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Albany's Boom Boom Brannigan Dies

Updated throughout on 10/21 -- ALBANY -- Longtime Albany radio personality Joseph Motto -- better known as "Boom Boom Brannigan" -- has died.  Before working in Albany radio between 1961 and 2004, the Utica native got his start at WTLB, where he used his real name on-air.

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While We Were Out...

Your editor is just back from a week of much-needed vacation.  While we had a few advance stories "in the can" to auto-publish during the week off, there are several items we missed while away.  This afternoon, we finally catch-up on some of those events we missed while we were out.

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Host, Programmer, Owner Don DeRosa Dies

SYRACUSE -- He worked as an on-air personality, a programmer, and even a station owner.  We regret to pass along the news that Don DeRosa lost his battle to cancer yesterday.  Former colleague Jeff Moulton tells us DeRosa passed at about 4:30 yesterday afternoon -- while friends and former colleagues gathered in Syracuse for a […]

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Benefit June 19 for Former WTLB "Emperor" Don DeRosa

UTICA/ROME -- We're sad to report former (we're talking decades ago) Utica radio personality and programmer Don DeRosa was recently diagnosed with cancer.  Friends of DeRosa -- also known to some by the nicknames "Polka Stoney" or "Donnie D" -- are organizing a benefit to help defray the costs of DeRosa's medical treatments.  It's happening […]

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Sports Network Shuffle in Syracuse

SYRACUSE -- A number of changes first announced in December finally took place today.  ESPN Radio has changed its Syracuse affiliation over from Citadel's WSKO (formerly WNSS) 1260 over to a four-station simulcast including two AMs and two FM translators owned by Galaxy. 

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Galaxy Seeks LSM for Utica

UTICA-ROME -- The Galaxy Communications cluster in Utica (well, technically, the Washington Mills area of New Hartford) is looking for a new local sales manager, according to a job posting we spotted today.

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Former WTLB Host Profiled by Rochester Paper

ROCHESTER -- Former WTLB/Utica personality Matt Rinaldi is the focus of a recent column published in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.  

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ESPN Radio Moving from WNSS to Galaxy Stations

SYRACUSE -- Starting in March, there will be a new home for ESPN Radio.  Galaxy Communications is not only taking over the network affiliation from Citadel's WNSS 1260 -- the company will be offering ESPN's programming on the FM band, and it will bring the Spanish-language programming of ESPN Deportes into the market. Updated at […]

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Former Utica Radio News Anchor Bruce Manning Dies

UTICA-ROME -- Bruce Manning, a former Utica radio anchor and PR director for the Mohawk Valley Comets hockey team, has died following a heart attack at the age of 55.

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POTW: Mark Fuller at WZOW (1974)

UTICA/ROME -- The station located at 107.3 on the FM dial in the Utica-Rome market has certainly run the gamut of formats.  Today, it carries satellite-driven religious music.  Before that, WRCK's longest-running brand was "Rock 107."   Even earlier, the station ran country as WTLB-FM, but before any of that... there was WZOW-FM.

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