Dear Readers, Today, CNYRadio.com marks its 12th anniversary. Scott Jameson launched the site on March 1, 2001. Back then, the site focused exclusively on the Syracuse radio scene. Today, the site covers radio happenings in three markets, and local television news in two of those markets. Continue Reading
Nearly 450 of you have “liked” the CNYRadio.com / CNYTVNews.com page on Facebook. But since Facebook recently changed the way “page” items appear in news feeds, we noticed most of our posts are only seen by a fraction of our fans. So, if you have “liked” us, but you haven’t been seeing much from us… Continue Reading
CENTRAL NEW YORK — Here we are, wrapping another year documenting the happenings of local radio and television in Syracuse, Utica and Ithaca. Sometimes you don’t realize just how much has changed in local broadcasting until you stop to take a look back at the past twelve months. Today, we begin our annual Year in… Continue Reading
Starting this week, we’re trying something different: rather than appearing at midnight, Picture of the Week will appear at 7:00am. If you’re checking in early, we’ll give you a hint… this week’s pictures (there will be two) will take you back about 20 years into Utica-Rome radio history. Continue Reading
ROCHESTER — Although it’s been a slow week in CNYTVNews.com territory, there’s notable news to the west: a corporate stalemate has resulted in Rochester CBS affiliate WROC-TV getting piped into cable systems in Louisville, Kentucky — and some viewers there are having some fun with the swap. Continue Reading
Readers, just wanted to provide an update about some recent developments here at CNYRadio.com and CNYTVNews.com. These updates may or may not necessarily matter to you, but in the interest of full disclosure, I wanted to throw together a brief summary. Continue Reading
SYRACUSE — It was exactly eleven years ago today that CNYRadio.com posted its very first story. This year’s celebration is pretty low-key compared to the multi-day series of special features offered for the 10th anniversary last year, but I still wanted to take the opportunity to mark the occasion. Continue Reading
SYRACUSE — There are a few minor changes you may have noticed here at CNYRadio.com and CNYTVNews.com. We’ve finally caught up on some housecleaning we’ve been meaning to do for quite some time. Continue Reading
Whether or not you’re among our 700+ Twitter followers (and thank you all!), we wanted to let you know about a new Twitter “list” we just started. @cnyradio/CNY-alumni gives you a convenient one-click way to follow broadcasters who used to work at radio or TV stations in Syracuse, Utica or Ithaca. But we know it’s far… Continue Reading
Updated 12/31 CENTRAL NEW YORK — While most media outlets use this week to look back at all the general news from 2011, we’re using these last few days of the year to look back at all the news from within those media outlets. On New Year’s Eve, we’ll countdown our “top 10” stories based on… Continue Reading