Syracuse TV

SYRACUSE — Two big announcements from Carrie Lazarus on tonight’s edition of NewsChannel 9 at 6:00. First up, veteran anchor Rod Wood’s return to the ABC affiliate has been delayed by a week.  Second, Carrie’s now anchoring from the newsroom as the station is updating it’s news set.  (Could this be for the eventual launch

SYRACUSE — After almost a year off the air, low-power analog television station WMBO-LP is back, reports a CNYRadio.com and CNYTVNews.com reader who used to run his own local media website. Since the station is transmitting on analog TV channel 6, the audio can be heard with an ordinary radio at 87.7 FM.

SYRACUSE — You probably heard of the well-hyped corporate battle between Fox and Comcast over cable TV carriage… but since Comcast doesn’t operate here, you probably didn’t care that much.  But now, there’s a corporate battle that could upset local cable television customers when the new year rings in: Sinclair Broadcast Group is threatening to pull

SYRACUSE — For those of you who know your Syracuse television history, you might call this a “homecoming” of sorts.  ABC affiliate NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) says weekday morning talk show Bridge Street will broadcast live from ShoppingTown Mall in DeWitt every day “during the holiday season.”

SYRACUSE — There’s a new local broadcast option for local country music lovers: it’s “The Country Network” airing on local Fox affiliate WSYT’s digital subchannel 68.2. WSYT is among a dozen new affiliates nationwide to join the network.

SYRACUSE — Longtime NewsChannel 9 anchor Rod Wood is spending the next three to six weeks at home, after the station says he underwent prostate cancer surgery earlier this week.  But he’ll be back on TV briefly next week, telling his story during a series of reports on prostate cancer.

WASHINGTON — The FCC’s Media Bureau announced a temporary freeze on applications for new digital low-power television (LPTV) stations and TV translators “in so-called ‘rural areas,’” effective immediately. The agency says holding those apps will allow staffers to focus on efforts to make more room for mobile broadband.

SYRACUSE — Local PBS affiliate WCNY-TV has completed a locally-produced documentary that details work scientists and military personnel are performing in Greeland to study climate change. The program, Artic Air: A Greenlandic Journey with the 109th, will debut on Monday, November 8.

Your editor is just back from a week of much-needed vacation.  While we had a few advance stories “in the can” to auto-publish during the week off, there are several items we missed while away.  This afternoon, we finally catch-up on some of those events we missed while we were out.

SYRACUSE — When NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-DT) morning anchor Christie Casciano isn’t busy with the news on television or on B104.7 (WBBS) radio, or going after criminals for the TV station’s “On the Lookout” series, you may not know she’s a “hockey mom.”  And now she’s sharing the experience of bringing up two young hockey players