SYRACUSE -- Sportsradio 620 WHEN sports director Jim Lerch is confirmed to be among the 1,800 fired nationwide by Clear Channel today. Overall, the company says it has cut 9% of its staff. Most of the cuts reportedly came from sales, but quite a few, like Lerch, came from the programming side.
WHEN's program director, Jim Lerch, has picked up the same title over at sister station 570 WSYR. Lerch takes over from Bill Carey who remains new director and afternoon anchor at WSYR, positions he move from WIXT TV 18 months ago.
WIXT TV 9 sports reporter and anchor Jim Lerch has been named the new program director at SportsRadio 620 WHEN. While at channel 9, Lerch presented the NewsChannel 9 'Athlete of the Week' award every Wednesday and also anchored 'Friday Night Fever' coverage during the high school football season. Jim also works as a play-by-play […]
SYRACUSE -- Aside from an intense, soaking rain storm that moved along very quickly, it looks like it was a great time for everyone who took part in the 7th annual Bill Leaf Kickball Tournament, on September 22 in Liverpool.
CENTRAL NEW YORK -- All this week we're celebrating the 10th anniversary of CNYRadio.com with a series of special reports. Yesterday, several folks who've been in local radio for 10+ years explained why they feel consolidation was "the" biggest story from the past decade. Despite the negative side of consolidation, most radio pros are optimistic for what's […]
SYRACUSE -- The once-successful local sports talk pairing of Bud and the Manchild will return to the airwaves on Monday, May 3. The show has a new timeslot -- weekdays from 10am to noon. It also has a new home -- Citadel's The Score 1260 (WSKO). CNYRadio.com spoke with co-host Jim Lerch, who says he's […]
CENTRAL NEW YORK -- What were the biggest stories in local radio from the past year? If you read our "Year in Review" posted earlier today, you know there was plenty of radio-related news here. We just checked our stats to see which stories had the most hits over the past 365 days, and we […]
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.
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SAN ANTONIO, TX -- CC Media Holdings, Inc. released its first quarter earnings report for 2009 today, and -- similar to last week's reports from Regent and Citadel -- the results are not positive. The nation's largest radio group says revenue fell 23% compared to last year's first quarter -- and the company also posted […]