UTICA — There will be a new face behind the anchor desk at Utica’s Eyewitness News by the middle of the month. Thomas Payeur says his last shows at ABC affiliate WUTR-20 and FOX affiliate WFXV-33 will be Friday, June 12.
SYRACUSE – Locally-owned Inner Harbor Media launched 87.7 The Spot (WQSE-LD) today, featuring mostly 90s hits, “along with a touch of the 2000s.” Station management is targeting listeners who consider this “the music the grew up loving.”
ONEIDA — After nearly 7 years of identifying as “The Wave” with “pop rock favorites,” there’s been a format change at WMCR. Thanks to an observant CNYRadio.com reader for pointing out that the station is now playing classic country.
SYRACUSE — Despite having almost zero local personalities on the air, three radio stations owned by iHeart lead the pack (among subscribing stations) in the latest top-line monthly ratings report from Nielsen.
5/2 update: a reader reports the station is now identifying as “Magic 103.3.” UTICA-ROME — A yearlong partnership between two area radio stations appears to have come to an end. Rome’s WKAL 1450 and 103.3 FM (translator W277DR) have stopped simulcasting locally-owned Arjuna Broadcasting’s “El Zorro Radio Latino,” which originates on Herkimer’s WNRS 1420 and
SYRACUSE — Congratulations to Tim Fox of NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV), upon being named one of this year’s “Medal Award” winners by the Onondaga Historical Association. Fox and his fellow honorees will receive their medals during a ceremony next month in Syracuse.
Nothing like a good “Friday night news dump.” Bloomberg reports iHeart, the owner of multiple Syracuse radio stations, is in “preliminary” merger talks with satellite radio operator SiriusXM.
SYRACUSE — Spectrum News 1 chief photographer Mike Kuehner is the Syracuse Press Club’s 2026 winner of the Selwyn Kershaw Professional Standards Award, the club announced today.
SYRACUSE — After a bit of a slump in second place or tied for first, iHeart country station B104.7 (WBBS) has firmly reclaimed the top spot in Nielsen’s radio audience size estimates for the Syracuse market. But the news wasn’t as good for top 40-formatted sister station Hot 107.9 (WWHT).
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