SYRACUSE — Come Monday, there will be a new voice in the morning at Classic FM (WCNY-FM). Peter McElvein, who has worked at the station for 15 years tells CNYRadio.com today was his last day. He’s retiring after 15 years with the public station. Continue Reading
SYRACUSE — There’s a date for one more local station to flip on the “All-Christmas” switch. Classic FM (WCNY-FM) will be offering wall-to-wall holiday jazz music on its HD-3 subchannel starting next Wednesday, November 21. Continue Reading
SYRACUSE — Syracuse native Dusty Rhodes, who started his career at WOLF before graduating from SU and moving to Cincinnati, will be back on local airwaves again this Christmas Eve. The 50th anniversary of the nationally-known “Dusty Rhodes Christmas Show” will be carried locally on WCNY-HD2. Continue Reading
SYRACUSE — Starting tomorrow at noon, owners of HDRadio tuners will be able to tune in holiday-themed jazz anytime, night or day. Classic FM (WCNY) is offering “The Sounds of Christmas Jazz” non-stop through Christmas Day on its HD3 stations in Syracuse, Utica and Watertown. Continue Reading
UTICA-ROME — One addition to our earlier coverage of the mishap on the tower at WKTV on Smith Hill — another radio station, 92.7 The Drive (WXUR) was taken off the air for a few hours. Continue Reading
Updated 10/26 at 8:00am — UTICA-ROME — NBC affiliate WKTV says three workers who fell from a transmission tower outside the station’s Smith Hill studios this morning are expected to be okay. “None of the injuries are considered to be life threatening,” the station reported on its website, and one of the three workers has already… Continue Reading
SYRACUSE — Popular announcer Dusty Rhodes will be back on the Syracuse airwaves in May, hosting a four-part series entitled Syracuse Radio in the Fifties on WCNY-HD2. Installments of the program are scheduled to air on Sunday afternoons, starting May 2. Continue Reading
SYRACUSE — WCNY has hired Susan Arbetter, the former host of public TV’s New York Now, as part of a “major expansion” of news and public affairs programming offered on WCNY television and radio, as well as the stations’ website. Continue Reading
UTICA-ROME — After more than a year and a half on afternoon drive, market fixture Bill Keeler is headed back to his old stomping grounds — morning drive — effective tomorrow. The announcement was made this evening live on WXUR, and at the weekly “Saranac Thursday” party, outside the F.X. Matt Brewery in Utica. Continue Reading
SYRACUSE — Later this month, Classic FM (WCNY) airs a special edition of Bluegrass Ramble in honor of the show’s 36th anniversary. And you’re invited to attend the show’s taping tomorrow — free admission, and no reservations required. Continue Reading