Jason Smith
News DirectorJason has served as WRVO's news director in some capacity since August 2017. As news director, Jason produces hourly newscasts, and helps direct local news coverage and special programming. Before that, Jason hosted Morning Edition on WRVO from 2009-2019. Jason came to WRVO in January of 2008 as a producer/reporter. Before that, he spent two years as an anchor/reporter at WSYR Radio in Syracuse.
Originally from central New York, Jason and his wife Michele live in Oswego with their daughter, Abby.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for New York effective at 8 p.m. Monday.
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Katelyn Kriesel, who filed paperwork in January to run for the 22nd Congressional District seat next year, has suspended her campaign.
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President Joe Biden landed in Syracuse just after 11 a.m. to visit with family members in Fairmount.
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The State Senate's Judiciary Committee holds a hearing to consider Gov. Kathy Hochul's choice for chief judge of the NYS Court of Appeals, Hector LaSalle.
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Officials in the Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties are warning people to avoid unnecessary travel as lake effect snow and high winds continue to pummel the region.
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Strong winds and falling temperatures could result in a flash freeze of area roadways Friday afternoon.
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Katko is giving a farewell talk at Syracuse University after serving eight years in Congress representing central New York.
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The city of Watertown picked up 57 inches of snow between Friday and Saturday. Heavy lake effect snow shifts south across Oswego and Oneida counties Sunday.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency starting Thursday in parts of western New York ahead of a potentially dangerous bout of lake-effect snow.
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Republican Brandon Williams leads Democrat Francis Conole by just over 3,000 votes