(Beaver Falls, PA). A Gala was held in the Grand Ballroom of the General Brodhead Hotel (Brodhead Apartments) in Beaver Falls on Friday night to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first broadcast on WBVP. Around 230 guests, including 70 current and former radio station employees, attended the event which featured a performance by The Jaggerz, and keynote address by Jim Roddey. Notable WBVP/WMBA former employees who came as guests included Alan Boal, last surviving member of the original staff to put WBVP on the air on May 25, 1948, Internationally known voice over artist Jim Merkel, Television Sports Anchor Guy Junker, and Prominent Philadelphia area broadcaster, Mark Razz, among others.
The centerpieces featured fresh greens accenting a classic vintage microphone. Each table had a different microphone in its arrangement.
Each guest received a copy of the newly published book, “Behind The Microphone, The History Of Radio In Beaver County”, a commemorative Beaver County Radio tumbler and a novelty jar of Maple Syrup from the Beaver County Conservation District.
The Gala major sponsors included St. Barnabas Health System and Beaver County Tourism.
Thank you to the The Housing Authority Of The County Of Beaver for making the venue available.
Here are some pictures from the 70th Anniversary Gala. Photography by Joel Peterson:
