OSWEGO -- 93Q's morning duo, Ted Long and Amy Robbins, are this year's hosts for the Oswego County Press Club's annual awards dinner on Wednesday. The festivities, which get underway at 5:30 p.m. at Springside at Seneca Hill, include the presentation of the club's Golden Quote Awards for excellence in journalism, public relations, advertising and design. For […]
OSWEGO -- The Oswego County Press Club is looking for nominees for its annual Golden Quotes Awards. The awards, which honor excellence in broadcast, web, and print media as well as public relations, will be awarded at the club's annual holiday dinner to be held December 5 at Springside at Seneca Hill in Minetto. Contact […]
OSWEGO -- WRVO FM 90 has been awarded a $139,593 grant from the federal government to improve the station's studio equipment. The funding approved by Congress is a matching grant which means WRVO will be upping its fund-raising efforts beginning in January. Look for dinners, theater performances, and direct mail campaigns in addition to normal on-air […]
SUNY Oswego's student-run radio station, 88.9 FM WNYO, turns ten years old today. The station has been in operation since 1967 utilizing various carrier current transmitters, but it wasn't until 1992 that WNYO became a true over-the-air broadcast station.
It's called 'Foneless February', and for years the silent fundraising campaign has been a hit with listeners of public radio station WRVO. The end result of the low-key effort is less hours of on-air fundraising in March. This year, the spring fundraiser will be shortened by five days thanks to over $90,000 in early contributions.
After twelve years as host of one of National Public Radio's most popular programs, Linda Wertheimer said goodbye at the end of today's All Things Considered.
Watertown's WRVJ 91.7 FM may be getting a boost, and to do that will involve moving its transmitter. The station, which is a relay for Oswego-based public radio station WRVO,
Oswego-based public radio station WRVO FM 90 faired well in the latest Arbitron ratings for Syracuse. With a 3.4 rating for persons 12+, the NPR affiliate bested fellow noncommericial stations Classic FM (WCNY) which had a 1.6, and Syracuse University's Jazz 88 (WAER) with a 1.0. The figures reflect listenership during the months of July, […]
The staff at local public radio station WRVO were smiling at the end of this year's eight-day fall fundraiser. Listeners pledged a total of $110,000, which was $10,000 more than the station's targeted goal. WRVO and it's affiliate stations broadcast from transmitters in Oswego, Syracuse, Utica, Cortland, and Watertown.
To help celebrate the 30th anniversary of National Public Radio's All Things Considered, NPR Science Correspondent Joe Palca will serve as guest moderator of a WRVO broadcast on Tuesday, October 30.