The Beaver County Commissioners met in regular work session today and discussed insurance. With details…Beaver County Radio’s Greg Benedetti. Click on ‘play’ to hear Greg’s report…
The Med-Fast Pharmacies in Beaver County are downsizing, as we hear in this report from Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
WE HAVE NEW DETAILS THIS MORNING ON WHY THE MOON AREA SCHOOL BOARD HAS DECIDED TO HAVE A FORMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL…TAKE OVER AS DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT THIS SUMMER. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
THE 2017-18 BUDGET FOR THE HOPEWELL AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS THE HOT TOPIC AT LAST NIGHT’S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
(Beaver County, PA) On May 25, 1948, Beaver County residents got to listen to their own radio station for the first time as WBVP started broadcasting on that day. To commemorate the 69th anniversary, Beaver County Radio will air a special “Founder’s Day” Program on Thursday May 25, 2017, as part of “Teleforum” from 9 until 11 A.M. The show will honor the legacy of the original owners and founders, Frank Smith, Tom Price and Charlie Onderka, and share stories of the early days of radio in Beaver County.
Greg Benedetti will will anchor the segment for the the vacationing Frank Sparks. Long time WBVP sports anchor, General manger, and show host from the 80’s and early 90’s, Chris Shovlin will co host the show. Special guests include Bobbie Wilson-Tkacick and Becky Wilson-Atkinson, daughters of legendary WBVP announcer from the original line up in 1948, Chuck Wilson at 9:10 A.M. In Addition, Judy Rowse, Daughter of founding partner Tom Price, will share stories at 10:10 A.M., and Owen Simon, a WBVP staffer from 1949 will be a part of the program at 10:35 A.M.
A special announcement regarding the station’s 70th anniversary, happening on May 25, 2018, a year away, will be aired during the “Founder’s Day” broadcast.
After being asked to leave a bar for “being obnoxious and creating a disturbance”, Matthew Kupper, a Central Valley Middle School teacher, returned carrying a gun. Police were called and eventually found Kupper at his Kennedy Drive home along with the firearm. Center Township Police said he did not have a license for the gun. Nick Perry, the Central Valley School District Superintendent, said he was unable to comment on personal matter.
A car crashes into a Hopewell Township business…leaving behind lots of broken pottery. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano reports. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
The Hopewell Township Commissioners met last night. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano was there. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
A teenager riding his bicycle has died after he was struck by a vehicle in Big Beaver borough yesterday afternoon. The incident occurred around 3:30 p.m. in the 7600 block of Big Beaver Boulevard (Route 18) near Old Wampum Road. According to state police, Jordon Bobin was crossing Route 18 when he was struck by a vehicle headed north. State police say the teenager was transported to Ellwood City Hospital and then flown to UPMC Presbyterian, where he was later pronounced. Police say the driver of the vehicle was unhurt. The 17-year-old victim was about to graduate from high school.