R.I.P.: Jack Morse, Longtime Central NY Broadcaster

Jack Morse, a longtime television and radio broadcaster in Central New York, died on Thursday at his home in Manlius. He was 84 years old, according to syracuse.com.

Morse spent more than four decades broadcasting in Central New York and was named to the Syracuse Press Club’s Wall of Distinction in 2002.

According to his biography with the Syracuse Press Club, Morse began his broadcasting career when he was in high school, serving as a summer replacement at WINR 680 AM in Binghamton, NY.

He arrived in the Syracuse area during the late 50s and never left. He began working locally when he was a college student at Syracuse, working part-time at WOLF Radio. He became a sports broadcaster in 1966 with WHEN 620 AM, doing the station’s last broadcast from Syracuse’s Loew Building and its first broadcast from its James Street location (now Channel 5).

He began doing sports part-time with Channel 5 in 1966, and also spent time with Syracuse Newchannels (now Time-Warner), Channel 9 and on the Phil Markert morning show.