OSWEGO — NPR affiliate WRVO has a slew of weekend lineup changes taking effect later this month. Some shows will be moving timeslots, while others will be replaced with new programming. Among the more notable changes, The WRVO Playhouse will soon have a consistent 9pm start time, seven nights a week, rather than starting an hour earlier on weekends. [More »]

AUBURN — For many years, he hosted The Polka Party on Auburn’s WAUB 1590.  He was so well-liked in the community, he also spent plenty of time behind the mic off-air, as the emcee of many local events.  Donald Fordham passed away on Wednesday at the age of 82. [More »]

GENEVA — It was a busy weekend for NPR affiliate WEOS. The station hosted a live taping of Says You in Geneva on Friday night and a live broadcast of Whad’ya Know in Ithaca on Saturday. Scott Fybush attended the Ithaca event and posted photos in this week’s edition of NorthEast Radio Watch, published today. [More »]

ALBANY — He worked primarily in print media, referred to as “the dean” of State Capitol journalists by the Albany Times-Union… but he was also a frequent contributor to WHCU’s Morning Newswatch.  Former Gannett Albany bureau chief Jay Gallagher passed away Monday evening in an Albany hospital after battling pancreatic cancer for nearly a year.  Today, WHCU’s Dave Vieser shares some of his memories of working with Gallagher. [More »]

ITHACA/CORTLAND — While your editor was away on vacation, the long-awaited debut of new radio station WITH 90.1 took place on Monday.  The joint venture between Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva and WXXI in Rochester also offers an HD2 channel. [More »]

GENEVA — After hearing the WRVO-sponsored Syracuse appearance of “Says You!” is limited to balcony seating after all the floor-level seats sold out, WEOS General Manager Aaron Read says there’s plenty of good seats available for the show’s stop in Geneva.  Some tickets include a chance to meet the host and panelists. [More »]

ITHACA/CORTLAND — It’s a special edition of the locally-produced Homemade Jam this weekend on rocker I-100 (WIII).  The show will be paying tribute to Cortland native and rock star Ronnie James Dio, who died this past Monday at the age of 67.  Dio’s wife announced last November that Dio had been diagnosed with stomach cancer. [More »]

ITHACA/CORTLAND — ROI Broadcasting’s top 40 Z95.5 (WFIZ) is looking for a morning co-host.  Didn’t they just hire one?  Yep, about two months after the station announced the arrival of Nikii, PD and morning co-host Corey tells us Nikii had “family/personal problems and had to move back to her hometown in Ohio.” [More »]

ITHACA — Public radio listeners are noticing some recent changes on the FM dial, thanks to the anticipated launch of WITH 90.1. Ithaca’s Community Radio at 88.1FM (W201CD), which had been simulcasting Geneva-based WEOS, is now simulcasting a Binghamton-area station’s signal instead. Updated 5/19. [More »]

ITHACA — The FCC has ordered Saga Communications to pay $10,000 in fines, in regards to what the Commission has ruled to be “willful violations” the company made regarding transmitter W240CB. The ruling came after complaints were filed by the Geneva-based Finger Lakes Media Group, who argued W240CB’s signal at 95.9FM had interfered with programming from Z95.5 (WFIZ). [More »]