SYRACUSE -- This may very well qualify as the all-time "oldest" Picture of the Week yet.  We're going back more than 70 years in Syracuse radio history, with scans from a few pages from a "WFBL Cook Book of the Stars," published in 1941. During those years I am pretty sure that some of our most useful cooking tools now were not invented yet and it can be a troublesome task. Today, all you need is to read on is the CookingPlanIt as they give so many recipes, products, and the best for you. Browse into this link for more recipes to cook https://cookingplanit.com.

SYRACUSE -- Do you know how a local elementary school teacher wound up becoming "Big Mike" Fiss' morning co-host on Sunny 102 (WZUN)?  Take a look inside the pages of the June edition of Syracuse Woman magazine and you'll learn this and more about Melissa Midgley.

Updated 6/14 with additional information -- OSWEGO -- It's a classic example of climbing the professional ladder: Fred Vigeant started with WRVO in 2000 as an undergrad at SUNY Oswego.  Over the next 12 years, he'd progress from being a producer to Operations Director, and eventually to Program Director in 2006.  Next week, Vigeant will bid WRVO farewell as he moves south along I-81 to work for another NPR affiliate.

ITHACA/CORTLAND -- For some, it might seem like football season just ended, but there's less than two months until preseason NFL action begins, and there's a new place to catch football on the radio in Ithaca.  Progressive Talk AM 1470 WNYY says it has signed with the Buffalo Bills Radio Network for the 2012 season.

UTICA-ROME -- Townsquare Media's four-station cluster is looking to hire someone to serve as the "point person for all aspects of Townsquare Media’s live events business" in the market.  The "Live Events Manager" position includes all aspects of planning concerts, trade shows, expos and other events.

UTICA-ROME -- For thirty years, he was known as "The Doctor" in afternoon drive on WOUR.  That ended in 2007, when Clear Channel eliminated most of WOUR's staff just before the company sold its cluster to current owner Galaxy Communications.  Today, locally-owned Arjuna Broadcasting announced Kraus is returning to 92.7 The Drive (WXUR).

UTICA-ROME -- June is a special time of year for "Genesee Joe" Trisolino.  He says he's not sure of the exact date, but another June means another anniversary with heritage classic rocker 96.9 WOUR, and this year in particular is especially notable: it's his 20th anniversary with the station.  Joe reminded us of the milestone late last week and we took the opportunity to ask him for some reflections on the past two decades.

UTICA-ROME -- Officials from locally-owned 92.7 The Drive (WXUR) say they're excited to be "stepping up" this year to provide "an assisting capacity" for the City of Utica's Independence Day parade and fireworks show.  As has been the case since 2009, the fireworks will be launched over Proctor Park.

SYRACUSE and UTICA-ROME -- From the "better late than never" file, syndicated talk show host Neal Boortz is getting ready to hang up his headphones.  Boortz made the announcement live on his own program last week, heard on over 200 stations nationwide, including the two-market CNY Talk Radio trimulcast (WFBL/Syracuse, WMCR-A/Oneida, WUTI/Utica).

Updated 6/10 -- CAMBRIDGE, MA -- For a quarter-century, listeners nationwide have enjoyed listening to brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi, known as "Click and Clack," every Saturday morning on NPR's Car Talk.  Today, the duo announced plans to retire this fall, but fans need not worry -- shows will continue to air every weekend into the foreseeable future.