Randy Gorbman
WXXI director of news and public affairsRandy Gorbman is WXXI's director of news and public affairs. Randy manages the day-to-day operations of WXXI News on radio, television, and online.
Randy has over 30 years of broadcast news experience, and was recently news director at WHAM-AM in Rochester. Randy has also been news director, writer, announcer, and producer at radio stations in several cities in New York and Connecticut, as well as working as an editor at the NBC Radio Network. He served as past president of the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters' Association, and is currently a member of its board of directors.
Randy has also taught journalism to local students, serving as adjunct instructor at SUNY Geneseo and Monroe Community College.
Randy received his bachelor's degree in communication from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and his master's degree in liberal arts from SUNY Empire State College.
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The latest funding will help finish work on the third and fourth floors of the four-story building. A lot of the work on the lower floors has already been completed.
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Company officials note the number of recent Oscar nominees and winners using film, and they say Kodak is buying equipment at its manufacturing plant in Rochester to meet growing demand.
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The one-house budget bills approved in the NY State Senate and Assembly each contain $2 million for a pilot program seeking to show how a different response to people having a mental health crisis can save lives.
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The 77-year-old Banister was also known as "Queen Mother," a title bestowed on her by a chief in a village in Ghana, West Africa.
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An executive with Raymond Corp. (part of Toyota) says the depth of knowledge in the energy field, including fuel cells, helped convince the company to locate in Henrietta.
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Police say that 54-year-old Sgt. Thomas Sanfratello became unresponsive after dealing with an incident at the casino and entertainment facility early Sunday morning.
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Normal 911 functions were restored on Saturday afternoon as of 3 p.m.
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Cooney is calling for expanding the Amtrak station with an attached facility that would be geared for long distance bus companies, like Trailways and Greyhound.
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Police are still trying to determine the identity of the infant who died just a few days after birth. His body was found along the side of a road in the town of Marion.
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According to recent data, the state has recovered nearly two million private sector jobs since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020.