Marian began her radio career in her hometown of Olean at age 17 and has been in and out of the business ever since. She moved to the Capitol Region in the fall of 2011. Marian graduated from SUNY Fredonia with a degree in Communication/Media. Marian has worked in the nonprofit world as a development coordinator and event planner and was a long time 4-H volunteer. She is a self-proclaimed former horse show mom and has also raised goats and rabbits (both of which, she swears, really do taste like chicken). Her husband, Mark, is online editor for The Daily Gazette, a lifelong area resident and former radio man himself (they met at a college radio convention in Washington, D.C., in 1985 and were married in 2012 in Las Vegas). Marian has two boys, Jordan and Jared, who are young adults, and she is also "step-monster" to three children, Andrew and tween-twins Logan and Mikaila. Marian LOVES sports and is a diehard Buffalo Bills fan. She also loves the Yankees, Sabres, St. Bonaventure basketball and, of course, Tony Stewart! Since moving to Albany, she has become a ValleyCats fan, as well as a Devils and Phantoms rooter. She is a reformed reality show junkie, but RARELY misses the Young and the Restless.
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Flood Watch Issued From Tonight Through Monday Morning
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a flood watch for Hamilton, Montgomery, Fulton, Herkimer, Northern Warren, and Northern Washington counties from tonight through Monday morning. Two to three inches of rain will fall and combined with the increasing snow melt and runoff will be sufficient enough to cause flooding. P
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Tuesday’s Mega Million Jackpot Soars to $550 Million
Friday the 13th wasn't the lucky night for the Mega Millions lottery players. Nobody won the $425 million top prize, which means Tuesday’s jackpot will climb to an estimated $550 million. This will make it the 4th largest jackpot in U...
12 Days Of Christmas Cost Rises for 2013
I'm not sure if you put in an order to Santa for a partridge in a pear tree or for 5 golden rings, but if you did, here's the breakdown for what those 12 days of Christmas will cost you this year.
According to PNC, the total cost is estimated at $27,393, which is up 7...
Small Business Saturday is November 30th
Your feet and your credit card are still hurting after hitting all of the Black Friday deals. You have been scanning the upcoming Cyber Monday deals on your computer. But if you really want to do something to help out your community, make sure to stop by a small “mom and pop” store today on Small Business Saturday...
Turkey Hotline Hires Men For The First Time
It's Thanksgiving morning. You are in charge of cooking the turkey. You wake up, turn WGNA on, and get everything ready to cook that perfect bird. WHAT??? It's still frozen?? What do you MEAN you have no idea how long to cook it? Well fear not...
America’s Longest Married Couple To Celebrate 81 Years Together
Just when we all may have given up on long, prosperous marriage stories, John and Ann Betar from Bridgeport, Connecticut give hope to hopeless romantic types like me. On Monday (Nov. 25), the couple will celebrate their 81st wedding anniversary...
Smoke Will Rise Again
As I lament the end of the NASCAR racing season and resign myself to the fact that Jimmy Johnson is probably going to run away with this year’s crown, I was thinking about when I went to the Fonda Speedway this summer when Tony Stewart was there racing his sprint car...
Veterans Day Short History Lesson
Veterans Day is Monday, November 11. Many of you have the day off from work or school. Banks are closed as is the US Postal Service, and most government buildings. What you may or may not realize is that it is just fortunate that the 11th happens to fall close to a weekend to give you the long weekend
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Fall Back Tonight
Before you go to bed tonight, don't forget to set your clocks back an hour. Technically, daylight savings time ends at 2 a.m, but unless you are a night owl like me, you probably will be long past counting sheep by that time.
This is also a great time to change the batteries in your smoke detectors and CO2 detectors...