OSWEGO — He was the very first voice heard on the air when WRVO signed on more than four decades ago.  Along the way, he served in just about every capacity possible at the station — and this morning, General Manager John Krauss announced he plans to retire at the end of the month.
Updated 3/10 with WRVO press release issued today. [More »]

ITHACA/CORTLAND — There are three more HD Radio offerings in the market now, thanks to the recent addition of multicasting equipment at Saga’s Q-Country 103.7 (WQNY).  The market’s perennial ratings leader is now available in HD, and its subchannels are helping to improve the coverage of its two AM sister stations in the Cayuga Radio Group cluster. [More »]

ITHACA/CORTLAND — There have been recent some personnel changes at ROI Broadcasting’s Z95.5 (WFIZ).  Former morning host Birdman exits the station, PD “Corey at Night” becomes just “Corey” as he moves to morning drive, and the station hires “Nikii” to co-host mornings.  But that’s not all. [More »]

OSWEGO — Dave Bullard is back on the airwaves as the new Senior News Reporter/Producer at the WRVO Stations.  He posted the news on his Facebook page last week, he started at the NPR affiliate on Monday and his first story aired today. [More »]

ITHACA/CORTLAND — While it certainly wasn’t the biggest or baddest snowstorm ever (we spotted one report hyping it as a “snow hurricane”), yesterday’s snowstorm was the worst we’ve had so far this season.  We challenged local radio folk to break out their cameras and show us how they’re dealing with the snow. [More »]

OSWEGO — National Public Radio affiliate WRVO announced plans to launch a new locally-produced show co-hosted by Morning Edition host Jason Smith and reporter Jasmyn Belcher. Weekly Edition is set to debut on March 19. [More »]

ITHACA — Fans of Jimmy Fallon are in for a special treat Monday morning… the comedian and late night TV talk show host will be part of the Valentine’s Day Special on “Mikey Mike’s Monday Morning Madness” this coming Monday on Ithaca College’s WICB (91.7 FM). [More »]

ITHACA/CORTLAND — For 12 hours tomorrow, you’ve got the chance to request virtually any song you want on any of three radio stations in the Cayuga Radio Group owned by Saga Communications.  It’ll cost you — but the money’s going to a good cause.  It’s “Tunes for Tails” to benefit the SPCA of Tompkins County. [More »]

ITHACA/CORTLAND — A construction permit for a new AM radio station licensed to Lansing/South Hill is included among more than a dozen new signals up for bids in the FCC’s upcoming Auction 88.  The CP will allow the future station to broadcast at 750 kHz and there are two bidders. [More »]

ITHACA/CORTLAND — Lineup changes at Saga’s Progressive Talk AM 1470 (WNYY) are complete, after last month’s sudden shutdown of the Air America network left the station — and countless others nationwide — scrambling to fill holes in their schedules. Updated 2/4 at 3:15pm with additional info from PD Geoff Dunn. [More »]