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ALBANY — Several commercial, public and college broadcasters brought some hardware home from the 2022 “Excellence in Broadcasting” awards. The New York State Broadcasters’ Association says the awards recognize “the outstanding work broadcasters do throughout the state of New York to keep viewers informed, engage conversation and promote local business.” Here’s a list of local […]

UTICA/ROME — Townsquare Media’s 5-station cluster takes the top 5 spots in the publicly-available Spring 2021 ratings released this week by The Nielsen Company. As usual, country Big Frog 104 (WFRG) leads the way, with more than double the Persons 12+ audience of #2-ranked Lite 98.7 (WLZW).

OSWEGO — The WRVO Stations are looking to expand their reach in the Ithaca and Cortland areas. This week, the FCC approved application permits for two new FM translators that would simulcast the WRVO signal from SUNY Oswego.

UTICA-ROME — NPR news/talk fans in the Copper City could soon have another option for tuning-in the NPR affiliate from the Port City.  The FCC has granted a construction permit for a new FM translator in Rome to simulcast Oswego’s WRVO.  When construction is complete, the signal at 92.3FM is expected to cover the city’s […]

OSWEGO — Funeral arrangements for John Krauss, the retired WRVO General Manager who died on Monday, have been announced. Calling hours will be offered tomorrow and Saturday in Oswego, with a memorial service to immediately follow Saturday’s calling hours.

OSWEGO — His voice was the very first to be heard when WRVO debuted in 1969.  John Krauss would stay with the Oswego station for the next 41 years, working his way up the ranks, eventually serving as General Manager from 1996 until his retirement in 2010.  Today, we’re sad to report Krauss has died.

UTICA/ROME — The newsroom at Townsquare Media’s 950 WIBX is a bit shorthanded this week, following the departure of Gino Geruntino.  He has accepted a new position with Oswego NPR affiliate WRVO, leaving WIBX on the search for a replacement.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Many local broadcast journalists were honored by their peers at the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association’s annual news awards competition last week.  From the “better late than never” file, we’ve got the full list of local winners.  Thanks to a guest contributor, we’ve also got some “bonus coverage” from the college […]

OSWEGO — NPR news/talk affiliate WRVO is adding some programming which may be familiar to Central New Yorkers.  The first notable name is a show — “HealthLink On Air,” a weekly medical affairs program which formerly aired on WSYR radio.  The second notable name is a person — J. Daniel Pluff, the former longtime producer […]

SYRACUSE — Earlier this week, Arbitron released its Winter 2013 “topline” audience estimates for subscribing commercial radio stations in the Syracuse market.  The initial report skips non-commercial stations, but Arbitron allows those numbers to be released — a few days later — by the Radio Research Consortium.  And for this latest “book,” Oswego-based WRVO was […]