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SYRACUSE -- Longtime sportscaster Claude "Red" Parton has died, according to a report from ABC affiliate NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV).  Parton's career spanned more than six decades, starting with WSYR in 1939.  He'd eventually work at a number of other radio stations before moving into television.

Public radio's WCNY 91.3 FM and the Jazz Appreciation Society of Syracuse are sponsoring a tribute dinner for Leo Rayhill, host of the station's long-running The Sounds of Jazz. The event will be held at Le Moyne Manor on April 21.