NASCAR: Keselowski dominates in playoff win at Richmond
By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Brad Keselowski passed Austin Dillon for the lead with 48 laps to go and won the second race of NASCAR’s Cup series playoffs at Richmond Raceway. The Team Penski driver won for the fourth time this season in a race that had only three caution periods, each scheduled by NASCAR. Otherwise, it was speed racing on the 0.75-mile oval, and Keselowski was the fastest cars in the field. Keselowski led most of the last 40 laps by 2 seconds or more, outrunning Joey Logano, Dillion and finally Martin Truex Jr.
2 California deputies shot in apparent ambush in patrol car
COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — The shooting of two sheriff’s deputies in California in an apparent ambush has prompted a search for the shooter, reaction from President Donald Trump, and a protest. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department released video Saturday showing a gunman open fire on the deputies’ patrol car. President Trump responded on Twitter, “Animals that must be hit hard!” The deputies were taken to a hospital where both underwent surgery. The sheriff’s department says protesters showed up outside and were yelling, “We hope they die.” Officers were searching the area for the gunman. An official says the description of the suspect is “very generic.”
(Chippewa Township, PA) 72 years ago, WBVP started broadcasting local high school football and basketball games on the radio. Over the years, there have been several changes, improvements and innovations to the traditional A.M. radio broadcasts, including utilizing cell phone technology instead of old copper phone lines to send a feed back to the studio, broadcasting the games on F.M., and distributing the programs via an online audio stream. Friday night, yet another milestone was achieved as the station created a live video feed from Blackhawk Stadium to cover the Cougars season opener against the visiting Beaver Bobcats. Viewers to Friday night’s radio and video simulcast of the Blackhawk vs. Beaver high school football game were treated to live video synced with the play by play of Beaver County Radio broadcasters, Bob Barrickman and Jason Colangelo.
The stations had been dabbling in video streaming parts of their programming off and on for about 2 years. Recently, with the announcement that high school football games in Pennsylvania would in fact be played, but with limited fan attendance allowed due to COVID 19 restrictions, Program Director Frank Sparks convinced station ownership to invest in cameras and other equipment, and start video streaming high school football broadcasts. Sparks added “It was a perfect opportunity to fill a void and serve area residents who would have wanted to watch the games in person, but could not under the circumstances.” The new high tech audio and video simulcasts will also surely increase station usage and popularity throughout the fall on high school football game days, too. And so far, the gamble seems to be paying off. Friday night’s video program post reached over 5,200 people so far, and it also had many viewers posting positive accolades on social media about the station’s efforts to make the game available in a video format.
Here is the inaugural touchdown broadcast from an on site live stream video format created by Beaver County Radio:
Chuck Wilson broadcasting on WBVP in the early days at a Geneva College basketball game. Photo Courtesy of Bobbie Wilson-Tkacik.
The tradition of describing high school sporting events over the airwaves of WBVP began in 1948 with veteran, beloved broadcaster, Chuck Wilson, calling the action from behind a giant Western Electric bird cage ribbon microphone. Over the years, radio station listeners got to hear the dazzling plays made by about a dozen local future NFL Superbowl Champions, as they got their first publicity over the airwaves on WBVP, in Beaver Falls and WMBA in Ambridge. When history was being made in sports, WBVP and WMBA were there, and Friday was no exception. Although, it was the stations making a historic “play”, along with the athletes, on this balmy early fall night under the lights in Chippewa. Out on the field, it was a game that Blackhawk won 22-7.
Bob Barrickman, and Jason Colangelo call the play by Play while Malik Garrett directs the cameras and scene shots for the broadcast with a computer out at Blackhawk Stadium Friday Night.Antonia Rotuna operates a camera for Beaver County Radio atop the press box at Blackhawk Stadium Friday Night.
In addition to Barrickman and Colangelo, Additional radio station staffers including Malik Garrett, Antonia Rotuna, Sly Washington and Rick Plassmeyer were onsite at Blackhawk Stadium to help produce the multi media feed.
Beaver County Radio has plans to do an audio/video simulcast from a featured game of the week throughout the season. Broadcast schedules can be found here.
Center-seeking Wild acquire Nick Bjugstad from Penguins
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have acquired center Nick Bjugstad from the Pittsburgh Penguins for a conditional selection in the 2021 draft. The swap includes the Penguins covering an unspecified portion of Bjugstad’s $5.25 million salary next season. The 28-year-old native of Minnesota played in only 13 games for the Penguins in the virus-shortened 2019-20 season. Most of his absence was due to a core muscle injury that required surgery. The 6-foot-6, 215-pound Bjugstad was drafted with the 19th overall pick by the Florida Panthers in 2010. He had a career-best 49 points in 82 games with the Panthers in 2017-18.
(Chippewa Twp., Pa.) In this week’s edition of “Thru the Eyes of Sly Washington” we travel to Blackhawk High School for Beaver vs. Blackhawk. A beautiful late summer night set the stage for opening night of high school football here in Beaver County. The game was a first for Beaver County Radio in broadcasting the game live on Facebook along with 1230 WBVP, 99.3 FM and beavercountyradio.com. Blackhawk took the opening kick-off and marched 73 yards down the field for a 7-0 lead early on. The remainder of the the first half resulted in 4 turnovers including a fumble from the Bobcats and interceptions by the Cougars. The half ended with a score of 16-0 in favor of the Cougars. To start the second half, Beaver came out strong and managed to get the ball in the end zone during the third. Unfortunately, for the Bobcats, Blackhawk continued to use their power to move the ball down the field to secure the win. The game ended with a final score of 22 – 7.
Check out the pictures of these weeks edition of “Thru the Eyes of Sly Washington” below…
(Beaver County, PA) Almost everyone knows that they should save more money, and manage their finances better. The problem is “How”. Tune in to Beaver County Radio, 1230 WBVP , 1460 WMBA ,99.3 F.M. ,the BCR Online Audio Streaming Outlets or watch live on Facebook on Tuesday, September 15 at 9:10 A.M. to find out how you can implement proven financial strategies with special guest expert, Tom Young, from 1st Consultants Inc. in Beaver.
Tom’s one hour presentation will help explain proven financial strategies outlined in Tom’s proprietary “Financial Coaching Mastery Blueprint”. Don’t miss it!
Do you want to know more?
You can participate in the show by calling 724-843-1888 or 724-774-1888. You can also ask your questions on Facebook Live Tuesday September 15, 2020.
Click Tom’s picture below at showtime of 9:10 A.M. to be directed to the WBVP and WMBA Facebook page where the special multi media simulcast will be streamed on Facebook Live.
Hear Tom Young’s most recent radio commercial:
In the meantime, here is one of Tom’s recent daily noontime video messages:
