Yesterday's announced budget cuts at NPR will result in "Day to Day" being pulled from the WRVO weekday lineup, and "News and Notes" disappearing from the WEOS weekday lineup. No replacements have been named yet.
Yesterday's announced budget cuts at NPR will result in "Day to Day" being pulled from the WRVO weekday lineup, and "News and Notes" disappearing from the WEOS weekday lineup. No replacements have been named yet.
Syracuse University basketball coach Jim Boeheim will be in the hot seat when NPR's quiz show Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me comes to town this fall.
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.
With the recent installation of a new 35,000 watt propane-powered generator at its main transmitting facility, WRVO will now be able to continue broadcasting its signal during emergency power outages.
The Public Radio International series This American Life is headed to the Persian Gulf this weekend to gather interviews for a special episode of the show.
Lisa Simeone is stepping down from her post as host of National Public Radio's Weekend All Things Considered heard locally on WRVO FM 90. Simeone, whose last show will be in March, plans to focus on free-lance reporting for NPR and other companies. Archive article reposted with help from volunteer Ashley Caster
Public radio station WRVO FM 90 will broadcast New York Governor George Pataki's State of the State address live this afternoon. The speech, which will be delivered at the state capitol in Albany, begins at 1:00. Archive article reposted with help from volunteer Ashley Caster
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,