NEW YORK CITY -- Syracuse University graduate and former Hot 107.9 on-air personality Ralphie Aversa is headed for the Big Apple. Starting Monday, he'll be the new night host on the legendary 95.5 WPLJ. "The Ralphie Show" will continue to be heard on Cumulus-owned stations in other markets in three other states.
SYRACUSE -- Two former major league sportscasters who got their start at Syracuse University's WAER will be inducted to the station's Hall of Fame when WAER hosts its 65th anniversary celebration dinner tomorrow night. The inductees include Hank Greenwald, class of 1957, and the late Andy Musser, class of 1959.
SYRACUSE -- After nearly 26 years of hosting Sunday Night Blues for WAER 88.3FM, local blues musician Tom Townsley has just four shows left. Townsley has a new job lined up, so his last show for WAER will be July 29.
Updated 6/10 -- CAMBRIDGE, MA -- For a quarter-century, listeners nationwide have enjoyed listening to brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi, known as "Click and Clack," every Saturday morning on NPR's Car Talk. Today, the duo announced plans to retire this fall, but fans need not worry -- shows will continue to air every weekend into […]
SYRACUSE -- This spring marks 65 years of broadcasting for Syracuse University's WAER 88.3FM. To mark the milestone, the NPR affiliate officially announced the opening of the "WAER Hall of Fame." At a ceremony last week in Washington, DC, legendary newsman Ted Koppel was honored as the Hall of Fame's very first inductee.
Updated 8:05pm -- SYRACUSE -- Public stations WRVO and WAER dominate the list of radio winners for the 2011 Syracuse Press Club Professional Recognition Awards Contest. On the TV news side, cablecaster YNN and Syracuse ABC affiliate NewsChannel 9 were neck-and-neck for bragging rights on picking up the most awards. The list was released just […]
SYRACUSE -- Top journalists from Syracuse and surrounding markets gathered for the Syracuse Press Club's 33rd annual Scholarship and Professional Recognition Awards Dinner last night at Drumlins Country Club in Syracuse. Public stations WRVO and WAER dominated the radio categories, while there were plenty of ties for winners in the television categories.
SYRACUSE -- The winners for this year's Syracuse Press Club awards have been announced. On the radio side, public broadcasters led the pack. In TV, it's a neck-and-neck race between WSYR-TV and WSTM-TV. And we're also very happy to report CNYRadio.com appears on the award list as well.
NEW YORK CITY -- It was just over a year ago that former WSYR morning news anchor Alex Silverman announced he would be leaving WSYR after accepting a position at Seattle's KIRO. Today, we've learned Silverman is headed back to the east coast -- for a new job in New York City at WCBS Newsradio 880.
Updated 3/30: Parkins has Tweeted his new home is Kansas City and he starts his new show there on Monday. His new home is "610 Sports" (KCSP) and his timeslot is weekdays, 9-11am Central. SYRACUSE -- He already left Syracuse once in 2009, after graduating from Syracuse University. Today, Danny Parkins surprised listeners by announcing he's […]