Randy Gorbman
Randy 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 of Arts 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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A statue honoring Harriet Tubman, who escaped enslavement to become a world-renowned abolitionist, has been placed in Rochester’s Washington Square Park as part of a traveling exhibit marking the bicentennial of her birth.
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The AAA of Western and Central New York said on Monday that gas in the Syracuse area is averaging $4.42 a gallon, down 6-cents from a week ago.
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Governor Kathy Hochul was at Chautauqua Institution on Sunday, speaking to a gathering there after the attack on Friday against Salman Rushdie.
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The state has issued a drought watch for 21 counties including Monroe. A watch is the first of four levels of state drought advisories. No mandatory restrictions are in place under a drought watch.
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Dr. Mary Bassett said the official declaration means that local health departments will be able to access additional state reimbursement to help with the response and prevention activities related to that virus.
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A tornado touched down in southern Wyoming County on Thursday morning and it caused some damage.
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While NY state regulators have not yet signed off on what kinds of increases health insurance companies will be allowed to charge next year, many of those those insurers are asking for double-digit rate hikes.
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The debate among GOP candidates for NY Governor on Tuesday night was the third meeting among these four candidates, Rob Astorino, Andrew Giuliani, Harry Wilson and Lee Zeldin.
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St. John Fisher College and local government officials gathered at the campus on Monday to announce that the school’s name will be changing to St. John Fisher University.
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State Police have charged a Fairport man after a bullet struck a window at an apartment near the Hill Cumorah complex in Manchester on Wednesday night. There were no injuries.