SYRACUSE — You may have read about layoffs at various Clear Channel clusters across the country recently. According to multiple reports on some of the national trade websites, the company axed dozens of positions, mostly “back-office” jobs, last Thursday. Here in Syracuse, management is keeping mum.
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SYRACUSE — Based on how things went last year in Syracuse, we expected Clear Channel’s Y94FM (WYYY) would have gone all-Christmas on about November 11th, but the station held off more than a week longer this year, making the switch late last week. 
SYRACUSE and UTICA-ROME — With Halloween 2010 just barely into the history books, two local radio stations are already looking ahead to Christmas. And based on previous years’ experience (2009 | 2008) — it’s no surprise that Galaxy’s Sunny 102 (WZUN/Phoenix) and Mix 102.5 (WUMX/Rome) are those first two stations to make the switch.
SYRACUSE — The WSYR newsroom was flooded and all six Clear Channel stations in Syracuse were knocked off the air for a brief period this morning, due to a burst water pipe. 
SYRACUSE — Anyone who works in broadcasting knows there are certain times of the year you’re forbidden (or at least strongly discouraged) to take vacation. Those are usually the most important ratings or sweeps periods of the year. But in Syracuse, you can cross 12 more days off the calendar: The Great New York State Fair. In this “Mega Picture of the Week” we have not one, not ten, but 16 pictures from this year’s fair. 
NEW YORK CITY — When Kelly Ripa takes vacation in mid-August, there will be an empty seat on the long-running morning TV gabfest Live! With Regis and Kelly. To find substitutes, the show launched a “Women of Radio Co-Host for a Day” promotion. Listeners submitted their nominations, and today, syndicated AC night host Delilah, heard throughout Central New York, is among the top 100 finalists.
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+. 
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. 
SYRACUSE — Put your seat belts on and hang on tight, as our latest Picture of the Week takes us back in time to 1980. Sunny 102′s Big Mike, working for the former 94 Rock at the time, had the chance to meet Charlie Daniels. We wonder if he’ll wear the same outfit when Charlie Daniels performs at the Taste of Syracuse tomorrow night… MIAMI, FL — From the “better late than never” file, we’ve just learned former Syracuse and Utica personality Jeanne Ashley is on the move to Miami. Her last day with Star 102 (KCKC) in Kansas City was April 23, and starting next week, she’ll be hosting evenings at Miami’s 101.5 Lite FM (WYLF). |
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