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 »]

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 »]

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 — Time’s running out for Hobart & William Smith Colleges’ construction permit to get new radio station WITH (90.1 FM) on the air. With some help from public broadcasters in Rochester and Binghamton, it looks like WITH will meet the deadline, with plans to sign-on sometime in May. [More »]

SYRACUSE — Sunny 102 (WZUN) morning man “Big Mike” Fiss and NPR’s Scott Simon recently shared some of their experiences in broadcasting and journalism with students at F-M’s Eagle Hill Middle School. Specifically, Simon spoke about the way technology — specifically social media — has impacted journalism. [More »]

GENEVA — If you had trouble receiving WEOS on its main signal at 89.7 in Geneva or translator W201CD at 88.1 in Ithaca last week, don’t worry — it wasn’t your radio.  The station suffered a “snowstorm related power surge,” according to GM Aaron Read.  The surge resulted in WEOS broadcasting at very low power for nearly a week, but the signal’s back on track now. [More »]

GENEVA — NPR affiliate WEOS has unveiled the winning photos from its “2010 Listener Calendar” contest.  The challenge: showcase the beauty of the Finger Lakes region — but no waterfalls allowed!  In addition to revealing the winners, WEOS is now also selling the calendars.  Proceeds benefit the station. [More »]

GENEVA — After seeing Tuesday’s article about the mug contest at fellow NPR affiliate WRVO, General Manager Aaron Read at WEOS writes to tell us his station’s also been asking for listeners to lend their creativity to a similar project for a little over a week now.  And he says WEOS has some other big events in the works. [More »]

GENEVA — Tower work on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges could force WEOS’ translator on 90.3 FM (W212BA) to shut down for awhile on Friday.  The station’s primary signal at 89.7FM and all other frequencies will not be impacted. [More »]

Yesterday’s announced budget cuts at NPR will result in “Day to Day” being pulled from the WRVO weekday lineup, and “News and Notes” disappearing from the WEOS weekday lineup.  No replacements have been named yet. [More »]