News items related to the Ithaca/Cortland radio market. Counties: Cayuga, Cortland, Tompkins. Arbitron issued its final ratings report for this market in early 2010 (for Fall 2009) and the market has been unrated since that time. CNYRadio.com stopped covering the Ithaca/Cortland radio market in 2014, but our archive of stories remains available.
ITHACA -- The popular interactive quiz show Whad'Ya Know is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. And earlier this summer, Finger Lakes Public Radio (WEOS) brought host Michael Feldman and the rest of the crew to Ithaca to broadcast the show live from the State Theatre.
ITHACA/CORTLAND -- Saga's cluster of Ithaca/Cortland stations, also known as The Cayuga Radio Group, is looking for a new Chief Engineer. The official job posting reads as follows:
SALT LAKE CITY, UT -- During one of his national tour appearances over the weekend, Glenn Beck told fans he has been diagnosed with macular distrophy, a disease that could cost the syndicated talk show host his vision. Beck's syndicated show has affiliates in all four markets of CNYRadio.com's coverage area.
ALBANY -- We now have a complete listing of winners from the 44th Annual Excellence in Broadcasting Awards, presented by the New York State Broadcasters Association on Monday night during a ceremony in Bolton Landing. Winners from stations within the CNYRadio.com coverage area are as follows, listed in order of categories as assigned by NYSBA:
ITHACA/CORTLAND -- Saga's "Cayuga Radio Group" is adding more NYSBA Excellence in Broadcasting trophies to its collection. The station won a pair of awards at NYSBA's annual awards competition last night in Bolton Landing, north of Albany.
ROCHESTER -- Former local radio personality (he worked in Syracuse, Utica, Watertown and Ithaca) Rick "RJ" Jordan is back on the beach. Earlier this week, Golden Music Nashville, the record label Jordan joined last December, decided to close its doors. RJ says he's looking for his next opportunity, be it in radio or the record […]
ITHACA/CORTLAND -- Listeners of News-Talk 870 WHCU will notice a few changes to the station's weekend programming schedule starting this weekend. A longtime local real-estate show is leaving the lineup, and a Sunday gardening show is being replaced.
OSWEGO -- NPR affiliate WRVO has a slew of weekend lineup changes taking effect later this month. Some shows will be moving timeslots, while others will be replaced with new programming. Among the more notable changes, The WRVO Playhouse will soon have a consistent 9pm start time, seven nights a week, rather than starting an hour earlier […]
AUBURN -- For many years, he hosted The Polka Party on Auburn's WAUB 1590. He was so well-liked in the community, he also spent plenty of time behind the mic off-air, as the emcee of many local events. Donald Fordham passed away on Wednesday at the age of 82.
GENEVA -- It was a busy weekend for NPR affiliate WEOS. The station hosted a live taping of Says You in Geneva on Friday night and a live broadcast of Whad'ya Know in Ithaca on Saturday. Scott Fybush attended the Ithaca event and posted photos in this week's edition of NorthEast Radio Watch, published today.