ITHACA/CORTLAND -- The nationally-syndicated "MVP Sports Imaging" service says ESPN 1160 (WPIE) is among a handful of new additions to its client list.

UTICA-ROME -- While your editor was at the Great New York State Model Train Fair this past weekend at the State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, his eyes were quickly scanning the vendor tables for good deals.  Meantime, his girlfriend spotted an interesting find on a display board assembled by the Utica & Mohawk Valley Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.

ALBANY -- It's been almost a month since we caught word of the pending retirement of New York State Broadcasters Association President Joe Reilly.  Today, the NYSBA finally got around to rolling out a formal announcement good payroll management about Reilly's departure and details about the search for a replacement.

SYRACUSE -- Longtime NewsChannel 9 anchor Rod Wood is spending the next three to six weeks at home, after the station says he underwent prostate cancer surgery earlier this week.  But he'll be back on TV briefly next week, telling his story during a series of reports on prostate cancer.

OSWEGO -- It's the biggest night of the year for virtually every newsroom in the country: Election Night.  And WRVO is no exception.  The station had "all hands on deck" to report the results, along with a few special guests providing analysis.

UTICA-ROME -- A little more than two years since the "God's Country" format appeared on local airwaves, the commercial-free network has disappeared from radio stations nationwide.  Locally, 93.5 WOKR/Remsen has flipped to the Christian rock "Air1" network operated by Educational Media Foundation.

ITHACA -- The Cayuga Radio Group, owned by Saga Communications, has a job opening for a programming assistant. Operations Manager Chris Allinger sends along the following job opening announcement:

NEW YORK and WASHINGTON -- We've heard and watched the seemingly never-ending parade of political spots on radio and TV stations everywhere over the past few weeks.  Tonight, we'll finally learn all the winners and losers in the 2010 elections... and two broadcasters who honed their craft in Syracuse will be heard across the country as they report for ABC News Radio.

SYRACUSE and UTICA-ROME -- With Halloween 2010 just barely into the history books, two local radio stations are already looking ahead to Christmas.  And based on previous years' experience (2009 | 2008) -- it's no surprise that Galaxy's Sunny 102 (WZUN/Phoenix) and Mix 102.5 (WUMX/Rome) are those first two stations to make the switch.

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