| 1920 |
Nov. 2 |
KDKA, America's first commercial radio station, signs on |
| 1922 |
Mar. 25 |
Buffalo's first radio station license is granted, WWT |
| 1922 |
May 22 |
Buffalo's longest operating radio station, WGR-AM, signs on |
| 1922 |
Sept. 15 |
License to broadcast granted to WMAK (now WBEN) |
| 1922 |
Oct. 2 |
WWT, discontinues broadcasts |
| 1924 |
Oct. 14 |
WEBR-AM (now WNED-AM signs on from studios located in the Howell Electric Company |
| 1924 |
Dec. 31 |
WJTN-AM. Jamestown, signs on |
| 1925 |
Nov. 9 |
Seneca Vocational High School signs on WJBP-AM |
| 1926 |
Jan. 25 |
Seneca Vocational High School station WJBP changes call letters to WSVS |
| 1926 |
Feb. 23 |
Federal Radio Commission is created by Congress |
| 1926 |
Oct. 1 |
Clinton Churchill applies of radio station license (WAY-AM). Churchill randomly receives WKBW call sign. |
| 1926 |
Oct. 20 |
WKBW-AM signs on with Inaugural broadcast |
| 1927 |
Apr. 7 |
First practical demonstration of television between Washington and NYC |
| 1927 |
Sept. 9 |
NBC Network is formed by parent RCA |
| 1927 |
Sept. 18 |
William S. Paley forms to CBS Radio Network |
| 1928 |
Mar. 11 |
WKBW changes dial position from 1380 to 1470 am |
| 1928 |
Sept. 11 |
WMAK in conjunction with WGR, Schenectady conducts first television demonstration in Buffalo. |
| 1930 |
Jan. 23 |
The Buffalo Evening News is granted radio station WRDA. Station never went on air |
| 1930 |
June 26 |
WMAK changes call letters to WBEN |
| 1930 |
Sept. 8 |
WBEN officially signs on; Buffalo Evening News owners |
| 1930 |
Nov. 3 |
First broadcast of the Father Justin Rosary Hour, now the oldest Polish language radio program in America. |
| 1931 |
May 24 |
WGR's Stoopnagle & Budd move popular Buffalo show to NYC |
| 1934 |
Feb. 10 |
Ralph Hubbell conducts his first sports interview with wrestler San Cordovano |
| 1934 |
Mar. 18 |
W8HX, WBEN's ultra short wave station becomes first 5-meter station to air a regular schedule. |
| 1934 |
June 4 |
The first test broadcast of an FM signal is sent out from the Empire State Building in NYC |
| 1934 |
July 11 |
Federal Communications Commission is formed |
| 1934 |
Dec. 11 |
WHDL-AM, Olean signs on |
| 1936 |
July 15 |
WEBR-AM is sold to the Buffalo Evening News. Begins affiliation with NBC Blue Network |
| 1938 |
Oct. 31 |
Mercury Theater of the Air broadcasts the 'War of the Worlds" |
| 1940 |
Oct. 22 |
Stan Jasinski broadcasts his first Polish radio program in Buffalo. |
| 1941 |
May 19 |
WHLD-AM signs on from studios in the Hotel Niagara |
| 1941 |
Feb. 6 |
WBTA-AM, Batavia, signs on |
| 1941 |
Mar. 29 |
WKBW shifts frequency to 1520, WEBR to 1340, WBEN to 930 and WBNY/WSVS to 1400 AM. |
| 1941 |
Sept. 6 |
WBEN dedicates new transmitting facility on Grand Island |
| 1941 |
Oct. 10 |
WKBW dedicates a new 50K transmitter on Big Tree Road. |
| 1942 |
July 23 |
WEBR-AM is sold to the Buffalo Courier-Express |
| 1943 |
Mar. 1 |
After a 12-year stint at WGR, Clint Buehlman joins WBEN-AM. He would remain at WBEN until 1977 |
| 1943 |
Aug. 1 |
The Mother Goose Show with Mary Lawton premiers on WGR-AM |
| 1944 |
Apr. 19 |
WEBR becomes affiliated with the Mutual Broadcasting System |
| 1946 |
Jan 19 |
First broadcast of "Hi-Teen" with host Bob Wells on WEBR |
| 1946 |
Apr. 27 |
Billy Keaton teams up with wife Reggie on WGR |
| 1946 |
Nov. 11 |
WBEN-FM signs on at 106.5 FM |
| 1947 |
Jan. 1 |
WHLD-FM signs on. Changed to WZIR in 1980, WRXY in 1984 and WKSE in 1985. |
| 1947 |
Feb. 22 |
WBEN's first public demonstration of television at the Masten Street Armory |
| 1947 |
Sept. 21 |
WWOL-AM, Lackawanna, signs on. |
| 1947 |
Oct. 4 |
WWSE-FM (WJTN-FM), Jamestown signs on. |
| 1947 |
Dec. 18 |
The Courier-Express files FCC application for VHF Channel 7. |
| 1947 |
Dec. 21 |
WJJL-AM, Niagara Falls, signs on |
| 1947 |
Dec. 27 |
The "Howdy Doody Show" with Buffalo Bob Smith debuts to NBC; runs for 13 historic years. |
| 1948 |
Jan. 26 |
WKSN-AM, Jamestown signs on |
| 1948 |
Mar. 3 |
WEBR-AM switches to 970 on the dial. Transmitter is moved to Cloverbank Road, Hamburg |
| 1948 |
May 1 |
CBS links NY and LA with coaxial cable. CBS Television Network is born |
| 1948 |
May 8 |
WUSJ-AM (Now WLVL-AM) sings on |
| 1948 |
May 13 |
Buffalo's first scheduled live telecast; Consecration of Rev. Laurison Scaife on WBEN-TV |
| 1948 |
May 14 |
WBEN-TV (now WIVB-TV) begins regular program service. Becomes 25th TV station in the U.S. |
| 1948 |
Sept. 12 |
WBEN-TV present first live broadcast from Niagara Falls. |
| 1949 |
Feb. 1 |
WHDL-FM (WPIG-FM) Olean, signs on |
| 1949 |
Feb. 2 |
Chuck Healy joins WBEN-AM |
| 1949 |
Dec. 24 |
WDOE-AM, Dunkirk, signs on. |
| 1950 |
Jan 17 |
"Meet the Millers" begins 20-year run on WBEN-TV |
| 1950 |
Oct. 25 |
WKBW moves studios from 13th floor of the Rand Building to a new "Radio Center" at 1430 Main Street. |
| 1951 |
May 22 |
Dick Rifenburg joins WBEN |
| 1951 |
Oct. 15 |
"I Love Lucy" starting Jamestown native Lucille Ball premiers on WBEN-TV |
| 1952 |
Jan. 14 |
Jack Ogilvie joins WBEN-Radio |
| 1952 |
July 26 |
After a freeze on TV applications, The Courier Express reapplies for VHF Ch. 7 |
| 1953 |
July 28 |
Niagara Frontier Amusement Corp. files application for Channel 2 |
| 1953 |
Sept. 29 |
WBES-TV (Channel 56) signs on |
| 1953 |
Dec. 19 |
WBES-TV folds due to lack of income |
| 1954 |
Mar. 13 |
First Network Color TV test on WBEN-TV |
| 1954 |
Apr. 7 |
Construction permit granted to Niagara Frontier Amusement Corporation to build Ch. 2. |
| 1954 |
Aug. 14 |
WGR-TV (WGRZ-TV) signs on. |
| 1954 |
Oct. 3 |
WWOL-FM signs on (now WHTT-FM) |
| 1954 |
Dec. 6 |
WBEN-TV's Santa Claus Show is the first telecast of a live color program in Buffalo. |
| 1955 |
Mar. 21 |
Van Miller begins at WBEN-AM |
| 1955 |
July 3 |
Guy King (Tom Clay) conducts famous "billboard" stunt in Shelton Square on WWOL-AM |
| 1955 |
Sept. 12 |
George "Hound Dog" Lorenz joins WKBW-AM. |
| 1955 |
Sept. 21 |
NBC purchases WBUF-TV (Channel 17) |
| 1955 |
Dec. 23 |
NBC takes control of WBUF-TV, Channel 17 |
| 1956 |
Jan. 9 |
WBUF-TV, Channel 17, returns to the as an NBC-owned station. WBUF is NBC's first UHF station |
| 1956 |
June 1 |
Rick Azar joins WBUF-TV (Channel 17) as weatherman and sports announcer |
| 1956 |
Aug 16 |
WNIA-AM, Cheektowaga, signs on; changed call letters to WECK in 1980. |
| 1956 |
Oct. 11 |
BC's Dave Garroway broadcasts live from WBUF-TV studios at 2007 Elmwood Ave. |
| 1957 |
Feb 19 |
George "Hound Dog" Lorenz hosts the "Big Show of Stars" at Memorial Auditorium |
| 1957 |
Apr. 1 |
George "Hound Dog" Lorenz brings Elvis to Memorial Auditorium for a sold out show |
| 1957 |
May 20 |
WMNS-AM, Olean, signs on. |
| 1957 |
May 27 |
CHUM-AM, Toronto, launches Top 40 Format |
| 1957 |
June 19 |
WGGO-AM, Salamanca, signs on |
| 1957 |
Nov. 29 |
Lou Douglas begins 30 year tenure at WBEN-AM. |
| 1958 |
Feb. 24 |
Jim Fagan joins WINE as the "Mark Hall" voice. |
| 1958 |
Mar. 3 |
Daffy Dan Neaverth (WBNY) and Jack Kelly (WUSJ) join WKBW |
| 1958 |
July 1 |
"Night Patrol" with Jack Sharpe and Dan McBride debuts on WEBR/AM |
| 1958 |
July 4 |
WKBW-AM makes historic format change to Top 40 |
| 1958 |
Aug. 14 |
WKBW Program Director Dick Lawrence hires Irv Weinstein |
| 1958 |
Sept. 30 |
WBUF-TV (Channel 17) goes dark. Owner NBC cities lack of public interest in UHF band. |
| 1958 |
Nov. 30 |
WKBW-TV signs on. |
| 1959 |
Jan. 1 |
WBFO-FM, owned by the University of Buffalo, signs on |
| 1959 |
Mar. 30 |
WNED-TV, Channel 17, begins public broadcasting in Western New York |
| 1959 |
Apr. 29 |
Buffalo's first trafficopter takes to the air on WEBR-AM with reporter Jack Sharpe |
| 1959 |
Aug. 17 |
WBUF-TV (Channel 17) signs on. |
| 1959 |
Sept. 14 |
WGR-FM signs on (now WGRF-FM) |
| 1960 |
June 6 |
WEBR-FM (WNED-FM) signs on |
| 1961 |
Nov. 26 |
"Pic-A-Polka" premiers on WGR-TV |
| 1962 |
Sept. 10 |
"Rocketship 7" makes debut at 7a.m. on WKBW-TV |
| 1962 |
Nov. 14 |
WADV-FM signs on at 106.5 FM |
| 1963 |
Feb. 16 |
WDCX-FM signs on |
| 1963 |
Mar. 2 |
Ultravision Broadcasting Co, headed by Stan Jasinski, files FCC application for UHF Channel 29 (WUTV) |
| 1964 |
May 1 |
FCC requires all new television sets must receive UHF band |
| 1964 |
Sept. 7 |
'Dialing for Dollars" premiers at 9 a.m. on WKBW-TV |
| 1964 |
Dec. 12 |
George Lorenz sings on WBLK-FM |
| 1965 |
Feb. 1 |
WHUG-FM, Jamestown signs on |
| 1965 |
May 10 |
Tom Jolls joins WKBW-TV |
| 1965 |
Dec. 20 |
"The Commander Tom Show" debuts on WKBW-TV |
| 1966 |
Jan. 16 |
WBEN-AM/FM/TV moves into former NBC studios at 2077 Elmwood Ave. |
| 1966 |
Jan. 8 |
Fred Klestine appointed Chief Announcer of WBNY-FM |
| 1966 |
Feb. 15 |
Courier Cable, WNY's first community antenna television outlet, begins service |
| 1966 |
Mar. 10 |
Jeff Kaye's first show on WKBW |
| 1966 |
Nov. 11 |
WNB-FM (now WJYE-FM) signs on. |
| 1967 |
Apr. 1 |
WKBW jocks travel to Hartford, Conn. Switch with WPOP staff during April Fools Day joke. |
| 1967 |
Apr. 22 |
Jim McLaughlin joins WYSL-AM as news director; would join WKBW in 1970. |
| 1968 |
June 15 |
Sandy Beach joins WKBW Radio |
| 1968 |
Oct. 31 |
Broadcast of the WKBW-AM version of the "War of the Worlds." |
| 1968 |
Nov. 2 |
Vandals put WUFO, 1080AM off the air by cutting main guy wires to tower causing collapse. |
| 1969 |
Jan. 6 |
WYSL-FM adds a progressive format from 7p-5a with Jim Santella and George Hamburger |
| 1970 |
Jan. 10 |
One year after its switch to a progressive rock format, WYSL-FM changes its call letters to WPHD |
| 1970 |
Nov. 1 |
Ramblin' Lou Schriver purchase WMMJ-AM from Stan Jasinski. Call letters changed to WXRL. |
| 1970 |
Nov. 2 |
News anchor Chuck Lampkin joins WBEN-TV |
| 1970 |
Nov. 26 |
NABET strike at WGR-AM/FM/TV begins on Thanksgiving Day. |
| 1970 |
Dec. 21 |
WUTV-TV, Channel 29, signs on |
| 1971 |
June 10 |
WGR-AM moves to 464 Franklin Ave. |
| 1971 |
July 26 |
After 7 long months, NABET ends strike against WGR-AM/FM/TV |
| 1972 |
Apr. 24 |
Jim Santella walks off the air at WPHD-FM after 5,000 album record library is cut to only 500 |
| 1972 |
May 28 |
George "Hound Dog" Lorenz passes away at the age of 52 |
| 1973 |
Jan. 1 |
WGR-FM goes on the air with the Top 40 "Super Q" format as WGRQ |
| 1973 |
Jan. 29 |
Alan Costanini joins WBEN-TV |
| 1973 |
Feb. 27 |
Jackson Armstrong's last show on WKBW. |
| 1973 |
Sept. 3 |
Al Wallack, host of the long running "Jazz in the Nighttime" series, joins WEBR-AM |
| 1973 |
Sept. 25 |
WKBW ends personality format; Replaced by music oriented "KB 15, The Great American Music Machine" |
| 1974 |
Nov. 28 |
Kevin O'Connell joins WBEN-TV |
| 1974 |
May 6 |
Jeff Kaye leaves WKBW to become afternoon man at WBEN |
| 1975 |
Feb. 10 |
WGRQ dumps is Top 40 format and becomes Q-FM-97 |
| 1975 |
Apr. 13 |
WSBU-FM, licensed to St. Bonaventure University, signs on. |
| 1977 |
Apr. 15 |
John Beard joins WBEN-TV |
| 1977 |
Apr. 18 |
Public radio WNED-FM signs on with classical format |
| 1977 |
June 29 |
Buffalo Evening News sells WBEN-TV for $25.5 million. |
| 1977 |
July 29 |
Clint Buehlman's last show on WBEN-AM |
| 1977 |
Nov. 1 |
WBEN-TV officially changes to WIVB after change of ownership |
| 1977 |
Nov. 9 |
WBTF-FM, Batavia, signs on. |
| 1978 |
Oct. 9 |
WKBW moves from 1430 Main St. to 695 Delaware Ave. |
| 1978 |
Nov. 1 |
WMXO-FM, Olean, signs on |
| 1978 |
Dec. 18 |
WBEN Trafficopter takes off for the first time with Dave May |
| 1979 |
Dec. 3 |
Carol Crissey joins WIVB-TV |
| 1980 |
July 4 |
WHLD-FM transforms into album rock format WZIR, Wizard 98+. |
| 1981 |
Mar. 19 |
WGRQ's Larry Norton begins "radiothon" to break Guinness World Record for consecutive hours on air |
| 1981 |
Apr. 8 |
After a record-breaking 484 hours, WGRQ's Larry Norton enters the Guinness Book of World Records for consecutive hours on air. |
| 1981 |
Aug. 24 |
Bob Koop joins Carol Jasen behind the WIVB-TM news desk for the first time |
| 1983 |
May 1 |
Taft Broadcasting sells WGR-TV to General Cinema Corp. Station call letters are changed to WGRZ. |
| 1983 |
Oct. 3 |
Jacquie Walker joins WIVB-TV Channel 4 |
| 1985 |
Jan. 5 |
97 Rock goes off the air at 10AM, replaced by "Light" WGR-FM (WRLT). Entire staff fired. |
| 1986 |
Jan. 3 |
After changing ownership, WKBW call letters are rearranged to WWKB |
| 1986 |
June 1 |
WUWU, 107.7 becomes "The Bear," WBYR-FM Tony Magoo, J.P. and Tom Tiberi are among the first jocks |
| 1986 |
Apr. 20 |
WSPQ-AM, Springville, signs on |
| 1986 |
Nov. 15 |
WWKB host Weekend Reunion |
| 1987 |
May 12 |
Tom Shannon joins WGR-AM as morning man |
| 1987 |
May 13 |
Western New York Public Broadcasting signs on WNEQ-TV, channel 23 |
| 1987 |
Sept. 2 |
WNYB-TV (Changed to WNYO in 1996) Channel 49, signs on. |
| 1988 |
June 21 |
Danny Neaverth joins WHTT-FM |
| 1988 |
Sept. 20 |
Back & Rockin'. After a 3 ½ year hiatus, Rich Communications brings back "97 Rock" format |
| 1988 |
Oct. 15 |
WQRT-FM, Salamanca, signs on |
| 1989 |
Sept. 23 |
WPHD fires morning team 'Taylor & Moore" and becomes WUFX-FM "The Fox" |
| 1990 |
Nov. 14 |
WKRP's Les Nesman visits the 97 Rock "Turkey Drop" at the Thruway Mall. |
| 1993 |
Jan. 11 |
WGR's Mike Rozeman and Pilot Herman Kuhn die after station trafficopter crashes in the Niagara River |
| 1993 |
Nov. 16 |
Western New York Public Broadcasting dedicates new facilities at Horizon Plaza |
| 1994 |
July 11 |
WUBJ-FM, Jamestown begins simulcast of WBFO, Buffalo operated by the University of Buffalo |
| 1996 |
Oct. 30 |
WNYO-TV (WNYB) Channel 49 signs on as WB affiliate |
| 1997 |
Apr. 4 |
WSJZ-FM becomes Alice @ 92.9 (WLCE-FM) |
| 1997 |
Aug. 25 |
Sandy Beach returns to Buffalo via WBEN-AM |
| 1997 |
Oct. 6 |
Tom Shannon returns to Buffalo via WHTT-FM |
| 1998 |
June 5 |
After a 43-year stint at WBEN-AM/TV (WIVB), Van Miller retires from the sports anchor desk |
| 1998 |
July 30 |
Buffalo Bob Smith passes away at age 80 |
| 1998 |
Aug. 1 |
WEDG-FM (103.3) morning personalities Shread and Reagan ride a Seadoo from Buffalo to Cleveland |
| 1998 |
Nov. 8 |
Buffalo Bills vs. New York Jets: First football games to be broadcast in high-definition television (HDTV) |
| 1998 |
Nov. 20 |
After the 6P.M. newscast, Irv Weinstein announces that he will retire after 34 years at Ch. 7 |
| 1998 |
Dec. 31 |
Topping Tonight's Eyewitness News - Irv Weinstein retires from WKBW-TV after 34 years. |
| 1999 |
June 23 |
WLCE-FM, "Alice @ 92.9" changes formats and becomes B 92.9, Dancin' Oldies (WBUF-FM) |
| 1999 |
June 25 |
Lucky Pierre, Shane and Perry Allen among those in attendance at WHTT's Rock Radio Reunion. |
| 1999 |
June 30 |
A "salubrious" career. Tom Jolls retires after 34 years on WKBW-TV. |
| 1999 |
Aug. 15 |
101.7 FM WXOX (WBTF) becomes Catholic Radio WLOF. (Lady of Fatima) |
| 1999 |
Sept. 13 |
WBEN morning shows moves to faster pace "Buffalo's Early News" format |
| 1999 |
Sept. 25 |
At 12:01 a.m., WIVB-TV management locks out 31 NABET employees over a contract dispute. |
| 1999 |
Sept. 30 |
Fire at WJJL-FM transmitter knocks station off the air |
| 1999 |
Oct. 29 |
Mercury Communications sells WGRF, WEDG & WHTT to Citadel Communications. |
| 1999 |
Dec. 3 |
John Otto's last show on WGR-AM |
| 1999 |
Dec. 6 |
WGR-AM's John Otto passes away at the age of 70. |
| 1999 |
Dec. 14 |
WBEN buries "End of the Century" time capsule in Niagara Square; to be opened in 2100. |
| 1999 |
Dec. 15 |
Entercom Communications takes control of Sinclair Radio stations in Buffalo. |
| 1999 |
Dec. 17 |
Fire destroys WJJL studios at 1224 Main St, Niagara Falls. Station relocates to West Seneca |
| 2000 |
Jan 9 |
Jim Santella ends 31 years of commercial radio with last broadcast of Radiation Theater on 97 Rock |
| 2000 |
Jan. 19 |
WGR's Tom Bauerle asked First Lady Hillary Clinton if she ever snorted cocaine |
| 2000 |
Jan. 28 |
WGR-AM ends local news and information programming in anticipation of 24-hour sports format |
| 2000 |
Jan. 31 |
WGR-AM becomes SportsRadio 55. Tom Bauerle teams with WBEN's Chris Parker as morning team |
| 2000 |
Feb. 15 |
WGRZ's Rich Kellman is suspended after refusing to edit comments made about Buffalo Police Commissioner |
| 2000 |
Feb. 28 |
Clay Moden joins the WYRK Breakfast Club |
| 2000 |
Mar. 5 |
Ed Little ends a 62-year career in radio as he turns out the lights at WBEN's 2077 Elmwood Ave. Studios |
| 2000 |
Mar. 6 |
WBEN's first day of broadcasting at 500 Corporate Parkway, Amherst |
| 2000 |
Mar. 18 |
Meteorologist Aaron Mentlowski makes debuts at WKBW-TV |
| 2000 |
Apr. 1 |
Buffalo becomes an electronically metered Nielsen market |
| 2000 |
Apr. 13 |
Longtime Ch. 2 employee Joe Lentini dies at age 75 |
| 2000 |
Apr. 18 |
Original KB Top40 Jock (1958) Russ "The Moose" Syracuse passes away at age 70 |
| 2000 |
Apr. 25 |
Adelphia Communications announces purchase of WNUC-FM from John Casciani |
| 2000 |
May 26 |
Stan Roberts end morning air shift at WECK-AM |
| 2000 |
May 30 |
Jerry Reo becomes morning man at WECK-AM |
| 2000 |
June 4 |
The Last Polka: After 60 years on the air, Stan Jasinski signs off for the last time |
| 2000 |
June 5 |
WWKB switches to business/talk programming |
| 2000 |
June 9 |
WHTT's Radio Reunion Weekend features Jeff Kaye, Don Berns, Jack Armstrong and Sandy Beach |
| 2000 |
June 12 |
Jodi Johnson debuts on WGRZ-TV |
| 2000 |
June 22 |
WLVL-AM, Lockport, drops talk format; replaced by good music |
| 2000 |
June 23 |
Rick Pfeiffer leaves for Dallas after 18 years at WIVB |
| 2000 |
July 13 |
Jim Pastrick named Program Director of WHTT |
| 2000 |
July 18 |
Entercom Buffalo holds Grand Opening Gala for New Broadcast Center in Amherst |
| 2000 |
Aug. 18 |
Kevin Keenan ends 17 year career at WBEN-AM |
| 2000 |
Aug. 19 |
Sinclair Broadcast Group announces purchase of WNYO-TV from Grant Television. |
| 2000 |
Aug. 29 |
WJJL-AM, Niagara Falls, studios demolished. |
| 2000 |
Sept. 14 |
Buffalo's pioneer sportscaster Ralph Hubbell dies at age 90. |
| 2000 |
Oct. 2 |
Inaugural broadcast of Adelphia owned 107.7 WNSA-FM, formerly WNUC. |
| 2000 |
Oct. 3 |
Chuck Gurney ends 11 years a meteorologist at WIVB. |
| 2000 |
Oct. 30 |
Former WUFO DJ Frankie Crocker passes away at age 63 |
| 2000 |
Nov. 8 |
WIVB parent company agrees to purchase WNEQ, Ch. 23 from Western New York Public Broadcasting. |
| 2000 |
Nov. 17 |
WKBW-TV Meteorologist Andy Parker and report Stefan Mychajliw fired for "moonlighting." |
| 2000 |
Dec. 29 |
Jack Mahl retires after 55 years in broadcasting; last job at WNED-AM |
| 2001 |
Jan. 19 |
WGRZ airs Buffalo's first 10 o'clock news on WPXJ-Batavia Ch. 51 |
| 2001 |
Jan. 29 |
WNLO, Ch. 23 begins 10 o'clock news with Lisa Flynn |
| 2001 |
Feb. 23 |
Disco is dead; Dancing Oldies, WBUF-FM changes to rock format. |
| 2001 |
Feb. 26 |
Howard Stern enters Buffalo market for a second time; this time on WBUF-FM |
| 2001 |
Apr. 23 |
Maria Genero returns to Buffalo via WKBW-TV |
| 2001 |
May 17 |
Hall of Fame Broadcaster Ed Little passes away at age 77 |
| 2001 |
July 28 |
Jim Rome Tour Stop (WGR-AM) attracts over 19,000 to Dunn Tire Park |
| 2001 |
Aug. 6 |
WBEN morning man Bill Lacy let go after 17 years |
| 2001 |
Aug. 17 |
Kathleen Leighton's last day on WKBW-TV |
| 2002 |
Mar. 27 |
Danny Neaverth's last day on WHTT-FM |
| 2002 |
Mar. 28 |
Art Wander retires from WNSA-FM |
| 2002 |
Apr. 2 |
Bill Lacy's joins Oldies 104, WHTT-FM |
| 2002 |
May 15 |
Surrounded by controversy, John Rigas relinquishes control of Adelphia Communications |
| 2002 |
June 28 |
After 22 years, Carol Jasen retires from WIVB-TV |
| 2002 |
July 24 |
Cable pioneer, Adelphia founder and WNSA-FM owner John Rigas arrested for fiscal misdoings |
| 2002 |
Aug. 29 |
Mark Leitner's last day on WBEN-AM. |
| 2002 |
Sept. 2 |
WKBW-TV begins 4PM "WNY Live" Newscast. |
| 2003 |
Jan. 27 |
Rock and Roll returns of WWKB with Danny Neaverth in morning slot |
| 2003 |
Apr. 11 |
WECK's Jerry Reo retires after 38 years in radio |
| 2003 |
Apr. 30 |
After a two year run, WGRZ pulls the plug on 10 o'clock newscast on WPXJ-TV |
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