SYRACUSE -- Full-time undergraduate journalism students are invited to apply for the Syracuse Press Club's DeVesty-Williams Scholarship. The $2,000 award will be offered to one student who is a permanent resident of, and attends college within, the Syracuse Press Club's 21-county service area.
SYRACUSE -- Citing a "decline in ratings and funding," WCNY-TV has cancelled WCNY Connected, a weekly lifestyle/entertainment show hosted by 93Q (WNTQ) morning co-hosts Ted Long and Amy Robbins. Additionally, the station is pushing its long-running Central Issues back to its original weekly format, after trying out the show as a daily offering for awhile.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There has never been a nationwide activation of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) or its predecessors, but that's going to change. Citing a desire to "determine the reliability of the EAS system and its effectiveness in notifying the public of emergencies and potential danger nationwide and regionally," the Commission has announced plans to activate a Presidential Alert, to be carried by all EAS-participating agencies nationwide.
UTICA/ROME -- Fans of former WXUR morning show host Bill Keeler waited more than a month to find out where they'd be able to hear Keeler in the Morning again. And last night, they found out: through a commercial which aired on Fox 33 (WFXV), Keeler announced he's launching his own network of internet radio stations.
OSWEGO -- There won't be any pledge drive breaks during "Foneless February" at WRVO, but there could be pledge drives coming in March if the station doesn't reach its fundraising goals this month. To give listeners an incentive to open their wallets, all pledges will be doubled by a third party, dollar for dollar.
ITHACA/CORTLAND -- It's been awhile since we've had a Picture of the Week from Ithaca; we haven't seen any broadcast-related images from the Finger Lakes since November. After 8 weeks in a row back and forth on the Thruway between Syracuse and Utica/Rome, we're overdue to aim our Picture of the Week spotlight back towards Ithaca.
SYRACUSE -- The Mars Hill Network, based in Syracuse with flagship station WMHR, hosted its second "Christian Professional Media Alliance" meeting last week in Liverpool. Mars Hill says it hopes the group will facilitate networking among Christians who work in the media.
SYRACUSE -- Local stations are once again in the running for the Academy of Country Music Awards. This year, Clear Channel's B104.7 (WBBS) is up for medium market "Station of the Year." Meantime, locally-owned New Country WOLF 105.1's morning show is nominated for "Broadcast Personality of the Year."
SYRACUSE -- There's a part-time opening at the Mars Hill Radio Network of stations, headquartered at WMHR in Syracuse. They're looking for someone to anchor morning drive newscasts and other announcing duties. The official job posting reads as follows:
SYRACUSE -- Time Warner Cable says it has reached a long-term deal for rights to retransmit Fox 68 (WSYT), My43 (WNYS) and 26 other television stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, in markets where Sinclair and Time Warner deal with each other.