Chris Barnes

WEST READING, PA — “I had a good run…” That was the final Facebook post from Chris Barnes on Monday. Barnes, whose 45-year radio career included a brief stint as News Director at Newsradio 570 WSYR in Syracuse, died Tuesday night at the age of 66.

Updated 12/30 — SYRACUSE — FM Newsradio 106.9 and 570 WSYR is on the hunt for a new news director / morning drive news anchor.  PD Jason Furst tells CNYRadio.com that current ND Chris Barnes is leaving on “good terms.”  He has accepted a new job in the nation’s capital.  We have the details on

SYRACUSE — Notice anything missing from the newscasts at Newsradio 570 WSYR?  Starting today, we’re told most newscasts will be completely locally-anchored.  This is as opposed to the previous format, in which a national update from Fox News Radio would precede the local content.

Your editor is just back from a week of much-needed vacation.  While we had a few advance stories “in the can” to auto-publish during the week off, there are several items we missed while away.  This afternoon, we finally catch-up on some of those events we missed while we were out.

SYRACUSE — Former Fox News Radio anchor/producer Chris Barnes is coming to Syracuse, to become the new morning host at Newsradio 570 WSYR.