Updated 11:40pm -- SYRACUSE -- CBS affiliate WTVH is back in service on channel 5, after a component failure forced some over-the-air and satellite viewers to find another way to watch CBS programming for a few days this week. The outages have been a recurring problem, and this is the first time management offered specifics […]
OSWEGO -- NPR affiliate WRVO has a new Director of News and Public Affairs. The station says Catherine J. Loper has been appointed to the post, which had been vacant since Dave Bullard exited the station last fall. Loper brings 20 years of broadcast journalism experience to the table.
ALBANY -- The New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association has named finalists for its 2011 radio and TV awards. NYSAPBA will reveal first place winners and "special mention" winners at its annual awards banquet in June. Here are the categories which include finalists within the CNYRadio.com and CNYTVNews.com coverage area:
COLUMBIA, MD -- For the first time in nearly four years, the general public will get a glimpse of Arbitron's ratings data for the Syracuse market. This, after the radio ratings giant reportedly announced that it will no longer "embargo" publicly-released ratings in certain markets. But it's just a glimpse -- some stations will be […]
Updated 4/5 with additional details -- SYRACUSE -- On Wednesday, April 25 at 7pm, five local TV stations will be airing the same program at the same time. Two other stations will also run the program, at different times. It's an unprecedented movement to raise awareness of a very serious topic: child abuse. The one-hour […]
SYRACUSE -- Michel Martin, host of NPR's weekday talk show Tell Me More, is coming to Syracuse next Wednesday. Her appearance is part of the "Leaders in Communication" series at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. The talk will be free and open to the public.
Updated 6:40pm -- SYRACUSE -- Longtime local talk radio host Jim Reith, whose 27-year run on WSYR AM/FM suddenly ended last October during a nationwide round of Clear Channel layoffs, will soon return to local airwaves. He'll host a daily 30-minute live talk show on WCNY-TV starting next month, and a three-hour daily radio show […]
SYRACUSE -- "AJ" is the new program director at Clear Channel Rythmic CHR Hot 107.9 (WWHT), according to AllAccess.com. His move to Syracuse will wrap-up a 12-year run at Cumulus-owned WBHT in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA, where he's been serving as PD/MD and afternoon host.
Updated 3/31 -- SYRACUSE -- The "jockless gap" between the syndicated Bob and Tom Morning Show and local host Dave Frisina's afternoon show will soon be history at Cumulus rocker 105.9 The Rebel (WXTL). CNYRadio.com has learned Syracuse NewTimes music editor Jessica Novak has been hired to host middays.
SAN ANTONIO, TX -- National radio industry trade websites are reporting Clear Channel, the nation's largest radio company, issued layoffs in multiple markets today. But, to the best of our knowledge, it appears the company's six-station cluster in Syracuse was spared this time around.