News items related to the Syracuse radio market. Counties: Madison, Onondaga, Oswego.
OSWEGO -- The award-winning newsroom at the WRVO Stations is growing. The station welcomes "Innovation Trail" reporter Emma Jacobs, who held the same title at Binghamton's WSKG. In addition, the NPR affiliate is employing several freelance reporters to increase coverage throughout the WRVO coverage area.
GRANBY -- Our sympathies go out to the family, friends and colleagues of Chris Ulanowski. The former news director for the WRVO Stations has died at 51.
SYRACUSE -- Why should you have to wait all year for Halloween to dress up like a zombie? Citadel rocker 95X (WAQX) hosted its annual "Zombie Prom" this past weekend in Armory Square. Listeners were invited to dress up like a zombie -- and members of the on-air staff unquestionably led by example.
COLUMBIA, MD -- While radio ratings in the nation's largest markets have been reliant on Portable People Meters (PPMs) for quite some time now, the numbers in many markets -- including Syracuse and Utica -- are still calculated "the old-fashioned way," with ratings diaries. But yesterday, Arbitron gave it's first public preview of "Project Leapfrog," […]
SYRACUSE -- From the "better late than never" file, we've been remiss in mentioning the fact that award-winning radio news reporter Ellen Abbott has changed stations. Abbott has traded in her WSYR business cards for a new stack featuring the call letters of NPR affiliate WRVO.
SYRACUSE -- Afternoon host Jim Reith at FM Newsradio 106.9 and 570 WSYR will conclude his week-long auction to benefit the McMahon Ryan House today. Every cent raised will be donated to the organization, which provides services to physically and sexually abused children.
SYRACUSE -- After a week off, the Picture of the Week is back with a combo you don't see together every day. Former NewsChannel 9 anchor-turned-"Bridge Street" co-host Julie Abbott came out of retirement to join WSYR radio afternoon host Jim Reith to host the Syracuse Press Club's annual scholarship and awards dinner last weekend.
SYRACUSE -- Top journalists from Syracuse and surrounding markets gathered for the Syracuse Press Club's 33rd annual Scholarship and Professional Recognition Awards Dinner last night at Drumlins Country Club in Syracuse. Public stations WRVO and WAER dominated the radio categories, while there were plenty of ties for winners in the television categories.
NEW YORK CITY -- Kevin Patrick, the writer of a blog called "So Many Records, So Little Time," writes to tell us of a recent post in which he recalls listening to Jim O'Brien on Syracuse's WNDR during the era of rock's British Invasion. Patrick recalls how he wrote to O'Brien, asking him to play […]
CINCINNATI -- Former WSYR570 sports director and WTVH-5 sportscaster Dan Hoard has been tapped by the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals for radio play-by-play duties starting with the team's preseason games this summer. He'll be joining fellow SU grad Dave Lapham, who will be entering his 26th season providing color commentary.