NEW YORK CITY -- It was just over a year ago that former WSYR morning news anchor Alex Silverman announced he would be leaving WSYR after accepting a position at Seattle's KIRO.  Today, we've learned Silverman is headed back to the east coast -- for a new job in New York City at WCBS Newsradio 880.

ITHACA/CORTLAND -- The Cayuga Radio Group of Saga Communications has an opening for a programming and promotions person.  We're told the lucky candidate will replace Jason Kester, who originally planned to leave in December, but he had delayed his departure until the spring.

SYRACUSE -- Three people who work in local television are among the winners of the Club Awards announced late last week by the Syracuse Press Club.  They include an anchor from WSTM, a photographer from WSYR-TV and a producer from WCNY.

UTICA/ROME -- In less than two hours, "Flashback Saturday Night" host Rich Lawrence will be signing off Lite 98.7 (WLZW) for the last time.  Lawrence says he's had a blast over the past five years he had been on the station's part-time roster, but he says it's time to move on.

Updated 3/30: Parkins has Tweeted his new home is Kansas City and he starts his new show there on Monday.  His new home is "610 Sports" (KCSP) and his timeslot is weekdays, 9-11am Central.

SYRACUSE -- He already left Syracuse once in 2009, after graduating from Syracuse University.  Today, Danny Parkins surprised listeners by announcing he's leaving again: today was his final show at The Score 1260 (WSKO).   As for his next stop -- we've been given some hints, but no definite answers yet.

HERKIMER -- Thanks to reader submissions, we're firing up the Picture of the Week time machine for at least the next three weeks in a row!  This week, we're headed 50 years back in time -- and about 50 miles east from CNYRadio.com HQ for a look inside the studios of WALY in Herkimer.  Any guesses on who these two guys are?  

(Updated 9:15pm) OSWEGO -- A one-day fundraiser called "Thousand Member Thursday" is being called a success tonight.  Staffers at NPR affiliate WRVO say the station eclipsed their goal, after hearing from more than 1,300 members by the time the one-day fundraiser officially ended this evening.

SYRACUSE -- The annual "Blues, Brews and BBQ" concert hosted by Galaxy Communications' classic rock stations TK99/TK105 (WTKV/WTKW) will be open to the public for free this year. Headliners include Max Weinberg, who gained fame as the drummer for Bruce Springsteen and later as the bandleader on Late Night with Conan O'Brien during the comedian's NBC years.

SEATTLE -- Barry Ackerley, who once owned several upstate New York television stations including ABC affiliates WIXT in Syracuse and WUTR in Utica, has died. News reports from Ackerley's long-time home base of Seattle say Ackerley died after suffering a stroke yesterday morning in California at the age of 76.

A belated gift from CNYRadio.com following our 10th anniversary earlier this month.  It's also good news for those wishing to explore the history of local radio: almost all of the articles from the "original" CNYRadio.com are back online.  In the past, republishing our archives was a slow process, because each article had to be manually imported, one by one.  But someone finally created a program to automate the process -- so the job is now nearly complete.