Syracuse TV

SYRACUSE and UTICA-ROME — Plans for a one-hour, two-market televised debate between the two candidates for the 22nd Congressional District have been cancelled, amid controversy in which one candidate, who was refusing to appear for the debate, is being accused of threatening to pull his advertising dollars from Utica’s WUTR.

SYRACUSE — Aside from an intense, soaking rain storm that moved along very quickly, it looks like it was a great time for everyone who took part in the 7th annual Bill Leaf Kickball Tournament, on September 22 in Liverpool.

SYRACUSE — Six graduates of Onondaga Community College are being honored as the college’s latest “alumni faces” today.  Among them: Niko Tamurian, CNY Central (WSTM/WTVH/WSTQ-LP) sports anchor and graduate of the OCC Class of 2005.

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 — 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

SYRACUSE — September started with some notable “comings and goings” in local TV news, and the month appears to be ending with more changes.  After two and a half years with CNY Central, multimedia journalist and anchor Jessica Cain says she’s leaving her post and heading to the midwest.

SYRACUSE — Starting Monday, viewers will be able to catch live, local television newscasts as early as 4am. CNY Central announced today that NBC 3 (WSTM) will expand its Today in Central New York by a full hour, starting at 4:00am. But there’s a flip-side to the expansion: the station will no longer offer the

SYRACUSE — Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, co-hosts of the fourth hour of the Today show, could be spending a day at Syracuse University next month.  The school’s status as a finalist for “Kathie Lee and Hoda Go Back to College” was announced on yesterday’s broadcast, with a series of live shots from the

SYRACUSE — Fans of the classic fare carried by “Me-TV” were pretty excited to learn, back in July, that WSYR digital subchannel 9.2 would become an affiliate of the network… starting today.  But today, WSYR announced the addition of Me-TV has been postponed until sometime next month.