The press office of New York State Governor David A. Paterson today announced a statewide "radio town hall tour," which begins next week.  On Tuesday, Paterson is scheduled to appear on The Jim Reith Show on Syracuse's Newsradio 570 WSYR.  The talk show airs weekdays from 3-7pm.

Skip Clark has been filling in on mornings for MOViN 100.3/96.5 for quite some time, and now, multiple sources report that change is permanent.  Clark has also been promoted to Program Director, and there are some other changes at the station.

The Mars Hill Network of Christian stations, based in Syracuse, says live performances from local musicians, on-the-road reports, and a free concert with a nationally-known Christian recording artist will be among the highlights of "Careathon '08." The three-day long fundraising effort is set to begin next Thursday. 

Syracuse's Newsradio 570 WSYR will have to wait another year to try for one of the coveted NAB Crystal Radio Awards.  As we reported last month, WSYR was one of 50 finalists in the entire country, but only 10 stations would win.

From the "Where Are They Now?" file, Thomas "Jake" Jacobsen has been promoted to Operations Manager of Regent's Albany cluster.  Before going to Albany, Jacobsen had programmed WFRG in Utica and WFRY in Watertown.

Tim Huppmann, known to listeners of TK99, WSEN, WOLF and other stations as "Rick Ryder," died on Monday, according to an obituary published in the Syracuse Post-Standard earlier this week.  Huppmann, who also served for many years working his way up the ranks to Chief of Rescue and Firefighting at Hancock Airport, was 65 years old.

Clear Channel Syracuse is now accepting team registrations for the 3rd Annual Bill Leaf Kickball Tournament.  Leaf was working as a reporter for Newsradio 570 WSYR, and a part-time sportscaster for WTVH-TV, when he was killed by a drunk driver in 2006.  This year's tournament will take place on Saturday, May 17th at Onondaga Lake Park.

Ithaca's I-100 has an opening for an afternoon drive jock. Program Director Mark Vanness tells CNYRadio.com existing PM driver Dan Ward is leaving the station, and the search is on for a replacement. Here's the complete job posting:

We aren't sure how old this is -- there were no dates mentioned on 570 WSYR's website, but morning show host Joe Galuski recently celebrated 20 years with the station.

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