It's been such a quiet week out there that it almost doesn't matter that your editor spent most of it recovering from That Cold That's Going Around. It's almost enough to make one wish he were doing SouthWest Radio Watch instead. But the cold, snowy Northeast it is, so on with the week's news, such as it was:
Up the road in Lowville, public radio WSLU hopes to have its newest translator on the air sometime next month on 88.1. It's being made possible by an $8500 grant by the Pratt-Northam Foundation of Lowville.
Remember Bill Baker from his many years at WSYR in Syracuse? He's found a new gig, two years after leaving the Salt City. Bill and partner Bernice start this month doing mornings at oldies WRCL (106.5) in Richmond, Virginia.
Best wishes to Clarke Ingram of Rochester's WPXY as he recovers from a crash that totalled his car in late December near Ligonier, Pennsylvania. While the Jetta that visited so very many tower sites is gone, the good news is that Clarke will be just fine once those ribs heal.
A few tidbits from Albany: The new "96.3 Jamz" is applying for the WAJZ calls, to replace WPTR-FM on 96.3 Voorheesville. Tom Joyner is holding down mornings via satellite, and the station is seeking air talent for other shifts. Some is coming from sister station WFLY (92.3 Troy), including Fly 92 music director Ron "Sugarbear" Williams, who moves to WAJZ as assistant PD and afternoons. WFLY PD Rob Dawes is also holding down PD duties at "Jamz" -- wonder if Fly will now drop the urban stuff for more mainstream CHR? And back in stereo is WDCD-FM (96.7 Clifton Park), which had been in mono for a while.
Over at WNEZ (910 New Britain), there's some shaking going on, as PD/morning guy Mark Dennis leaves, J.J. Foxx moves from nights to mornings, and Ricky Ricardo of WBLS (107.5 New York) comes on board as PD.
That's it for a short one this week...back with a bigger, better NERW next week when we can once again breathe!