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TK99’s Blues, Brews and BBQ becomes free event

By Mark Bialczak, The Post-Standard

There’s a new twist on a Memorial Day Weekend favorite in Central New York.

The folks at Syracuse rock radio station TK99 announced this morning that the annual Blues, Brew and BBQ will be a free-admission event, on May 29 at the state fairgrounds’ Chevy Court in Geddes.

Headliners will be Max Weinberg and his big band, and Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes.

If that doesn’t scratch your Jersey shore itch …

The lineup also will include guitarist Coco Montoya, former band mate of John Mayall, and Syracuse’s The Fabulous Ripcords. Two more Syracuse bands will be announced, likely to be Super DeLinquents and The Chris Terra Band.

The doors will open at 2 p.m., and the music will start at 3 p.m.

Last year, Kenny Wayne Shepherd headlined, and the ticket cost $20 in advance or $25 at the gate.

May 11, 2011 Syracuse

TK99 Erases Admission Charge for Concert

SYRACUSE — The annual “Blues, Brews and BBQ” concert hosted by Galaxy Communications’ classic rock stations TK99/TK105 (WTKV/WTKW) will be open to the public for free this year. Headliners include Max Weinberg, who gained fame as the drummer for Bruce Springsteen and later as the bandleader on Late Night with Conan O’Brien during the comedian’s NBC years.

According to the Syracuse Post-Standard, the announcement was made during the Gomez and Dave morning show earlier this week. The May 29th concert, which will also feature Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, will take place at the State Fairgrounds. A number of local bands are expected to appear before the headline acts.

Tickets were $20-25 for last year’s concert, which featured Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

May 29th is the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. Gates open at 2pm and the music is scheduled to start at 3pm.

Apr 13, 2011 Syracuse,TK99

Galaxy Praised by Onondaga County Executive

SYRACUSE (by cnyradio.com) — One local radio company was specifically mentioned during Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney’s State of the County address last night.  Galaxy Communications received applause for helping 2010-2011 become “the most successful year on record” for the annual “Lights on the Lake” at Onondaga Lake Park.

The mention came during part of the speech where Mahoney was detailing ways in which the County has been trying to trim costs while minimizing the impacts on local services.  Here’s an excerpt from the relevant part of the speech, as seen on page 9 of the 13-page speech (PDF):

In another example of working with our neighbors, the County partnered with Galaxy Communications for this year’s Lights on the Lake. Galaxy took on the responsibility to promote the event and it became the most successful year on record. 38,554 vehicles drove through the display and 192,143 people viewed the lights. The culmination was on New Year’s Eve with First Night Central New York. The more than 7,000 people who attended enjoyed great music, family oriented games and an amazing fireworks show over Onondaga Lake at midnight.

The arrangement between Galaxy and Onondaga County is a great example of looking at something we’ve done for years and figuring out a new way to do it that improved the public’s experience while removing financial risk to the County. Thank you to Ed and Pam Levine and Galaxy Communications for your hard work.

In an audio recording of the speech we received (from a member of a non-Galaxy media outlet), Mahoney only differed from the script in rounding-off the attendance numbers as “38 thousand” and “192 thousand” respectively.  Mahoney’s thanks to Galaxy was followed by several seconds of applause before she moved on to her next topic.

Mar 02, 2011 Syracuse