Central Current Radio launched in summer 2022 with host Roosevelt "Rick" Wright Jr., who is also a founder of Central Current. One of the first guests was reporter Chris Libonati, pictured at right, with Wright in center and producer Joel Stockton at left. Credit: Julie McMahon

Central Current in partnership with WCNY has launched a new radio talk show hosted by Syracuse radio legend Roosevelt “Rick” Wright.

Central Current Radio

Central Current Radio kicked off its first two shows with co-founder Tony Malevenda and reporter Chris Libonati.

Wright is a founding board member of Central Current, Inc. as well as a longtime radio DJ and host and professor emeritus at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Editor-in-Chief Julie McMahon helps host the show, which is produced by WCNY as part of its Community FM station.

The show can be heard online and is broadcast frequently throughout the week. It can be heard on an HD radio: at WCNY 91.3 HD3 Syracuse, WUNY 89.5 HD3 Utica, and WJNY 90.9 HD3 Watertown. 

New episodes will air every other week.

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Julie McMahon is editor-in-chief of Central Current. She's lived and worked in Syracuse as a reporter, editor and professor of journalism for more than a decade. Contact Julie at jmcmahon@centralcurrent.org.