Joe Galuski

SYRACUSE — For at least the second year in a row, the Town of Cicero’s Community Festival Parade had a local broadcaster leading the way.  NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) Chief Meteorologist Dave Longley, a resident of the town, served as the Grand Marshal for this year’s parade.

DETROIT — Former WSYR news reporter, anchor and talk show host Ryan Fishman — who used the name Jay Fishman on-air in Syracuse — has a new job.  An anonymous CNYRadio.com reader passes along word that Fishman has been named Vice President of Strategic Consultation with a Detroit-area business development consulting and PR firm.

SYRACUSE — With many stations now operating in clusters, it’s not too surprising to see on-air staff from sister stations at the same event.  But two morning hosts… from different companies… in the same location during their regular timeslot?  It’s pretty rare, but it happened last week.

SYRACUSE — The annual “Great TV Auction,” more commonly known as TelAuc, returns to WCNY one week from tonight.  During a total of eight nights over two weekends, viewers will have the chance to score some big bargains, with proceeds from winning bids benefiting the PBS affiliate’s continued operation.

Updated 12/1 – SYRACUSE — While it’s not uncommon to see “Syracuse University” mentioned by national networks like ESPN, those mentions had usually been for game highlights and other routine sports coverage typically afforded Division I schools.  That all changed nearly two weeks ago, when ESPN and other networks converged on Syracuse to cover developments

SYRACUSE — Since the great majority of our Pictures of the Week document recent events, we’re always glad to receive reader submissions that give us the chance to take a trip back in time.  And this is one of those weeks — we’re headed back to the mid 1970s for a look at the talent

SYRACUSE — Clear Channel news/talker 570 WSYR and CHR Hot 107.9 (WWHT) will team up for a 3-day long “Radiothon for Kids” to benefit patient care at the Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital in Syracuse.  The radiothon begins tomorrow (Wednesday) morning, and runs through Friday evening.

SYRACUSE — Observant CNYRadio.com readers have noticed something interesting on their TV screens: program listings for WSYR-DT’s 9.2 subchannel show timeslots devoted to local hosts from Newsradio 570 WSYR… but so far, neither host has appeared on TV during their respective listed timeslots. Updated 9/15 at 5:45pm.

SYRACUSE — After three years as a news reporter/anchor and show host at Newsradio 570 WSYR, Jay Fishman announced on-air this morning that he’s ending his full-time employment with the station. He’s going to focus the bulk of his time on pursuing a law degree, but he’ll still be involved with the station on a

SYRACUSE — There are changes in the air at Clear Channel’s Newsradio 570 WSYR.  The station is changing the way it delivers news during morning drive, including the addition of a co-anchor.