Category: Syracuse TV

SYRACUSE -- Including today, there's still four days left for this year's Great New York State Fair.  Many local radio and TV stations have a presence at the Fair every year, and since 2009, we've made it a point to find as many of those stations as possible and share photos in one big "Mega-Picture […]

SYRACUSE -- Fifty years ago this September, "colorful channel 9" signed on the air for the very first time, from studios located at ShoppingTown Mall in DeWitt.  To mark the occasion, the ABC affiliate is selling tickets for a "50th Anniversary Celebration" planned for next month at the SRC Arena in Syracuse.

SYRACUSE -- The former WTVH building on James Street has been on the market for nearly three and a half years.  A giant, yellow "For Sale" sign is meant to attract would-be buyers, but instead, police say it recently attracted some copper pipe thieves.

SYRACUSE -- If you spot people wearing t-shirts with vintage TV station logos at the New York State Fair this year, you're not seeing things.  Two local television stations will be "going retro" at this year's fair, which opens tomorrow and runs through Labor Day.

NEW YORK CITY -- We don't cover national news often, but this one's rather notable: ABC is looking to shake-up late night TV by moving Jimmy Kimmel Live -- to the 11:35pm timeslot held since 1979 by Nightline. The change is set to take place in January.

SYRACUSE -- She grew up in the market and has been with Channel 3 (WSTM) for her entire career, working her way up from secretary to primary anchor.  This fall, Jackie Robinson will receive one of the most prestigious honors in the state -- she is going to be inducted to the New York State Broadcasters […]

KANSAS CITY, MO. -- Former NBC3 (WSTM) news director Peggy Philip has exited Kansas City NBC affiliate KSHB after more than three years at the Scripps-owned station. According to Bottom Line Communications, Philip's exit comes just a month after the GM announced his retirement. The site calls the change, "surprising because ratings have been the […]

SYRACUSE -- This week, NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) morning traffic reporter and Bridge Street co-host Kaylea Nixon announced she's leaving the station.  It appears that her replacement -- at least for the morning traffic portion -- will be Caroline Gable, who's been absent from local TV since exiting Utica's WUTR in March.

SYRACUSE -- Although Sinclair Broadcast Group and Dish Network failed to agree on a new "permanent" retransmission deal before the old one expired overnight, Fox 68 (WSYT) and My43 (WNYS) remain available on the satellite provider's lineups.  The two sides have extended the old deal for two weeks as they continue to hash out a new contract.

UPDATED 8/16 -- Blackout averted temporarily; click here for newer story.  SYRACUSE -- As of Wednesday evening, management at Fox 68 (WSYT) and My43 (WNYS) say they're pretty certain both channels will be pulled from Dish Network's lineup at midnight tonight.  That's when a contract allowing the satellite provider to retransmit the two channels will expire -- […]