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K-Rock Hires New PD; Levine Taunts 95X
“Nixon Elected.” Less than three weeks after former K-Rock (WKRL/WKRH/WKLL) PD/middayer Ty announced she’d be leaving for a new job Baltimore, Galaxy Communications has announced the hiring of her replacement. [More...]
K-Rock Middayer Ty Leaving for Baltimore
K-Rock middayer and acting PD “Ty” has accepted a new job in Baltimore, according to the national trades. She’ll be doing middays at alternative rocker Channel 104.3 (WCHH). In addition to the on-air shift, she’ll serve as APD and MD for the Clear Channel station. [More...]
Mixed Reviews on Galaxy’s “Fireworks Over CNY”
After disappearing for ten years, Galaxy Communications has revived “Fireworks Over Central New York,” which took place yesterday at the Herkimer County Fairgrounds in Frankfort. The Utica Observer-Dispatch has a report on the event, followed by a mixture of positive and negative reviews from readers.
POTW: Three Days Grace at K-Rockathon (2008)
This edition of Picture of the Week is a no-brainer… we had to get something from K-Rockathon XIII, held last Saturday at the Cayuga County Fairgrounds in Weedsport. [More...]
K-Rockathon Gets Good Review
K-Rockathon XIII was held this past weekend at the Cayuga County Fairgrounds in Weedsport. Reporter Gavin Strube of the Auburn Citizen reported the event was sold out at 12,000+ and everything went smoothly, despite a handful of people being ejected from the premises for starting fights. [More...]
Route 81 Radio Foreclosure Sale
The Pennsylvania-based company that owned Galaxy’s Utica-Rome cluster for a short time in 2004, is now history. “Route 81 Radio” has been taken over by one of it’s own primary investors following a foreclosure sale, reports Scott Fybush in this week’s NorthEast Radio Watch. Route 81 no longer has any properties in Central New York, but we thought it would be fun to take a quick look back at its brief stay in U-R. [More...]
Utica Newspaper Previews K-Rockathon
The Utica Observer-Dispatch has an article about the upcoming K-Rockathon. Here’s the article. “K-Rockathon XIII” is, as you may have guessed, hosted by Galaxy Communications’ triplet of K-Rock stations. They are 100.9 WKRL North Syracuse, 106.5 WKRH Minetto, and 94.9 WKLL Utica. [More...]
Galaxy gets its Utica stations back
With a uniformed police officer at his side, Ed Levine, head of Galaxy Communications, made a trip to Utica earlier this week to pick up the keys to the three stations his company previously owned. [More...]
WKLL to simulcast WTLB
WKLL 94.9 FM is cranking it down a few notches in Utica-Rome. The former modern rock station, which had been simulcasting Galaxy Communications’ K-Rock (WKRL) signal out of Syracuse, will switch to WTLB’s adult standards format and WTLB-FM call letters on Monday.
WKLL, WTLB, and WRCK were all recently purchased from Galaxy by Route 81 Radio which yesterday announced they have no plans to changes formats on WTLB or WRCK.
Today’s Utica Observer-Dispatch has the scoop.
(2008: Link to original article is no longer valid. We were unable to find it on the O-D’s current website.)
Utica K-Rock simulcasting Rock 107
Following last month’s announcement that Galaxy Communications is selling its Utica-Rome stations to Route 81 Radio, it looks like that transition has begun. Over the weekend, Galaxy switched its WKLL 94.9 FM simulcast of K-Rock to sister station Rock 107 (WRCK). There’s no official word yet on what formats Route 81 Radio has planned for WKLL, WRCK, and WTLB.
