WGXC Newsroom has moved for the final time: http://newsroom.wgxc.org/
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Chatham cable TV hearing, board meeting Thursday
Posted on June 9, 2010 by Tom Roe
The Chatham “Village chalkboard” reports there will be a public hearing for Charter Communications cable contract in Chatham at 7 p.m., just before the regular Village Board meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Tracy Memorial Village Hall, 77 Main St.
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Murphy attacked on net neutrality, voted Friday to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Posted on May 31, 2010 by Tom Roe
Rep. Scott Murphy got attacked from the left last week, for a letter sent to the FCC that net neutrality proponents claim was parroting big Telecom. Murphy and 73 other Democrats allegedly, “sold you out to AT&T, Verizon and Comcast,” targeted e-mail messages sent to constituents in the districts of Murphy and the other members [...]
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Greene County’s new news
Posted on May 23, 2010 by Tom Roe
The Greenville Mountain View Pioneer debuted this week, and the Greene County Local Courier morphed into the Greene County News, after its recent purchase by Hudson-Catskill Newspaper Corp, and it is great to read more local newsprint. Both papers are fighting for territory best covered by The Greenville Press which closed early this year, and [...]
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WIOX tests signal
Posted on May 12, 2010 by Tom Roe
Recently testing began on where [the WIOX] signal can reach. The signal is strong in Fleischmanns, Margaretville, and Andes….tests [continue] over the next few weeks in the other directions….WIOX will have a booth at the Roxbury Sidewalk Festival.
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Local newspaper chain buys last independent Greene County weekly
Posted on April 7, 2010 by Tom Roe
The Hudson-Catskill Newspaper Corp. — the company that runs the only daily newspapers in each county (The Daily Mail and Register-Star) as well as weekly papers in Chatham, Windham, and on the mountaintop — bought Greene County’s only remaining weekly, the Greene County Local Courier, and The Ravena News-Herald, from George McHugh, today’s issue of [...]
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Return of The Greenville Press?
Posted on February 20, 2010 by Tom Roe
Seeing Greene’s Dick May was the first to track down Linda Fenoff, who ran the Greenville Press newspaper until the last three issues have not shown up on newsstands. She hopes to return, May writes, “Ms Fenoff told Seeing Greene… she suffered a collapse from exhaustion and was hospitalized for several days. Now she is [...]
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Albany talk station WROW disappears
Posted on February 10, 2010 by Tom Roe
Monday Albany Broadcasting began simulcasting light-rock station Magic FM (100.9 FM) on 590-AM, killing WROW and the talk radio format that had been there 16 years, Chris Churchill in the Albany Times-Union reports. The station had a few Capitol Region-based hosts and also ran syndicated shows from conservative talk show hosts such as Glenn Beck [...]
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No Greenville Press this week
Posted on February 8, 2010 by Tom Roe
The Greenville Press is a great independent local newspaper, and what it lacks in a web site it makes up with thorough reporting. Unfortunately, there was no issue this past weekend, and their are rumors circulating about its status. A call to the office this morning found an answering machine, where a message was left. [...]
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