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Three Fall from Smith Hill Tower

Updated 10/26 at 8:00am -- UTICA-ROME -- NBC affiliate WKTV says three workers who fell from a transmission tower outside the station's Smith Hill studios this morning are expected to be okay.  "None of the injuries are considered to be life threatening," the station reported on its website, and one of the three workers has already […]

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Dusty Rhodes Returning to Syracuse... Briefly

SYRACUSE -- Popular announcer Dusty Rhodes will be back on the Syracuse airwaves in May, hosting a four-part series entitled Syracuse Radio in the Fifties on WCNY-HD2. Installments of the program are scheduled to air on Sunday afternoons, starting May 2.

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'Cuse Cares Radio/Telethon Raises $42,000 for Haiti

SYRACUSE -- We're a bit late on this one, but much credit is due to Brent Axe, host of On the Block on The Score 1260 (WSKO), Syracuse University, WCNY, and others who helped put together the "Cuse Cares Telethon to raise $42,000 for earthquake relief efforts in Haiti on Friday.

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WCNY Brings "The Sandman" Back to Sandman Serenade

SYRACUSE -- Remember The Sandman Serenade from WOLF back in the 1940s and 1950s?  You may already know public broadcaster WCNY-FM has had a revival of the show on its HD2 channel for some time now.  But starting tonight, they've got "The Sandman" himself back in the air chair.  Even if you don't remember the original […]

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WAER Yanks Saturday "Funk Show" from Lineup

Updated 9/9/09 SYRACUSE -- If you're a fan of "The Funk Show" on Syracuse University's NPR affiliate WAER 88.3, bad news.  Last weekend's show was the final show.  The hosts say they were notified by management -- via e-mail -- that they're being replaced by NPR network programming.

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POTW: Syracuse Radio at the State Fair (2009)

SYRACUSE -- It's one of the few places where you can count on seeing plenty of broadcasters together in one place every year: the Great New York State Fair, which opened yesterday in the Town of Geddes, just outside of Syracuse.  In this "Mega Picture of the Week," here are all the stations we found […]

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WCNY Taps Arbetter to Expand News & Public Affairs

SYRACUSE -- WCNY has hired Susan Arbetter, the former host of public TV's New York Now, as part of a "major expansion" of news and public affairs programming offered on WCNY television and radio, as well as the stations' website.

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Keeler Back to Mornings on WXUR, Imus Moves to WNRS

UTICA-ROME -- After more than a year and a half on afternoon drive, market fixture Bill Keeler is headed back to his old stomping grounds -- morning drive -- effective tomorrow.  The announcement was made this evening live on WXUR, and at the weekly "Saranac Thursday" party, outside the F.X. Matt Brewery in Utica.

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POTW: Going Once, Going Twice... (2009)

SYRACUSE -- Even if you're not a big fan of public TV, chances are good you've heard one way or another that WCNY-TV's big televised auction, "TelAuc" for short, has been going on the past few weekends.  And throughout the auctions, some local radio personalities have stopped in to help drum up support.

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36 years of Bluegrass Ramble

SYRACUSE -- Later this month, Classic FM (WCNY) airs a special edition of Bluegrass Ramble in honor of the show's 36th anniversary. And you're invited to attend the show's taping tomorrow -- free admission, and no reservations required.

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