Editorial — For many broadcasters, complex nonlinear editors like Avid, Audition, Premiere, Edius and ProTools are a breeze. But for most, these are toys we only get to play with at work — they’re too expensive to buy a copy for occasional “hobbyist” use at home. For years, Audacity has been a popular open-source multitrack audio editor, but what about video? There is a solution, but it’s complicated — for now. That’ll change later this year, and you can help make it happen.
Dear Readers,
Today, CNYRadio.com marks its 12th anniversary. Scott Jameson launched the site on March 1, 2001. Back then, the site focused exclusively on the Syracuse radio scene. Today, the site covers radio happenings in three markets, and local television news in two of those markets.
Nearly 450 of you have “liked” the CNYRadio.com / CNYTVNews.com page on Facebook. But since Facebook recently changed the way “page” items appear in news feeds, we noticed most of our posts are only seen by a fraction of our fans. So, if you have “liked” us, but you haven’t been seeing much from us lately, head to our Facebook page and make sure you do this:
CENTRAL NEW YORK — Here we are, wrapping another year documenting the happenings of local radio and television in Syracuse, Utica and Ithaca. Sometimes you don’t realize just how much has changed in local broadcasting until you stop to take a look back at the past twelve months. Today, we begin our annual Year in Review series with a recap of the many “comings and goings” we’ve reported over the past year.
Starting this week, we’re trying something different: rather than appearing at midnight, Picture of the Week will appear at 7:00am. If you’re checking in early, we’ll give you a hint… this week’s pictures (there will be two) will take you back about 20 years into Utica-Rome radio history.
ROCHESTER — Although it’s been a slow week in CNYTVNews.com territory, there’s notable news to the west: a corporate stalemate has resulted in Rochester CBS affiliate WROC-TV getting piped into cable systems in Louisville, Kentucky — and some viewers there are having some fun with the swap.
Readers, just wanted to provide an update about some recent developments here at CNYRadio.com and CNYTVNews.com. These updates may or may not necessarily matter to you, but in the interest of full disclosure, I wanted to throw together a brief summary.
SYRACUSE — It was exactly eleven years ago today that CNYRadio.com posted its very first story. This year’s celebration is pretty low-key compared to the multi-day series of special features offered for the 10th anniversary last year, but I still wanted to take the opportunity to mark the occasion.
SYRACUSE — There are a few minor changes you may have noticed here at CNYRadio.com and CNYTVNews.com. We’ve finally caught up on some housecleaning we’ve been meaning to do for quite some time.
Whether or not you’re among our 700+ Twitter followers (and thank you all!), we wanted to let you know about a new Twitter “list” we just started. @cnyradio/CNY-alumni gives you a convenient one-click way to follow broadcasters who used to work at radio or TV stations in Syracuse, Utica or Ithaca. But we know it’s far from complete, so we’re asking for your help in building the list.