ITHACA -- With the "soap opera" in Utica ending, we're reminded of a job that's been open even longer -- at Saga's News Talk 870 WHCU. Since mid-June, the station has been searching for a news anchor/reporter to replace Todd Messer, who left the area after getting married in July. APD Dave Vieser shares the […]
ITHACA -- Saga's Q-Country (WQNY) is still the clear leader in Ithaca, but not without taking a hit of nearly 7 ratings points from Spring 2008 to Spring 2009. And in the newly-released Arbitron Persons 12+ ratings, CHR-formatted Z95-5 (WFIZ) has flashed from non-existence to second place.
NATIONWIDE -- If you catch the top-of-hour news on WIBX/Utica, WTNY/Watertown, WHCU/Ithaca or any other CBS affiliate, you'll notice something missing today: those quick little "chirp" tones that had been part of the newscasts for more than three decades.
ITHACA -- With so many people out of work -- in radio, and in general -- it's not the kind of story we'd expect to be running. But three weeks since Saga's News-Talk 870 WHCU announced an opening for a news reporter/anchor, APD Dave Vieser reports, "we are a little bit surprised to see a […]
ITHACA -- After about a year of anchoring and reporting at Saga's News/Talk 870 WHCU, Todd Messer is getting ready to move on. The station has begun the search for his replacement.
MYSTERY LOCATION -- After a depressing start to the short week, we thought we'd try to lighten the mood by adding a little "trivia twist" to the Picture of the Week. Can you identify the studio and what year? OK, so you may not have seen every studio everywhere -- neither have we. How about […]
UPDATED 4/28 at 11:00pm: SYRACUSE -- Clear Channel carried out its second round of massive layoffs of the year today -- eliminating 590 jobs on top of the 1,800 let go on January 20th. Multiple sources concur one PD has been laid off in Syracuse, a former Ithaca radio journalist was cut in Albany, a […]
Governor David A. Paterson was all over Central New York today -- both physically, and on the radio. Here at CNYRadio.com HQ, we counted no less than three stations where the Governor provided live interviews today.
ITHACA -- News/talker 870 WHCU is back to transmitting at full power, less than 12 hours after a fire at the transmission tower knocked the station off-air for most of yesterday's morning drive hours. APD Dave Vieser sums it up nicely:
ITHACA -- News/talk fans might have trouble tuning in WHCU today; the station is using its 1,000-watt nighttime transmitter site 24/7 after an early morning fire at the station's daytime transmission tower forced the station off-air for a few hours.