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Jasmyn Belcher Leaving WRVO for Big Apple

Jasmyn Belcher Leaving WRVO for Big Apple

OSWEGO — After four years as an award-winning reporter/producer in the WRVO newsroom, Jasmyn Belcher is packing up and moving to New York City. She’s accepted a position as an Associate Producer at StoryCorps, an oral history project that produces interviews heard nationwide on NPR’s Morning Edition. [More »]

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WRVO Bringing NPR’s Carl Kasell to Syracuse

WRVO Bringing NPR’s Carl Kasell to Syracuse

SYRACUSE — Carl Kasell, a fixture of NPR News programming for more than four decades, will be coming to Syracuse in late June.  Tickets are now on sale for Kasell’s appearance, according to organizers at Oswego-based NPR affiliate WRVO. [More »]

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WRVO Participating in New Upstate Journalism Center

WRVO Participating in New Upstate Journalism Center

OSWEGO — WRVO is one of five public broadcasters chosen to take part in a “major journalism initiative” which will establish a new “Local Journalism Center” tasked with documenting technology’s role in “rebuilding Upstate New York’s economy.” The initiative will fund the hiring of new reporters, a manager to coordinate the efforts, and an interactive web portal to accompany the effort. [More »]

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WRVO’s John Krauss Announces Retirement

WRVO’s John Krauss Announces Retirement

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 »]

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WRVO Hires Dave Bullard as Senior Producer/Reporter

WRVO Hires Dave Bullard as Senior Producer/Reporter

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 »]

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WRVO Seeks Senior News Reporter/Producer

WRVO Seeks Senior News Reporter/Producer

OSWEGO — Nearly 3 months after longtime News Director Chris Ulanowski exited WRVO, the NPR affiliate now has a job opening for a position that appears to be his replacement, but — at least in title — it isn’t quite the same job.  Rather than seeking a News Director, the station has announced the search for a “Senior News Reporter/Producer.” [More »]

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POTW: Election Night at WRVO (2009)

POTW: Election Night at WRVO (2009)

OSWEGO — It may be considered an “off year” compared to last year’s presidential election or next year’s mid-term elections, but Election Night is still one of the biggest nights of the year for newsrooms across the country.  And while things may have been ho-hum in many parts of the country, there was plenty of excitement in CNY. [More »]

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WRVO Seeks Cable Listeners

WRVO Seeks Cable Listeners

OSWEGO — If you use your cable TV service to listen to WRVO, the Oswego-based NPR station wants to hear from you.  Apparently, it makes the station eligible to receive more funding. [More »]

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Temporary WRVD Shutdown Planned

Temporary WRVD Shutdown Planned

SYRACUSE — No, that’s not a typo in the headline… Syracuse-based WRVD 90.3 FM will sign-off around 8:30 Saturday morning for some transmitter maintenance work.  Fred Vigeant, program director for the WRVO Stations says the outage will last “throughout the day.”  Parent station WRVO/Oswego and siblings WRVN/Utica and WRVJ/Watertown will not be affected by the outage.

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WRVD Off-Air for Repairs Tuesday 3/31

WRVD Off-Air for Repairs Tuesday 3/31

SYRACUSE — If you work in downtown Syracuse and you rely on WRVD 90.3 to listen to the programming of the WRVO stations, you may be left in the dark for most of the day on Tuesday, March 31. [More »]

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