This POTW has a somewhat timely purpose. WRUN's (relatively) new owner Northeast Public Radio, is about to kick off its fall fund drive. Starting next week, the network of 19 stations throughout New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts will begin efforts to raise $800,000 in donations from listeners.
The parent of WRUN (AM 1150 Utica) brought home 7 trophies from the 14th Annual Communicator Awards. Staffers from Northeast Public Radio's flagship station, WAMC Albany, earned themselves three top-tier Communicator Awards of Excellence, and four Communicator Awards of Distinction.
Northeast Public Radio is extending its affiliate network to the west into the Utica-Rome market. Regent Communications has sold WRUN for $275,000 to the Albany-based NPR cluster headed up by Alan Chartock. That brings to 13 the number of stations simulcasting programming from WAMC, the group's flagship station in Albany.