CNY #Radio: Dave Coombs Joins WUTQ For Mornings

Dave Coombs

Dave Coombs is back.

Coombs, a longtime staple of Central New York radio, returned to the airwaves this morning. The former "Gomez & Dave" co-host is joining "The Talk of the Town" morning show on WUTQ 100.7 FM in Utica, NY, his first time back on the air in six months, according to syracuse.com.

The Roser Communications-owned station teased the announcement last week on Facebook, and a TV spot featured local figures saying "He's back." At 7 a.m. Monday, the show confirmed "he" is Coombs and he began co-hosting the program with Jason Aiello and Samantha LaMarca.

Coombs was let go last February by Galaxy Communications in Syracuse. The company said in a press release that they had parted with Coombs on "mutually acceptable terms."

He had previously co-hosted mornings on Galaxy's WTKW 99.5 FM TK99 (licensed to Bridgeport NY) and WTKV 105.5 FM TK105 (licensed to Oswego NY) with Glenn "Gomez" Adams from 1995 to this past February, ending just a few months shy of their 20th anniversary. The show added Lisa Chelenza in 2004 and has continued on as "Gomez & Lisa."



Coombs got his start in radio after playing goalie for pro soccer teams in Rochester and Buffalo for three years. He moved to Syracuse and started doing a morning show in 1990 called "Dave and the Fat Man" on Cumulus Media's 95X before joining TK99 five years later.

"I love doing morning radio. I've been doing it my entire adult life and I just love it," Coombs told syracuse.com in February.

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"The Talk of the Town" airs weekdays from 7-10 a.m. on 100.7 WUTQ FM.