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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With temperatures near 70 on Saturday, thousands celebrated St. Patrick's Day, which had a theme connected to the construction of the Erie Canal -
It happened Wed. night when an Irondequoit officer saw a car driving south on Portland Ave. with switched license plates and tried to pull the car over. -
Ritter, a Webster native, was killed in the line of duty while serving in the Cleveland, Ohio Police Dept. in July 2024. -
The recent survey from Siena College Research Institute was taken before a lot of the tariff news from the Trump administration had come out. -
A Foodlink official said that with uncertainty over federal funding, there may be additional food needs especially for people already getting SNAP benefits. -
DeWitt, who retired last June after 34 years in public radio, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association Foundation. -
The World Video Hall of Fame is based at The Strong museum in Rochester, and a dozen finalists are competing for this year's honors. -
Thursday morning, at 10 a.m. New York State Police are testing that system. -
The indictment states that the defendants forced two children to participate in the assault. -
Mixed feelings among some show attendees about electric vehicles, and the head of the local auto dealers association says there will need to be a build-out of more charging equipment to increase those sales.
