SYRACUSE — Local radio traffic anchor Kathy Denman is being honored today for helping set the theme for this year’s New York State Fair. Officials at the Fair announced her idea, “Sharing the Bounty and Pride of NY,” was the winner in a recent online poll among fairgoers.
SYRACUSE — Yesterday, we reported that the Syracuse Chiefs have a new radio partner: the Internet. It’s definitely a notable break from the many years fans could hear the hometown team on traditional broadcast radio. Even though he knew people would be critical, the team’s GM tells CNYRadio.com there were plenty of factors behind the decision.
SYRACUSE — After more than a decade in local sports talk radio, today is Mike Lindsley’s last day in Syracuse. Starting tomorrow, The Score 1260 (WSKO) will lose a few hours of local weekday sports talk, as the station plugs-in syndicated talent Doug Gottlieb.
SYRACUSE — Syndicated host Michael Baisden, heard locally on Power 620 (WHEN), announced this morning that he’ll be ending his radio show at the end of this month. But when he and his staff reported for work today, Baisden said they were “locked out” of the studio.
SYRACUSE — Come Monday, there will be a new voice in the morning at Classic FM (WCNY-FM). Peter McElvein, who has worked at the station for 15 years tells CNYRadio.com today was his last day. He’s retiring after 15 years with the public station.
SYRACUSE — Browse the “history” section of any bookstore or library, and it’s hard to miss the “Images of America” series. Thousands of paperback titles cover various historical topics all over the country. Next month, a book on the history of Syracuse TV will join the collection.
SYRACUSE — Clear Channel’s six-station Syracuse cluster helped raise more than $78,000 for the Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital last month. That’s the final total from the tenth annual “Radiothon for Kids,” which was held over a three-day stretch last month.
SYRACUSE — There won’t be any more “Imus in the Morning” on The Score 1260 (WSKO). The sports talk station is revamping its program schedule, effective Monday. The new lineup reflects its affiliation with the newly-launched CBS Sports Radio network. Part of that lineup includes a sports talk host who started his career in Utica.
SYRACUSE — Alan Furst, who once oversaw programming at Y94 (WYYY), 570 WSYR and B104.7 (WBBS) when the Clear Channel stations were owned by NewCity Communications, is on the move once again. After nearly three years in Indianapolis, Furst has lined up a new programming gig in Houston.
HARTFORD, CT — For more than 40 years, he was known as WTIC sports talk host Arnold Dean. But on WKRT in his hometown of Cortland — and on Syracuse’s former WAGE radio and WHEN-TV — he used his given name, Arnold D’Angelo. Whichever name you prefer to go with, the legendary “Dean of Sports Talk” passed away over the weekend at the age of 82.