UTICA-ROME -- Last month's unexpected removal of longtime Big Frog 104 (WFRG) morning host Matt Herkimer has had a ripple effect throughout the market. It looks like the dust is finally settling, after a round of "musical chairs" between WFRG and sister Oldiez 96.1 (WODZ).
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.
SYRACUSE -- Chances are, you’ve never heard his voice, but Joel Delmonico has enjoyed a long and influential career in Syracuse radio. CNYRadio.com recently chatted with Delmonico just before he retired from the VP/Market Manager post at Clear Channel Media + Entertainment's Syracuse cluster at the end of December.
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.
CENTRAL NEW YORK — As per tradition here at CNYRadio.com and CNYTVNews.com, New Year's Eve is when we look through a whole bunch of server stats to determine the Top 10 Stories that appeared on this website over the past year. We also asked readers to submit some of your own thoughts on which stories are the "biggest" in terms of importance, even if not by numbers alone.
SYRACUSE -- Longtime midday host Diane Wade is back in her old shift at Classic Hits 92.1 WSEN-FM. No word on the whereabouts of Bob Brown, who previously held the shift.
SYRACUSE -- We now know why NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) recently posted an job opening for a sports reporter/anchor. One CNYTVNews.com reader reports, just before the end of Sunday night's 11pm newscast, Lindsay Liquori announced she is leaving the ABC affiliate. She's moving to Florida, where her fiancé recently relocated for a new job. The Capital Region native graduated from Marist College and had been with the station since 2011. We wish Lindsay and her fiancé all the best.
CENTRAL NEW YORK -- As another year comes to a close, it's time to take a look back at all the changes in local broadcasting over the past 364 days. We begin a four-part "Year in Review" series with a look at personnel comings and goings as reported by CNYRadio.com and CNYTVNews.com.
CENTRAL NEW YORK -- Two people at two different stations, who worked at their respective stations for decades, climbing the ladder to upper management... some pioneers in local television... and a few who left us much sooner than expected. In this installment of our four-part "Year in Review," we pause to remember the local broadcasters we lost during 2013.
ITHACA -- Two CHR competitors are one step closer to becoming part of the same family, raising questions as to their future. In today's edition of its Daily Digest, the FCC announced it has approved the sale of Z95.5 (WFIZ) to Saga Communications, the owner of rival Hits 103.3 (W277BS, simulcasting WYXL-HD2).