CENTRAL NEW YORK — As per tradition here at CNYRadio.com and CNYTVNews.com, New Year’s Eve is when we look through a whole bunch of server stats to determine the Top 10 Stories that appeared on this website over the past year. We also asked readers to submit some of your own thoughts on which stories are the “biggest” in terms of importance, even if not by numbers alone. Continue Reading
CENTRAL NEW YORK — As another year comes to a close, it’s time to take a look back at all the changes in local broadcasting over the past 364 days. We begin a four-part “Year in Review” series with a look at personnel comings and goings as reported by CNYRadio.com and CNYTVNews.com. Continue Reading
CENTRAL NEW YORK — Two people at two different stations, who worked at their respective stations for decades, climbing the ladder to upper management… some pioneers in local television… and a few who left us much sooner than expected. In this installment of our four-part “Year in Review,” we pause to remember the local… Continue Reading
CENTRAL NEW YORK — As the year winds down to a close, it’s time to begin our annual look back at 2013. We have a four-part series of Year in Review which stretches from today, right up to New Year’s Eve. In part one, we recap the many changes in terms of station ownership (especially in… Continue Reading
As we prepare for our annual “Year in Review,” where we recap all of the big stories of the year in local broadcasting, we once again want to ask YOUR opinion. Even though certain stories may generate a lot of views, we realize that site traffic stats don’t always necessarily correlate with the significance of… Continue Reading
Just a quick note about something you may or may not have realized already — we’ve recently changed our Comment Policy (which is also available through the “About” menu at the top of the site). In addition to comments which are posted directly on individual stories, our software now automatically pulls responses in from Facebook… Continue Reading
Back in July, I announced this site would be taking an extended summer hiatus due to a number of personal events. At the time, I stated a desire to get CNYRadio.com and CNYTVNews.com back up and running in October. That’s still the plan, but it’s going to take some help from willing volunteers to avoid… Continue Reading
Effective immediately, CNYRadio.com and CNYTVNews.com will be taking a summer vacation. Major breaking news will still be covered to the best of my ability… but I’ve decided to step back from the “routine day-to-day” types of stories for at least the next couple of months. Continue Reading
What a busy week it has been! Well, not so much for CNYRadio.com / CNYTVNews.com — but for your editor’s life away from the computer. That explains why, if you check out the homepage today, you’ll notice just two news stories between today’s Picture of the Week and last week’s featured photo. And that’s why… Continue Reading
Editorial — For many broadcasters, complex nonlinear editors like Avid, Audition, Premiere, Edius and ProTools are a breeze. But for most, these are toys we only get to play with at work — they’re too expensive to buy a copy for occasional “hobbyist” use at home. For years, Audacity has been a popular open-source multitrack… Continue Reading