ROCHESTER — Our condolences to the family and friends of former local broadcaster Robert Jason Fain. He died on Friday at the age of 51. Fain, better known by his on-air name Rob Jason, worked in a number of radio and TV newsrooms across Central New York before moving to Rochester in 2002. Calling hours will be held on Wednesday in Rochester.
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ROCHESTER — A former news manager whose resume includes radio and television jobs in several places across Central New York has been arrested on child pornography charges. The U.S. Department of Justice says Robert Jason Fain – a.k.a. Rob Jason — was arrested after investigators say he was using computers at his job to distribute illegal images. 
WASHINGTON, DC — As of today, the Fairness Doctrine, an FCC policy which sparked plenty of debate in the 1980s and again in recent years, has been deleted from the FCC regulations. Longtime residents of Central New York may remember that one of the biggest legal cases leading to the Fairness Doctrine’s downfall, started right here in Syracuse. SYRACUSE — Management at KISS-FM say they’re almost finished rebuilding following a fire that destroyed their studios almost one year ago. But when the internet stream and Part 15 transmitters come back online, they won’t be covering the Syracuse area. Instead, station management tells CNYRadio.com they’re heading north, preparing to do battle in the Watertown market. 
SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Press Club is now accepting entries for its annual awards competition. There are several different categories within TV, radio, various forms of print media, and online. There are also some categories just for college students. You don’t have to be an SPC member to submit entries, and the competition is open to all journalists in a total of 21 upstate counties. 
CENTRAL NEW YORK — If you checked out “The Year in Review: 2010,” posted earlier today, you know there were certainly many big stories this year. But which stories were the biggest? Which stories got the most attention from CNYRadio.com readers? As per our tradition, we just checked our server stats to see which stories had the most hits over the past 365 days, and we present to you now, the top 10 stories of 2010. 
SYRACUSE — Starting tomorrow at noon, owners of HDRadio tuners will be able to tune in holiday-themed jazz anytime, night or day. Classic FM (WCNY) is offering “The Sounds of Christmas Jazz” non-stop through Christmas Day on its HD3 stations in Syracuse, Utica and Watertown. ALBANY — It’s been almost a month since we caught word of the pending retirement of New York State Broadcasters Association President Joe Reilly. Today, the NYSBA finally got around to rolling out a formal announcement about Reilly’s departure and details about the search for a replacement. 
OSWEGO — Nearly 7 months after John Krauss retired as GM of the WRVO stations, SUNY Oswego has named his replacement. Dr. Michael S. Ameigh, a longtime professor and assistant provost at the college, has been tapped to become the NPR affiliate’s third GM since it debuted in 1969. Voting open until the middle of the day on Halloween. When do you think we’ll see the first local all-Christmas flip? Before November 1st (13%) Week of Nov 1-5 (62%) Between Nov 6 and 27 (19%) Thanksgiving or later (we wish!) (6%) Total Voters: 99 Loading … |
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