Long time central New York broadcast personality Rick Gary has been inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame.  Rick was honored at an event last week at the Paley Center for Media in New York City.  He currently hosts an afternoon radio show on WZUN Sunny 102 radio in Syracuse. Rick's long career in broadcasting included being part of the popular morning show team of Rick and Ron on WOLF, hosting radio programs on WSYR and WYYY. 

Editors Note: Scott Atkinson was part of WTVH-TV's 'murderers row' of fine reporters during its years of excellence in the 80's and 90's.   Scott is now the news director of WWNY-TV in Watertown.  His station was in the thick of one of the most watched and hotly contested races in the2009 election, that for the 23rd Congressional District.  The expanse of the district created a huge challenge for covering the race on election night.  Democrat bill Owens gathered with supporters in Plattsburgh, while Conservative Doug Hoffman was based in Saranac Lake.  Here's how WWNY faced the election night challenge.

Somewhere back in the haze of the late 90s, (97' maybe?) I took a laptop to the Hotel Syracuse, hooked up a phone line, and did what  would now be called a blog on WTVH's web site.  thought it was great fun, and a different way to tell the story. So did the maybe five people who read it.

Our friends at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications recently shared an announcement with us that an endowment has been established in the memory of S.U. alumn and NY Times Reporter Robin Toner.  Here is the text of the release from the University.

With a lead gift of $100,000 from John Chapple ’75, Syracuse University has established the Robin Toner Endowment in celebration of the life and work of the acclaimed late New York Times political correspondent Robin Toner ’76. The announcement was made by Lorraine Branham, dean of the Newhouse School, following the recent Robin Toner Symposium hosted by Newhouse and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.