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Syracuse Chiefs returning to The Score 1260

SYRACUSE -- Baseball fans will be able to hear the Syracuse Chiefs on broadcast radio again next spring.  The Triple A affiliate of the Washington Nationals said it's returning to The Score 1260 (WSKO) in 2014, after trying out an "online only" approach during the 2013 season.

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Syracuse TV
Two to exit NewsChannel 9's "Morning News" by year's end

SYRACUSE -- Two of the three primary on-air talent for "The Morning News" on NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) will be leaving the ABC affiliate by the end of this year.  Co-anchor Tanja Babich and meteorologist Chris Brandolino have new jobs lined-up outside of Central New York.  Babich will be gone by the end of this month, and Brandolino will wrap up his three-year stay with channel 9 on New Year's Eve.

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Syracuse Radio
Ted & Amy celebrating 25 years on 93Q mornings

SYRACUSE -- They've woken us up for two and a half decades, arriving unannounced with their witty banter blaring through our clock radios.  For 25 years, "Ted and Amy in the Morning" on 93Q (WNTQ) has helped Central New Yorkers start their days.  The station is honoring the pair with a huge party this Saturday at the Sheraton University Hotel in Syracuse.  Recently, Ted and Amy spoke with CNYRadio.com about their jobs.

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Ithaca/Cortland Radio
Saga moves to buy competitor Z95.5 in Ithaca

Updated 11:20am -- ITHACA -- The parent company of the Cayuga Radio Group, the dominant radio cluster in Ithaca, is looking to grow bigger.  According to documents filed with the FCC last week, Saga Communications wants to buy ROI Broadcasting CHR station Z95.5 (WFIZ) and three translators.  The $715,000 deal is being spurred by a bankruptcy filing involving one of Z95,5's owners.

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Picture Of the Week
POTW: TK99 helps young fan meet Donovan McNabb prior to surgery

SYRACUSE -- Planning for an operation is no fun for anyone... especially a young child.  But a 12-year-old from Oswego County got a thrill before heading into the for major spinal surgery, when classic rock station TK99 (WTKW) was able to help the boy meet one of his sports heroes.

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Syracuse Radio
Q&A: How did ESPN Radio CNY offer two games at once?

SYRACUSE -- When an all-sports radio station has the rights to both baseball's World Series and NFL football, which game wins in a scheduling conflict?  For ESPN Radio CNY, which is heard at 1200AM and 97.7FM in Syracuse, and 1440AM and 100.7FM in Oswego, the answer was a matter of splitting-up the usual simulcast.  But the FMs are just translators -- legally, they are not able to originate their own programming.  So, how did Galaxy Communications do it without breaking FCC rules?

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Syracuse Radio
Syracuse Chiefs retain Benetti and Brown, but no radio deal (yet)

SYRACUSE -- Although there are many changes in the works at the Syracuse Chiefs this off-season, fans will hear some familiar voices offering play-by-play and color commentary next spring. The team says Jason Benetti and Kevin Brown will continue their roles in the media office. Still up in the air, however, is whether the Chiefs will return to broadcast radio in 2014, after a season of webcasting.

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Ithaca/Cortland Radio
Where are they now: Dave Vieser moves to CBS News Radio

NEW YORK CITY -- Continuing our catching-up on news from "while we were out on hiatus," former CNY broadcaster Dave Vieser checks-in to share some good news.  The former Assistant PD and morning co-host of the Morning News Watch on Ithaca's WHCU is now back on WHCU -- and hundreds of other radio stations across the country -- as a correspondent for CBS News Radio.

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Syracuse TV
YNN celebrating 10th anniversary

SYRACUSE -- Your News Now, or YNN, is celebrating ten years on Time Warner Cable.  The 24/7 local news channel, which started out as "News 10 Now," still has 17 of its original staff members on board, including GM Ron Lombard.  Today on syracuse.com, Katrina Tulloch interviewed Lombard about his reflections on the past decade.

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Syracuse TV
Past and present broadcasters score election victories

SYRACUSE and UTICA -- At least two former Syracuse TV reporters enjoyed victories on election night. Jean Kessner was re-elected to the Syracuse Common Council. Stefan Mychajliw was re-elected as Erie County Comptroller in his hometown of Buffalo. And in Utica, longtime WIBX "Auto Talk" host Ed Welsh was re-elected to the Oneida County Legislature.

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