Updated 12:30pm with two more photos -- SYRACUSE -- The biggest summertime tradition for Central New York is a summertime tradition here at CNYRadio.com / CNYTVNews.com. We present to you, our annual roundup of photos of local radio and television stations at The Great New York State Fair! Inside: more than a dozen photos!
UTICA/ROME -- Just a day after we shared and reviewed the Spring 2011 numbers from Eastlan, we now have a partial look at the numbers from Arbitron. Just like the Fall 2010 book, Arbitron has limited public ratings to "subscriber only" status, meaning the media and the public only get to see the results for stations […]
SYRACUSE -- They worked in the same Syracuse radio cluster almost ten years ago, and soon they'll be working together again -- in Arkansas. Oswego native Jamie Vivlemore -- better-known as JJ Ryan -- tells CNYRadio.com he's enjoying a recent promotion, and he's hired another former Syracuse broadcaster as one of his first official moves […]
SYRACUSE -- Top journalists from Syracuse and surrounding markets gathered for the Syracuse Press Club's 33rd annual Scholarship and Professional Recognition Awards Dinner last night at Drumlins Country Club in Syracuse. Public stations WRVO and WAER dominated the radio categories, while there were plenty of ties for winners in the television categories.
SYRACUSE -- One CNYRadio.com reader noticed our recent request for more "classic" shots. Nick Caplan -- or "Sick Nick" as he was known on WOLF 1490 back in the day -- sent in a pair of pictures. One from then, and one from now.
SYRACUSE -- Almost a year since "Yo! Sunny Joe" Allen exited Foxfur's MOViN 100.3/96.5 (WMVN), he's back on the air again. According to AllAccess, he just started this week doing afternoons for Saga-owned WKNE, a top-40 station in Keene, New Hampshire. In Syracuse, Allen also served as production director for sister stations New Country WOLF […]
CENTRAL NEW YORK -- When you think of all the station sales and format flips we recapped right here exactly one year ago, we wondered how 2010 would compare with 2009. After all, 2009 was a pretty busy year. But, as we once again review all that happened over the past twelve months... 2010 did […]
It was 30 years ago today that fans worldwide were saddened by the news of John Lennon's assassination. The former Beatle was 40 years old. Your editor was a bit too young at the time to remember and understand the news right when it happened. But one CNYRadio.com reader from Auburn shared his memories of […]
SYRACUSE -- After almost a year off the air, low-power analog television station WMBO-LP is back, reports a CNYRadio.com and CNYTVNews.com reader who used to run his own local media website. Since the station is transmitting on analog TV channel 6, the audio can be heard with an ordinary radio at 87.7 FM.
SYRACUSE -- Longtime NewsChannel 9 anchor Rod Wood is spending the next three to six weeks at home, after the station says he underwent prostate cancer surgery earlier this week. But he'll be back on TV briefly next week, telling his story during a series of reports on prostate cancer.