SYRACUSE -- After years of going "all-Christmas" on November 1, classic hits Sunny 102.1 (WZUN) is pushing back the start of its annual flip to holiday mode until mid-November. Co-owned Utica-Rome hot AC station Mix 102.5 (WUMX), which used to also flip on November 1, will be holding off even longer -- until Thanksgiving.
ALBANY -- Dan Austin, who ran the former Citadel (now Cumulus) radio cluster in Syracuse from 2008-2010, is on the move again. Today, he announced he's leaving the GM position at Townsquare Media's Albany cluster to take a sales management position in southern California.
SYRACUSE -- A decade-old backlog of applications for new FM translators is finally getting action at the FCC. This week, the Commission announced it has given Galaxy Communications approval to add a new signal in Chittenango. Interestingly, the transmission tower for the translator's parent FM station is located only a few miles away.
SYRACUSE -- No word yet on who's leaving -- or perhaps already left -- (any tipsters?) but ABC affiliate NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) has an "immediate opening" for a news producer. The job posting appeared on the station's website earlier this afternoon. The posting doesn't indicate which newscast(s) the future hire will be producing, but states […]
SYRACUSE -- Condolences to family, friends and former colleagues of longtime WSTM-TV employee Joseph Turrisi, who died this past weekend at the age of 81. The lifelong Syracuse resident enjoyed a 46-year career at channel 3, where he held the position of production manager upon his retirement.
SYRACUSE -- Fifty years ago, Rod Wood started his career in broadcasting. And tonight -- much to his surprise -- NewsChannel 9 devoted most of its 5:30pm newscast to honoring the milestone. Not wanting Wood to learn about the event in advance, the station did no promotions on-air, online or otherwise... and when you see […]
SYRACUSE -- After many years split between two separate buildings, NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) is looking to bring its entire staff back together under a single roof. Texas-based owner Nexstar Broadcasting is looking to expand the station's main studio building on Bridge Street in East Syracuse, while selling-off a separate office building on nearby Enterprise Parkway.
SYRACUSE -- An effort that started in 2007 will "officially" come to fruition later this month, as WCNY hosts a day-long grand opening for its brand new facilities on Syracuse's near west side. The general public is invited to stop by 415 West Fayette Street, anytime between 9am and 5pm on Wednesday, October 30. A […]
ALBANY -- Two broadcasters with ties to Central New York are among the five men named as this year's inductees to the New York Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Former WTVH General Manager Bill Ransom, Nexstar Broadcasting CEO/President/Founder Perry Sook and three others will be honored at a special ceremony next month in New York City.
Updated 10/20 -- SYRACUSE -- An obituary published today advises, "be prepared to smile, laugh, and cry" at a celebration of life this weekend in Cazenovia, in memory of former WSYR radio news anchor Tara Howard Knauff. She died on Monday following a battle with cancer.