UTICA/ROME -- It certainly wasn't a pleasant occasion, but Mark Piersma from 92.7 The Drive (WXUR) got plenty of face time on Utica and Syracuse TV stations last night and again this morning. He was interviewed by reporters as a neighbor of the man who reportedly shot an employee at an AT&T store in the Utica suburb of New Hartford yesterday.

SYRACUSE -- It's not a bird or a plane... it's K-Rock (WKRH/WKRL) morning guy Griffin doing the superhero thing recently at one of his station's  KRock N' Putt Wednesdays at Fairmount Glen Miniature Golf.

SYRACUSE -- Another locally-produced show has been added to the lineup at The Score 1260 (WSKO). The addition of Danny Parkins will give the Citadel station eight solid hours of local sports talk every weekday, starting on Tuesday.  Updated 2:55pm with additional information from Citadel.

ALBANY -- He worked primarily in print media, referred to as "the dean" of State Capitol journalists by the Albany Times-Union... but he was also a frequent contributor to WHCU's Morning Newswatch.  Former Gannett Albany bureau chief Jay Gallagher passed away Monday evening in an Albany hospital after battling pancreatic cancer for nearly a year.  Today, WHCU's Dave Vieser shares some of his memories of working with Gallagher.

ITHACA/CORTLAND -- While your editor was away on vacation, the long-awaited debut of new radio station WITH 90.1 took place on Monday.  The joint venture between Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva and WXXI in Rochester also offers an HD2 channel.

GENEVA -- After hearing the WRVO-sponsored Syracuse appearance of "Says You!" is limited to balcony seating after all the floor-level seats sold out, WEOS General Manager Aaron Read says there's plenty of good seats available for the show's stop in Geneva.  Some tickets include a chance to meet the host and panelists.

SYRACUSE -- The Tipp Hill-based KISS-FM is looking for new ways to get on the air with a low-power FM transmitter in Syracuse.  The station is also exploring the possibilities of simulcasting on transmitters in several other nearby communities.

ITHACA/CORTLAND -- It's a special edition of the locally-produced Homemade Jam this weekend on rocker I-100 (WIII).  The show will be paying tribute to Cortland native and rock star Ronnie James Dio, who died this past Monday at the age of 67.  Dio's wife announced last November that Dio had been diagnosed with stomach cancer.

SYRACUSE  -- Listeners to Oldies 1050 (WSEN-AM) had the chance to meet some of the station's hosts during an Auto Showcase co-sponsored by the station recently at the State Fairgrounds.  Not only were local personalities on hand, but at least one nationally-syndicated host made an appearance as well.

OSWEGO -- The Environment Report which airs weekday mornings on WRVO will be going away soon. "Due to a lack of sustainable funding," the station explains Friday, June 4 will be the final day for the daily reports. However, WRVO's newsroom says it's not completely abandoning environmental issues.