SAN ANTONIO, TX — Nearly a year after his brother Randy gave up the presidency of Clear Channel, Mark Mays has announced he’s resigning as the company’s CEO.  Clear Channel owns six stations in the Syracuse market, including three of the top five stations according to the latest publicly-available ratings P12+. [More »]

SYRACUSE — Even though automation systems in place at virtually every radio station in the region allow for easy and accurate documentation of every single song and advertisement that hits the air, many stations are now being watched by at least one “external” observer around the clock. Mediaguide is now monitoring several stations in the Syracuse Metropolitan Service Area (MSA) effective today.  Updated 6/22 with slight corrections. [More »]

Less than a week after Citadel Broadcasting announced it may soon be exploring “the possibility of seeking relief through a Chapter 11 filing,” one prominent online columnist explains why he thinks Regent could be in a similar situation.  Both companies own stations in Central New York. [More »]

SAN ANTONIO — Randall Mays is no longer President and CFO of CC Media Holdings, according to a document filed this morning with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  Randall’s brother Mark, the company’s CEO, is now also serving as interim CFO until a permanent replacement is named. [More »]

SYRACUSE — Clear Channel’s Newsradio 570 WSYR is sounding a lot clearer these days for listeners who have an HD Radio receiver.  Observant CNYRadio.com readers report the station is now offered on the HD2 channel of sister station Power 106.9 (WPHR). [More »]

ITHACA – We’re a couple days late on this one: W254BF, the former Power 106.9 (WPHR) translator located at 98.7 on the FM dial in Ithaca, is indeed being sold by Clear Channel to Saga Communications.  We told you last week that Saga used the outlet to launch a new AAA-formatted station branded as “98.7 The Vine.” [More »]

SYRACUSE – One Syracuse University School of Law professor was notably upset with Clear Channel’s recent weekend-long format flip from urban Power 106.9 to “Young Country 106.9″ and then back to Power.  LaVonda N. Reed-Huff’s thoughts were published on the opinion page of the Syracuse Post-Standard.  If you missed the paper, you can read the article online.

SYRACUSE — We’ve certainly had more than our fair share of changes on the radio in the Salt Emerald City lately.  You’ve read about the format flips (some temporary), the call letter changes, the moving transmitters, new simulcasts and more right here — and thanks to Scott Fybush, you can hear the market’s newest legal IDs anytime on-demand at tophour.com.

ITHACA — Another new format is on the air in Ithaca — Saga Communications brings AAA to the market with Wednesday’s launch of “98.7 The Vine” (W254BF).  As you might have guessed from the call letters, this is Saga’s second Ithaca station relying on the combo of a low-power analog FM translator with an HD subchannel of a full-power station. [More »]

SYRACUSE — For years it was somewhat ironic: the urban station that barely had a decent signal in the urban area it was intended to serve.  But now, Power 106.9 (WPHR) sounds a lot more… powerful.  (Go ahead and groan at the pun… it’s been a long week, it’s Friday evening, we couldn’t resist.) [More »]