• Radio Shack recently announced it is closing many of its stores nationwide, after filing for bankruptcy in February. While neither the Catskill or Hudson locations appear on the stores list of closures, a call to the Catskill Commons location reveals that "maybe in April" the store will cease operations. In Hudson, a store employee said, "we are not" when asked about a possible closure of the store in the Fairview Shop Plaza. Regionally, Radio Shack is closing the Kingston location in the Hudson Valley Mall, the Albany location in the Westgate Mall, and the Cobleskill location in the Cobleskill Plaza.

• NOAA weather radio station WWF-43, at 162.525, remains off the air, but should be back June 1, the National Weather Service reports. The tower, on Mount Greylock in Western Massachusetts, is getting a new transmitter, and is waiting for final permits and spring for installation. The NWS recommends listeners tune to WXM-82 from Egremont, Massachusetts at 162.450 and WXM-68 in Ames Hill, Vermont, at 162.425, until WWF-43 is back on the air.

• Arbitron/Nielsen released winter ratings for the Albany market this week, with classic rock station WPYX (106.5-FM) on top, followed by talk station WGY (810-AM), oldies station WTRY (98.3-FM), adult contemporary station WRVE (99.5-FM), contemporary hits station WKKF (102.3-FM), talk station WGDJ (1300-AM), and sports station WOFX (980-AM).