Betty Allinger at WIBX (Photo courtesy Chris Allinger)

ITHACA — She was one of the first women to broadcast news on the radio, during World War II. And that’s just one of many accomplishments Betty Allinger achieved during her time at Utica’s WIBX, and through her heavy involvement with a long list of community organizations outside of the workplace. Betty Allinger died over the weekend in Ithaca. She was 93. Calling hours are set for this afternoon in Utica, and a Funeral Mass is set to take place tomorrow morning in New Hartford. [More »]

ITHACA — Good news from the folks at Saga’s Q-Country 103.7 (WQNY) to go along with our latest Picture of the Week.  Thanks to many generous listeners, the station’s weekend-long plans to collect “A Ton of Toys” actually ended early when the goal was met. [More »]

ITHACA — He’s lived inside a block of ice to raise money for the homeless, floated in the air to help stock up a local food bank, and ran a 60-hour on-air marathon to benefit improvements for the State Theater.  And starting today, Q-Country (WQNY) morning host Chris Allinger is camping out at a local mall to help less-fortunate children this Christmas.

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Saga’s Chris Allinger points out an error we made in a story last week about the CHR Battle Brewing in Ithaca.  Saga’s Hits 103.3 is actually simulcasting on the HD2 signal of Lite Rock 97.3 WYXL.  We had quoted another observer who said Hits was simulcasting on the HD2 of another Saga station.  We apologize for the confusion and we have updated the earlier story.