Categories: OLD Media Moves

Radio station devoted to biz news launchs in western NY

A radio station called Business 1310 based near Rochester, N.Y., has begun broadcasting and carrying business news.

A story on YNN.com writes, “Genesee Media Corporation out of Dansville is launching a weekday business and financial news station called Business 1310.

“During the day, people will be able to tune in to hear news updates in the local community, as well as worldwide reports from Marketwatch, Bloomberg and NBC News.

“After a few more months of testing, the radio station will be available on AM channels throughout the Rochester region, western suburbs and eastern region. Business 1310 will also be available online and on your phone.”

Read more here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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