Battle of the Televised Yule Logs December 23rd, 2011 SYRACUSE — Chalk it up as another benefit of DTV multicasting: Syracuse viewers looking to turn their sets into virtual fireplaces this Christmas will have at least two choices. WSYR-DT 9.2 and WCNY-DT 24.4 will each broadcast their own burning yule log video non-stop starting at noon on Christmas Eve. If your TV has picture-in-picture,
Former YNN Reporter Lands Big Apple Gig December 16th, 2011 NEW YORK CITY — Former YNN Syracuse reporter Narmeen Choudhury, in just two job hops, has landed in the nation’s biggest TV market. Four years after leaving Syracuse to work in Hartford, Connecticut, Choudhury has accepted a reporting position at New York City’s WPIX.
New FCC Regs to Control TV Audio Levels December 15th, 2011 WASHINGTON, DC — You’re watching something on television. All the sudden, a commercial break begins and you’re blown out of your seat by the abrupt increase in audio volume. Perhaps a family member yells at you to turn down the TV, even though you never turned it up in the first place. Thanks to some
Rod Wood Recovering from Surgery December 13th, 2011 SYRACUSE — Viewers have been asking, and NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) today explained the noted recent absence of longtime anchor Rod Wood. He’s recovering after “a minor surgical procedure,” according to a statement released by the station this afternoon.
Journalist, TV Producer Richard Long Dies December 7th, 2011 SYRACUSE — Longtime local newspaper reporter Richard Long — who logged plenty of time as a television documentary producer later in his career — has died. In the late 1990s, Long produced Skaneateles Scrapbook, an 11-episode series which aired on local cable access channels. Of the two plays he wrote, one eventually became an award-winning
WSYR-TV Names Next News Director December 3rd, 2011 Updated 12/6 with WSYR press release — SYRACUSE — Nearly seven months after Jim Tortora vacated the News Director’s office at NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV), there’s now word of a new leader for the ABC affiliate’s news department. Reliable sources tell CNYTVNews.com that the new boss will be Rob Cartwright, who comes to Syracuse after three
Photog Brian Erb Marks 40 Years at WSTM November 23rd, 2011 SYRACUSE — Our congratulations to Brian Erb, who recently marked his 40th anniversary as a news photographer with TV-3. We’re careful not to say he’s worked at “WSTM-TV” for the past 40 years — not just because WSTM, WTVH and WSTQ now collectively call themselves “CNYCentral” — but because WSTM-TV wasn’t known by those call
Where Are They Now: Villeda Flies to DFW November 22nd, 2011 DALLAS — From our “Where Are They Now” file, congratulations to former NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) reporter Ray Villeda, who recently landed a top-5 market job as a reporter with NBC affiliate KXAS-TV in Dallas, Texas. For the past two years since leaving Syracuse, Villeda was reporting and anchoring at CBS affiliate WFSB in Hartford, CT.
Two Ex-WTVH Journalists in TV News Documentary November 8th, 2011 HAMDEN, CT — Two well-known local journalists who used to work at Syracuse CBS affiliate WTVH are featured in a new documentary about the television news business. The documentary was produced by two Quinnipiac University journalism professors. Shooting started in 2009, and the finished product just recently hit the web.
Reminder: National EAS Test on Wednesday at 2pm November 5th, 2011 WASHINGTON, DC — For months, broadcast engineers across the country have been counting down to November 9. That’s the date federal authorities have set for the first-ever national-level test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). If the system works as expected, you’ll notice the test interrupting normal programming on nearly every radio and TV station in
