Jerry Condra Dies at 85 July 25th, 2021 He’ll be remembered by younger broadcasters as a professor at SUNY Oswego. Some may remember him from Syracuse’s channel 9, when it was WNYS-TV. Others around the country knew him as a kids’ show host, a weatherman, an anchor, a news director and a general manager. Jerry Condra died this past week at the age
CNY Central’s Niko and Farah Moving to Seattle July 2nd, 2021 CNY Central (WSTM / WTVH / CW6) says the married duo of Sports Director Niko Tamurian and WTVH morning news anchor Farah Jadran are moving to Seattle.
Job Openings: 4 News Jobs at CNY Central June 24th, 2021 CNYTVNews has received word of four vacancies in the newsroom at Sinclair-owned CNYCentral, the combo of NBC3 (WSTM-TV), CBS5 (WTVH) and CW6 (WSTM-DT2). Three of the positions — a multimedia journalist (MMJ), a news producer and a digital news content producer guide for salaried workers — will be dedicated to CNYCentral. Sinclair is also hiring
NewsChannel 9 hires new sports reporter January 17th, 2014 SYRACUSE — NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) is looking west towards “cheesehead territory” to fill a vacancy in its sports department. The station says Shannon Shepherd will be moving from WSAU-TV in Wausau, Wisconsin to join the Nexstar-owned ABC affiliate at the end of this month. Do miss out your chance to watch your favorite sports, IPTV
Former channel 3 GM named in lawsuit at current station January 16th, 2014 CLEVELAND, OH — Former WSTM-TV general manager Bill Applegate, now serving in the same post at Cleveland CBS affiliate WOIO, is among the defendants in a lawsuit brought by one of the station’s sales staffers. The plaintiff alleges that he was encouraged to provide sexual favors to encourage clients to spend money with the station.
Job opportunities at WCNY radio and TV January 16th, 2014 SYRACUSE — Public broadcaster WCNY has announced a total of four job openings at its new facilities in the Near West Side neighborhood of Syracuse. The jobs include a program director for WCNY-FM, two positions in the television joint master control facility based at WCNY, and an account executive.
Channel 9 hires new weekend meteorologist January 8th, 2014 SYRACUSE — The Storm Team at NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) will return to “full strength” by the end of the month. Kate Thornton will be moving up I-81 from Binghamton to handle the ABC affiliate’s weekend newscasts and to fill-in on other newscasts as needed.
CNY Central seeking morning news producer January 6th, 2014 SYRACUSE — CNY Central, the combination of NBC3 (WSTM-TV), CBS5 (WTVH) and CW6 (WSTQ-LP) is searching for its next producer for “Today in Central New York,” the three-hour morning show which airs on NBC3. We’ve got the details on this and other recent job openings at CNY Central.
Report: Former WSTM news director fired in Florida January 3rd, 2014 WEST PALM BEACH, FL — Former WSTM news director Cathy Younkin is “on the beach” after more than four years running the newsroom at the CBS affiliate in the country’s 38th largest television market. And one report says her departure from WPEC channel 12 was not of her own choosing.
WTVH transmitter out “for several days” January 1st, 2014 SYRACUSE — While many of us see a new year as a clean slate, a New Year’s Eve transmitter outage at CBS5 (WTVH) will continue “for several days” into 2014, the station announced today. Until the main 5.1 transmitter returns to service, over-the-air viewers can catch CBS programming on WSTM digital subchannel 3.3.
