air by Monday… after a long absence which — according to national radio columnist Tom Taylor — angered many affiliates.  Ingraham’s show is carried in Syracuse, Utica and Watertown. [More »]

An unfortunate explanation for radio legend Paul Harvey’s extended time away from the broadcast booth over the past several weeks.  His wife, Lynne, passed away Saturday morning at the age of 92.  According to ABC News, Lynne Harvey had been battling leukemia for about a year.  Paul Harvey’s syndicated content can be heard locally on affiliates WSYR in Syracuse, WATN in Watertown and WMSA in Massena.