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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Pete DuPre was a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, who was known in more recent years for playing the national anthem at venues all over the world.
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The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra announced on Monday that it is postponing all of its concerts scheduled to be performed between Jan. 13 and Jan. 29.
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The Gateways Music Festival is getting a substantial grant to continue its mission of supporting classical musicians of African descent. Gateways is...
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The longtime leader of The Hochstein School will be retiring in June 2022. That announcement was made recently by Peggy Quackenbush, who has been...
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The SF Chronicle and Washington Post have reported that Gateways Music Festival Music Director and Conductor Michael Morgan died Friday at the age of 63.…
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The Little Theatre is expanding its hours this week. The theater, operated by WXXI, had been open Friday through Sunday. As of Thursday, July 8, it will...
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Rochester philanthropist and activist Betty Strasenburgh has died at the age of 90. Strasenburgh was a philanthropist, harpist, sailor, pilot,...
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With the COVID-19 infection rate increasing, The Little Theatre in Rochester is delaying its reopening. After Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave the go-ahead a few...
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Longtime local film critic Jack Garner has died. The Democrat & Chronicle , where Garner worked for decades, says he died Sunday at the age of 75....
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Three of Rochester’s largest cultural attractions: the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester Museum and Science Center, and The Strong National Museum of Play...