Category: Syracuse TV

SYRACUSE -- Roughly three months after taking the helm of the WIBX 950 newsroom in Utica, Jules Thompson is trading in his News Director business cards for the chance to work closer to home.  He's headed back to Syracuse, to become the nightside assignment editor for ABC affiliate NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV).

SYRACUSE -- ESPN Radio's Upon Further Review hasn't even officially debuted yet, and the show already has another new co-host. Former SU and NBA basketball star Derrick Coleman will join the show during basketball season.

SYRACUSE -- There's plenty of sports history here in Syracuse, and anywhere you find sports, you'll also find broadcasters.  For this latest installment of Picture of the Week, your editor snapped a few shots of broadcaster-related memorabilia on display during a recent visit to the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame.

SYRACUSE -- The rumors have been swirling ever since NewsChannel 9's Steve Infanti joined the cast of ESPN Radio's weekday afternoon talk show back in August... and now those rumors are confirmed. Starting Monday, Upon Further Review will be simulcast on television. Fans will be able to listen on the radio, or watch on digital […]

SYRACUSE -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded more than $6.6 million to help execute a previously-announced plan to consolidate master control operations for every PBS affiliate in the state inside the future home of local PBS affiliate WCNY on Syracuse's Near Westside.  The new facility is already under construction.

CAZENOVIA -- Former Emmy-award winning NBC News correspondent and current PBS' Religion and Ethics Newsweekly contributor Betty Rollin will be in Central New York on Friday.  She's scheduled to discuss "end-of-life choices" at the Catherine Cummings Theatre in Cazenovia.  More details from the Cazenovia Republican.  Locally, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly airs on WCNY 24.1 on Sundays at […]

SYRACUSE -- Plenty of recent staffing changes to report throughout CNY lately... we heard about some of these items earlier, but weren't quite sure if they were "official" public knowledge... until this week, when the Syracuse Press Club announced them in their latest newsletter.

SYRACUSE -- The long-awaited decision on parole for the man serving time for killing former Syracuse broadcaster Bill Leaf in 2006 has been postponed.  A parole hearing for Matthew Benedict, 28, was supposed to be held today, but according to Bill's sister Maria, the hearing has been postponed due to a "paperwork issue" on Benedict's side.

SYRACUSE -- Among TV stations, it was a fairly even split between channels 3 and 9 for the 2011 Best of Syracuse awards. On the radio side, 93Q (WNTQ) is the big winner. The awards were announced in today's edition of the weekly Syracuse NewTimes newspaper.

SPRINGFIELD, MA -- A little over five months since Jim Tortora left the news director's office at NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV), he has a new job.  He'll be leading the news department of ABC affiliate WGGB in Springfield, Massachusetts.  In addition to the WGGB newscasts, the station also produces a 10:00pm newscast for a Fox affiliate […]