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WHCU Marks Anniversary By Expanding

Ithaca news/talker WHCU 870 is celebrating it's 85th Anniversary by expanding the news department.  The station is hoping to add a full-time position to take on afternoon anchoring and evening reporting duties.

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POTW: Barry Leonard's 1000th Cornell broadcast

ITHACA -- Longtime Cornell University sports broadcaster Barry Leonard celebrated a notable milestone last month.  Twenty-two years into his tenure as "the Voice of the Big Red," Leonard was recognized for calling his 1,000th game on the radio.

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Year in Review 2013: Comings and goings

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.

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Year in Review 2013: Remembering those we lost

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 […]

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POTW: Ithaca College broadcasters reunite (2013)

ITHACA -- Several broadcasters who learned their trade at Ithaca College got together last month during the college's reunion weekend.  Longtime WHCU/WYXL General Manager Rudy Paolangeli -- also an Ithaca College alumnus and former faculty member -- shared a photo from the gathering.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Saga buys another Ithaca-area translator

ITHACA/CORTLAND -- The Cayuga Radio Group is adding another FM translator to its stable of frequencies.  From the "better late than never" file, the group is buying the construction permit for 96.7FM (W244CZ) from Cavalry Chapel of the Finger Lakes, the same group from which Saga purchased 99.7FM (W249CD), which now simulcasts 1470 WNYY, last […]

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POTW: Remembering a date with Annette Funicello (1959)

ALBANY -- Sad news for fans this week, learning of the passing of Annette Funicello.  The singer, dancer and actress who grew up in Utica lost a long battle with multiple sclerosis on Monday, at the age of 70.  This week, an Ithaca radio personality remembers one special evening decades ago, when the former Mousketeer […]

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Ithaca radio history book in the works; authors ask for help

ITHACA -- On the heels of this week's release of a book about the history of TV in Syracuse -- aptly titled "Syracuse Television" -- work is underway for another book about local broadcast history.  This time, Ithaca radio will be in the spotlight and the authors are asking for help in the way of […]

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