SYRACUSE -- Fifty years ago this September, "colorful channel 9" signed on the air for the very first time, from studios located at ShoppingTown Mall in DeWitt. To mark the occasion, the ABC affiliate is selling tickets for a "50th Anniversary Celebration" planned for next month at the SRC Arena in Syracuse.
SYRACUSE -- If you spot people wearing t-shirts with vintage TV station logos at the New York State Fair this year, you're not seeing things. Two local television stations will be "going retro" at this year's fair, which opens tomorrow and runs through Labor Day.
NEW YORK CITY -- We don't cover national news often, but this one's rather notable: ABC is looking to shake-up late night TV by moving Jimmy Kimmel Live -- to the 11:35pm timeslot held since 1979 by Nightline. The change is set to take place in January.
SYRACUSE -- This week, NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) morning traffic reporter and Bridge Street co-host Kaylea Nixon announced she's leaving the station. It appears that her replacement -- at least for the morning traffic portion -- will be Caroline Gable, who's been absent from local TV since exiting Utica's WUTR in March.
SYRACUSE -- It's something old, yet something new... and coming this fall, it'll be on channel nine-point-two. The digital subchannel of NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) is going to become an affiliate of the Me-TV network starting in September. Looking at the network's lineup, it might be best described as something similar to what "Nick at Nite" […]
SYRACUSE -- Newport Television's proposed sale of ABC affiliate NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) and several other stations to Nexstar Broadcasting is a step closer to completion. The FCC has reviewed and "accepted for filing" all documents associated with the proposed sale. But that doesn't mean it's a done deal just yet.
Updated SYRACUSE -- Confirming yesterday's initial reports of the imminent sale of WSYR-TV and many other stations owned by Newport Television, we've learned today that the ABC affiliate will be sold to Nexstar Broadcasting Group.
UPDATE 7/19: WSYR-TV has been sold to Nexstar; see our newer story here. SYRACUSE -- The parent company of local ABC affiliate NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) is reportedly getting closer to a sale, nearly four months after initial reports that Newport Television was putting itself on the market. And it looks like there will be not […]
SYRACUSE -- You may have noticed some new faces on local television newscasts... and a familiar face on a different channel. The Syracuse Press Club reports that CNY Central (WSTM/WTVH/WSTQ-LP) has hired two reporters to replace Chris McGrath and Caitlin Nuclo.
SYRACUSE -- Ask viewers to name people who work in local TV news and you'll probably hear names like Matt Mulcahy, Carrie Lazarus, Rod Wood, Jackie Robinson, Christie Casciano and Michael Benny pretty often. How about Roger Mirabito or Kristy Smorol? People inside local TV news know these names, but outside of their respective stations' […]