UTICA/ROME — Townsquare Media’s Newsradio 950 WIBX has moved Dr. Dean Edell from Sundays to Saturdays, replacing a late afternoon vacancy left by MoneyTalk.  Last month, the latter’s host,  Bob Brinker, rumored to be in his late 60s, announced he would be scaling back his twice-a-weekend show to Sundays only. [More »]

SYRACUSE — Many garage sale shoppers say they love to look because you never know what you’re going to find.  Among the piles of used clothing and old books, sharp-eyed shoppers occasionally hit the jackpot.  That’s just what CNYRadio.com reader Terrance Neidl did while browsing a garage sale in Liverpool earlier this month. [More »]

SYRACUSE — It’s something that doesn’t happen often in radio (but we wish it did) — air talent restored after previous rounds of cost-cutting.  More than a year after he was replaced as morning host at the former Oldies 1390, Bob Brown is once again clocking-in every day at the Smokey Hollow Road studios of Leatherstocking Media Group in Baldwinsville. [More »]

You’ve read about all the various format flips and call letter changes over the past few months here at CNYRadio.com … but if you’ve been out of town, perhaps you haven’t had a chance to hear the changes.  Now you can — Scott Fybush has posted a slew of new Syracuse legal IDs on tophour.com.

SYRACUSE — CNY Talk Radio (WFBL/WMCR-AM) local midday host Jon Alvarez announced on today’s broadcast that he’s ending his show, effective immediately.   Starting Monday, the stations will fill the time with an extra hour of Laura Ingraham until a permanent replacement is named. (Updated 6:50pm with correction.) [More »]

SYRACUSE — About a day after CNY Talk Radio (WFBL/WMCR-A) noontime host Jon Alvarez posted a Facebook tribute to Joe Stack, the social networking site pulled the page down, citing a policy banning “hateful or threatening” pages.  Stack was the pilot who took his own life and one other when he crashed a small plane into an IRS office in Texas earlier this week.
Updated 2/22 with response from station owner James Johnson. [More »]

ONEIDA — Many folks suspected it–given the chain of events over the past several months–and now it appears the hunches were right: WMCR’s AM signal at 1600 kHz is now simulcasting the “CNY Talk Radio” lineup that originated on Syracuse sister station WFBL 1390. [More »]

When the new year rings in, you’ll need cable or satellite television to keep up with broadcasting legend Larry King. Westwood One recently announced they’re taking King’s show off the radio at the end of this year, ending a 52-year run in national radio syndication. [More »]

SYRACUSE — There’s no more Buckley Radio in Central New York.  The Connecticut-based company’s sale of its three-station Syracuse cluster to Leatherstocking Media Group has officially closed. [More »]

SYRACUSE — According to AllAccess, the new CNY Talk Radio (WFBL) is among four new affiliates of The Money Pit. The home improvement show, hosted by Tom Kraeutler and Leslie Segrete, airs on the weekend lineup.  On a side note, still nothing to see at www.cnytalkradio.com but if you dial up the former website at wfbl.com, you’ll be redirected to the station’s Twitter feed.