A monthly conversation with your favorite Capital Region broadcast personalities of the past and sometimes present. In 2024, the Schenectady Museum of Innovation and Science (MiSci) announced they would archive this podcast as a recorded history of regional broadcasting for future researchers. Many historians consider Schenectady, NY as an important center in the early development of modern radio and television broadcasting.
I got to sit with an old friend and colleague this month, and I wish we had reconnected sooner. With a long and varied career in broadcasting, from college and regional radio to decades in television news and media production, my guest witnessed the evolution of newsroom technology, the growth of WGNA-FM and WNYT-TV first hand. His transition to teaching, and the legacy he left mentoring students and building a production studio will echo for a long time. Get to know Paul Conti.
10 Aug 2026
Tracy Villaume’s Radio Reinvention
To start our 6th year of interviews with broadcasters who shaped the last 60 years of Capital Region radio and television, Tracy Villaume recounts her unexpected path from corporate communications into both mediums. She shares highlights from her years on WGY and The River, community work like The Children's Hospital Radiothon and Pay Less for the Dress, and the friendships that sustained her career.
She also tells the harrowing story of a serious storm injury, the challenges of industry layoffs, and her next steps teaching and exploring new media opportunities as she begins the next chapter of her life.
10 Jul 2026
Kelly Lynch: From Newsroom Lights to Cybersecurity
This month Kelly Lynch shares the story of her Capital Region roots and multifaceted broadcasting career — from TV production and weekend anchoring to radio mornings — balancing family (with another veteran broadcaster), surviving layoffs, and returning to the business on her own terms. We also discuss her transition out of media, and how she unexpectedly discovered another rewarding career.
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