OSWEGO -- WRVO Public Media has a pair of job openings within its news department. The NPR affiliate is taking applications for a Morning News Producer/Reporter based at WRVO's studios at SUNY Oswego, and for a part-time reporter based in the Mohawk Valley, to cover news in Oneida and Madison Counties. Here are the full […]
SYRACUSE -- The nationally-syndicated public radio game show Says You! has been known to visit Central New York from time to time. The latest trip was last month, when Oswego's WRVO brought the show to Syracuse to tape four episodes. This week, WRVO learned one of those episodes will air tomorrow, on dozens of affiliate […]
OSWEGO -- Many people use a new year as a turning point to make changes, and NPR news/talk affiliate WRVO is no exception. The station announced several programming lineup changes today, which will take effect as of the first of the year.
OSWEGO -- Public radio fans who live in or travel through northern New York have a new option to catch programming from WRVO Public Media. The station's newest full-power repeater, WRVH, is now on the air at 89.3FM.
OSWEGO -- Just shy of three years since leaving WRVO, Tom Herbert has rejoined the NPR affiliate's underwriting sales team. Since leaving WRVO in 2009, Herbert had been working in a similar role for the Mars Hill Christian Radio Network, which is headquartered in Syracuse.
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 […]
OSWEGO -- Responding to audience ratings and listener requests, WRVO Public Media has announced a flurry of changes to its program schedule, set to take effect two weeks from Monday. Two new programs each from NPR and CBC will be added, while some existing programs will be shifted to new timeslots.
SYRACUSE -- Michel Martin, the host of NPR's Tell Me More, visited Syracuse last month. She gave a lecture at Syracuse University on her first evening in town, and she enjoyed a luncheon with community leaders along with members and staff of NPR affiliate WRVO the following day.
Updated 4:05pm -- SYRACUSE -- Next time you tune your radio to NPR's All Things Considered or turn on your TV for Nova, will your experience start off with some political campaign ads? That could be happening someday, thanks to federal court ruling issued yesterday. Here in Central New York, public broadcasters are considering the possible […]
OSWEGO -- NPR affiliate WRVO has a new Director of News and Public Affairs. The station says Catherine J. Loper has been appointed to the post, which had been vacant since Dave Bullard exited the station last fall. Loper brings 20 years of broadcast journalism experience to the table.