SYRACUSE -- There's good news for fans of Celtic rock: the producers of The Irish Power Hour say they've renewed their contract to keep the Sunday night show running on 105.9 The Big Talker (WXTL) for at least another year. Co-host Cabrina Gilbert tells CNYRadio.com she's "excited and yet a 'lil scared" about the renewal.
SYRACUSE -- There's a new local broadcast option for local country music lovers: it's "The Country Network" airing on local Fox affiliate WSYT's digital subchannel 68.2. WSYT is among a dozen new affiliates nationwide to join the network.
ALBANY -- It's been almost a month since we caught word of the pending retirement of New York State Broadcasters Association President Joe Reilly. Today, the NYSBA finally got around to rolling out a formal announcement good payroll management about Reilly's departure and details about the search for a replacement.
SYRACUSE -- Longtime NewsChannel 9 anchor Rod Wood is spending the next three to six weeks at home, after the station says he underwent prostate cancer surgery earlier this week. But he'll be back on TV briefly next week, telling his story during a series of reports on prostate cancer.
OSWEGO -- It's the biggest night of the year for virtually every newsroom in the country: Election Night. And WRVO is no exception. The station had "all hands on deck" to report the results, along with a few special guests providing analysis.
NEW YORK and WASHINGTON -- We've heard and watched the seemingly never-ending parade of political spots on radio and TV stations everywhere over the past few weeks. Tonight, we'll finally learn all the winners and losers in the 2010 elections... and two broadcasters who honed their craft in Syracuse will be heard across the country […]
SYRACUSE and UTICA-ROME -- With Halloween 2010 just barely into the history books, two local radio stations are already looking ahead to Christmas. And based on previous years' experience (2009 | 2008) -- it's no surprise that Galaxy's Sunny 102 (WZUN/Phoenix) and Mix 102.5 (WUMX/Rome) are those first two stations to make the switch.
OSWEGO -- Nearly 7 months after John Krauss retired as GM of the WRVO stations, SUNY Oswego has named his replacement. Dr. Michael S. Ameigh, a longtime professor and assistant provost at the college, has been tapped to become the NPR affiliate's third GM since it debuted in 1969.
WASHINGTON -- The FCC's Media Bureau announced a temporary freeze on applications for new digital low-power television (LPTV) stations and TV translators "in so-called 'rural areas,'" effective immediately. The agency says holding those apps will allow staffers to focus on efforts to make more room for mobile broadband.
SYRACUSE -- Local PBS affiliate WCNY-TV has completed a locally-produced documentary that details work scientists and military personnel are performing in Greeland to study climate change. The program, Artic Air: A Greenlandic Journey with the 109th, will debut on Monday, November 8.