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Mike Price, first voice on channel 9, dies at 87

SYRACUSE -- Longtime channel 9 fixture Mike Price, known for wearing many hats during his 46 years with the ABC affiliate, has died at the age of 87. The station announced Price's passing on it's 11pm newscast on Wednesday night.

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NewsChannel 9 News Director to retire, replacement named

SYRACUSE — NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) News Director Jim Campagna is ready to call it a career after nearly 50 years in broadcasting. He's set to retire next week, and the Nexstar-owned ABC affiliate has named its next newsroom boss.

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Dennis Calkins (aka Channel 9's "Verry Hairy") Dies

SYRACUSE -- The man who played "Verry Hairy," the sidekick to Mike Price's "Baron Daemon" character on channel 9 decades ago, has passed away. Dennis Calkins, who primarily worked as the ABC affiliate's first art director from 1962 to 2003, died earlier this week after fighting prostate cancer. He was 86.

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NewsChannel 9 seeking morning anchor, Assistant News Director

SYRACUSE -- Nexstar-owned NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) has some prominent titles among its current list of vacancies. Among them, the ABC affiliate is seeking a new Assistant News Director, and a new weekday morning co-anchor / reporter.

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NYSBA Hall of Fame to Induct Dan Cummings

SYRACUSE -- Congratulations to Dan Cummings! The retired longtime NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) reporter/anchor is one of five people being inducted to the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame this fall, along with broadcasters from Rochester, New York City and the Southern Tier.

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Syracuse TV News Photog Folsom Retires

SYRACUSE -- Mark Folsom, who spent most of his 40-year television news career as a photojournalist for NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) retired this week, drawing accolades from countless colleagues present and past.

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Mike Price's "Baron Daemon" Inducted to Horror Host Hall of Fame

SYRACUSE -- You've probably never heard of the "Horror Host Hall of Fame," but Syracuse's own Mike Price is now on the roster, alongside characters like "Grandpa Munster" and The Twilight Zone's Rod Serling. Price was inducted as the classic "Baron Daemon" character he portrayed on Channel 9 (then WNYS-TV, now WSYR-TV) during the 1960s.

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WSYR and WUTR Pulled from DirecTV Lineups

CENTRAL NEW YORK — ABC affiliates NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV Syracuse) and WUTR 20 Utica have been removed from DirecTV's satellite TV service as a result of a dispute with station owner Nexstar Media Group.

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New Co-Host for Channel 9's "Bridge Street"

SYRACUSE -- There's a new co-host next to Steve Infanti on "Bridge Street" on NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV), but the name is a familiar one to Syracuse TV audiences. Iris St. Meran was introduced as the long-running local daytime talk show's co-host on Monday.

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Longtime NewsChannel 9 photog Eddie Jones loses cancer battle

[Updated 11/8 with arrangements and obituary] SYRACUSE -- It's a sad day for the local TV news community: after battling cancer for more than a decade, longtime NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) photojournalist Eddie Jones passed away on Sunday. Throughout it all, he maintained the positive attutide many knew him for, and continued to work, punching the […]

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