Syracuse

SYRACUSE — If you’ve noticed there’s something missing when you tune your radio to 94.5 on the FM dial lately, you’re not going crazy.  After nearly 30 years as “Y94FM,” the Clear Channel adult contemporary station has a new logo and new on-air imaging branding itself simply as “Y94,” minus the FM.

SYRACUSE — There’s a new but familiar voice delivering newscasts during morning drive on Sunny 102 (WZUN).  News producer Jim Campagna from NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) is filling the vacancy left after former co-worker Keith Kobland left the news business nearly a month ago.

AUBURN — Cayuga Community College radio station Win 89FM (WDWN) is in the running for two national-level awards.  Station members are keeping their fingers crossed for Thursday, October 18, the day winners are revealed for the 2012 CMJ College Radio Awards.

SYRACUSE — Two former major league sportscasters who got their start at Syracuse University’s WAER will be inducted to the station’s Hall of Fame when WAER hosts its 65th anniversary celebration dinner tomorrow night.  The inductees include Hank Greenwald, class of 1957, and the late Andy Musser, class of 1959.

SYRACUSE — Nationally-syndicated talk show host Michael Savage will be absent from News Talk 106.9 and 570 WSYR and hundreds of other affiliates across the country until further notice, after the California-based host won a long-running lawsuit with his former syndicator, Talk Radio Network.

SYRACUSE — It was a star-studded evening last night at the SRC Arena, on the campus of Onondaga Community College. ABC affiliate NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) celebrated its 50th anniversary with a celebration attended by hundreds… including dozens of past and present employees. Your editor was there, and we have more than 30 photos from the

SYRACUSE — Citing some recent events in her personal life, Mimi Griswold announced plans to retire from her duties as Vice President of Programming for Syracuse-based radio operator Galaxy Communications at the end of this year. Griswold will continue to host Blue Moon Cafe, and she’ll serve as a programming consultant.

SYRACUSE — The competition to be named among the “Best of Syracuse” was considerably intense for local broadcasters this year.  For whatever reason, the Syracuse New Times drastically cut back on the number of broadcast-related categories for its annual contest.  This year’s awards, based on reader-submitted votes, include only one category each for TV and

SYRACUSE — When a news organization is “on top of stuff” every day, that’s usually thanks in great part to its assignment editors.  They’re the folks behind the scenes who keep an eye out for things that might be newsworthy, and decide how the station’s going to get it all covered.  If it sounds like

Updated 12:50pm — SYRACUSE — After more than a decade on 93Q (WNTQ), “DC on the Radio” has exited the Cumulus Media CHR-formatted station. Dennis Crawford’s last show happened earlier this month, though he says he didn’t know it was going to be his last show.