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.
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 […]
Cameras are being installed in the studios of the syndicated "Bob and Tom" morning show -- in preparation for the show's leap to TV this fall. The new show will air nationwide on the "WGN America" cable channel, starting November 3rd.
Warren Kurtzman, formerly of the old WUUU (102.5) in Rome and WVBR in Ithaca, has been named President and COO of Coleman Insights, according to an article from FMQB.
Glenn Beck's familiar greeting, "hello.... ya sick, twisted freaks!" will soon be heard every morning in the Ithaca-Cortland market. Saga news/talker WHCU 870 is adding the popular radio and TV host to its weekday lineup, effective September 2.
After a slow stretch, this is turning out to be a pretty busy Friday here at CNYRadio.com. Dave Vieser from WHCU in Ithaca tells us the Ithaca news/talker has an immediate opening for an Assistant News Director. Here's the job posting, exactly as Dave sent it:
It looks like Arbitron has chosen to remain tight-lipped about the ratings for the Watertown (market rank #281) and Ithaca-Cortland (#285) markets. According to radio-info.com's ratings page, Arbitron has withheld numbers for both markets for the Spring 2008 survey.
There's one tiny thing that's made being an observer of the CNY Radio scene a little frustrating for quite some time. Arbitron hasn't released ratings data to the public in a few years now, in any of the four markets covered by CNYRadio.com. Many of you also indicated such frustration, so we went looking for answers.
In a move Citadel CEO Farid Suleman calls "an unusual deal, but it's a deal for the times," Sean Hannity's show will be syndicated by both Citadel's ABC Radio Networks and by Clear Channel's Premiere Radio Networks, effective next year.
Submitted Item: News/Talk 870 WHCU Assistant News Director Greg Fry is making the move to Albany, NY—and the top talker in the Finger Lakes is on the hunt for a replacement. Greg moved quickly from news reporter/anchor into the role of management in the newsroom. He also picked up duties as the Saturday Morning Newswatch […]
UPDATED (1:05PM) - The 2008 New York State Broadcasters Association "Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting" have been unveiled. We now have a complete list of winners, and they include stations in all four markets we cover... for a total of 11 radio awards, and at least 2 TV awards for former radio reporters.