BOLTON LANDING – As announced in April, WSYR-TV anchor team Rod Wood and Carrie Lazarus were inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame last night. But they weren’t the only Central New Yorkers taking awards home from the NYSBA’s annual Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting.
SYRACUSE -- ABC affiliate NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) has an opening for a web producer, to help write stories and post video to the station's website, 9WSYR.com. The job was just posted today, but as of this writing, it's not on the station's own website:
ALBANY -- Even though Rich Lawrence and Kim Dunne are no longer part of the weekend on-air lineup for Utica's Lite 98.7 (WLZW), the duo haven't completely walked away from the microphone. Earlier this week, they debuted their brand new podcast, The Kim & Rich Show.
CICERO -- All across the nation, amateur radio operators are hosting their annual "Field Day" today and tomorrow, to help draw awareness to the role amateur or "ham" operators can play in emergency situations where other forms of communication may not be available. Locally, one group of ham operators are gathered in Cicero this weekend.
UTICA/ROME -- The easternmost cluster owned by Syracuse-based Galaxy Communications is looking to hire a new Production Director immediately. Here's the official job announcement from Galaxy VP/Programming Mimi Griswold:
UTICA/ROME -- Arjuna Communications stations 92.7 The Drive (WXUR) and 1420AM The Fox (WNRS) have announced "Forgefest," a 5-band concert featuring local favorite Showtime, along with four tribute bands covering the music of John Mellencamp, U2, Journey and Van Halen.
UTICA/ROME -- You might call it a chilly way to celebrate a birthday. Or you might be reminded of the recurring Saturday Night Live sketch where frequent host Justin Timberlake sings jingles while dressed as a mascot.
SYRACUSE -- This morning's intense storms are to blame for taking ESPN Radio 97.7 and 100.1 off the air for much of Thursday. (Updated Friday 6/24 at 8:00am -- the stations are back on the air.)
UTICA/ROME -- Starting this fall, radio coverage of Utica College sports will be moving from Townsquare news/talker WIBX to Galaxy's three Utica-Rome ESPN Radio stations. That's according to an announcement from the college this week.
UTICA/ROME -- There were some big changes to Big Frog 104's (WFRG) annual FrogFest this year, but the changes didn't keep crowds away. After several years at Verona Beach State Park, the concert was held at the Herkimer County Fairgrounds -- and admission was charged. The concert also included a rodeo.