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.
Saga's Chris Allinger points out an error we made in a story last week about the CHR Battle Brewing in Ithaca. Saga's Hits 103.3 is actually simulcasting on the HD2 signal of Lite Rock 97.3 WYXL. We had quoted another observer who said Hits was simulcasting on the HD2 of another Saga station. We apologize […]
Geneva NPR affiliate WEOS has announced plans to bring "Democracy Now!" journalist Amy Goodman to The Smith Opera House on November 21. She'll talk about her arrest at the Republican National Convention, the Wall Street crisis and other current topics.
Less than two weeks after WFLR-FM changed its frequency, call letters and format to bring CHR to the long-CHR-deprived Ithaca market, it suddenly has a new competitor.
Ithaca news/talker WHCU (870 AM) debuts a brand new program this morning. "All Things Equal" is described by the station as a "new weekly radio show on community conversations over race, class and diversity."
One tiny detail the insiders at WFIZ forgot to mention when they notified us about the station launch last week -- they haven't yet hired the jocks that'll be taking to the airwaves after their 10,000-song non-stop music marathon is over.
There's a new sound on the air in the Ithaca-Cortland market. At 95.5, the country format and WFLR-FM call letters are gone. The new call letters are WFIZ, and they're playing 10,000 CHR songs in a row to kick in the new "Z95.5, Ithaca's Hit Music Channel."
Rock fans in Ithaca can enjoy the virtual thrill of going to a concert every weekend, thanks to a new addition to the programming lineup at Saga's I-100 (WIII).
Public television and radio talk show host Tavis Smiley will be offering a free lecture at Syracuse University later this month. His syndicated radio show is heard on public radio stations in the Ithaca-Cortland and Watertown markets.
The office of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is reportedly opening an investigation into the methodology behind Arbitron's Portable People Meter (PPM) system. The probe will focus on whether the PPM puts minority-oriented stations at a disadvantage. (Updated 12:30pm with Arbitron response.)
Time flies when you're having fun... hard to believe it's been six months since the reincarnated CNYRadio.com went live. This last month was a pretty busy one too... despite being a little out of the loop while taking a summer road trip, we managed to break a new record. Details in our monthly look at […]