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.
OSWEGO -- Good news for John Hurlbutt: the longtime local host of "Morning Edition" on WRVO can finally retire. After a search that started when Hurlbutt announced his plans to retire in September, the station has chosen to promote Jason Smith to the hosting chair. WRVO is now searching for a morning news producer/anchor to […]
ITHACA-CORTLAND -- Governor David Paterson's statewide tour (via telephone) of radio stations continued with a stop at WHCU this morning.
When the New York Stock Exchange opens today, shares in Saga Communications stock will be worth about four times what they closed at yesterday. But shareholders didn't hit the lottery: they'll own only a quarter of the number of shares. (Sidebar inside: Updates on Citadel and Regent delisting threats)
WASHINGTON -- There seem to be conflicting reports on exactly how many people went to Washington, DC to witness the inauguration of President Barack Obama on Tuesday, but we know of at least two local radio journalists who made the trip. And one even provided CNYRadio.com with his own account of how things went.
ITHACA/CORTLAND -- Saga's WHCU is sending Geoff Dunn and Dave Vieser to Washington, DC to provide live coverage of the inauguration of Barack Obama tomorrow. To the best of our knowledge, they're the only local reporters in CNYRadio.com territory making the trip.
ITHACA/CORTLAND -- Almost two months since Saga Rocker I-100 (WIII) started the search for a new afternoon host, the station has chosen to promote weekender Paul Hansom to the job. (And now they have a NEW job opening -- someone to fill Hansom's spot on weekends.)
OSWEGO -- A little over three weeks ago, NPR announced the show "Day by Day" would end in March due to budget cuts, but local affiliate WRVO isn't waiting -- today was the final day for "Day by Day" on WRVO's primary lineup.
CENTRAL NEW YORK -- Even though 2008 had its slow times, this was a remarkably busy year for the return of CNYRadio.com. As we prepare to clink our champagne glasses and watch WRUN/WOLF alum Dick Clark ring in 2009, we'll take a look back at the major happenings from the year that was 2008.
You might remember back in May, when our Weekly Poll asked, "How many more format flips will we see in CNY before the end of the year?" Well, it's the end of the year... so we thought it'd be fun to compare the poll results to what actually happened since May.
ITHACA -- Saga Communications has posted an opening for Chief Engineer of its 5-station Ithaca cluster. We're told the current CE is heading south to accept a similar position in warmer climes.