(Photo taken by Frank Sparks in Beaver County Radio’s main studio. Mark Peterson(Left) and William Day (right) )

Story by Beaver County Radio Program Director/News Director Frank Sparks

(Beaver Falls, Pa. ) Beaver County Radio Station Manager and Owner, Mark
Peterson and St. Barnabas President and CEO, William Day joined show host Eddy Crow on Teleforum Wednesday morning, September 9, 2021 to make a special announcement that St.‭ ‬Barnabas Broadcasting has entered into an agreement to acquire 1230 WBVP AM/99.3 FM and 1460 WMBA AM and soon to be 95.7 FM,‭ ‬owned by Sound Ideas Media,‭ ‬LLC.‭ ‬The joint agreement was entered into by William V.‭ ‬Day,‭ ‬President of St.‭ ‬Barnabas Health System and Mark Peterson,‭ ‬President of Sound Ideas Media,‭ ‬LLC.‭ ‬Mark Peterson will remain with the organization and all employees have been retained.‭ Peterson and Day joined Crow for the second half of the show. They talked about the purchase and moving forward what St. Barnabas will be doing with the stations. At one point Peterson was asked what he was going to do and he said he will still be with Beaver County as a St. Barnabas employee. Mr Day chimed in “We want Mark with us. He is Mr. Beaver County and we need him”

‭You can watch and listen to the 90 minute announcement and appearance of Mark Peterson and William Day by clicking below to see it as it streamed live on the Beaver County Radio Facebook Page: