SYRACUSE -- Do you recognize the two broadcasters in this 1984 photo, taken inside 62-WHEN when it was located on Old Liverpool Road in Liverpool? As of last year, they're back in the same newsroom once again. One more clue: one of these people had a birthday yesterday.
SYRACUSE -- Former local TV news anchor Maureen Green returned to the tube this morning, but not to the anchor desk, and not to her longtime home at CBS 5 (WTVH). Rather, she appeared on ABC affiliate NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) as the subject of a sweeps piece about purchasing prescription eyeglasses online.
SYRACUSE -- Following up to last week's "blast from the past" photo of the WTVH Newscenter 5 team, we have not one, but two more classic Syracuse TV news photos from the personal collection of longtime NewsChannel 9 anchor Rod Wood. We didn't see Rod in last week's photo (taken at least 20 years after […]
NEW YORK CITY -- Jeff Rossen, former reporter for ABC affiliates in Utica (WUTR) and Syracuse (WSYR-TV, though it was WIXT then), has been named "National Investigative Correspondent" for NBC's Today show. Rossen will also be producing investigative pieces for NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and Dateline.
SYRACUSE -- You may have heard the buzz about Upstate, a television sitcom shot and based in Syracuse. Most of the shooting for a pilot episode took place last fall, and now the finished product has been unveiled. After a debut at Syracuse Stage on Sunday, the episode will air locally on NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) […]
BOSTON -- Former NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) reporter and anchor Heather Hegedus has a new job, starting today. She's at Fox 25 (WFXT) in Boston. And forget about the usual "first day orientation" stuff, she's jumping right into the fire, filling-in for the station's 6pm anchor tonight.
BUFFALO -- It's two franchises for the price of one today: this is a "Picture of the Week" and a "Where Are They Now" together in the same post. This week's photo comes to us from Grant deBruin, formerly of Syracuse's WSYR-TV and Utica's WKTV.
SYRACUSE -- After a blackout lasting nearly three days, Verizon FiOS TV customers can once again watch NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) with their set top boxes. This, after Verizon and WSYR-TV owner Newport Television reached a new retransmission consent agreement late Sunday afternoon.
SYRACUSE -- Six years ago today, friends, family and colleagues gathered for the funeral of broadcast journalist Bill Leaf. And this morning, Leaf's family has learned Bill's killer, Matthew Benedict, has been denied parole by state officials. The decision means Benedict -- who could have been released as early as next month -- will remain behind bars for […]
New Story Posted 1/15: WSYR-TV has returned to Verizon FiOS lineups. Updated 1/13 -- SYRACUSE -- ABC affiliate NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) has been blacked out from Verizon FiOS TV systems in the Syracuse area after Verizon's retransmission consent deal with the station expired overnight. It's all because Verizon and WSYR-TV's parent company, Newport Television, have […]