Author: Beaver County Radio

Commissioners Make Financial Administrator Offer

Beaver County Commissioners chairman Dan Camp says the position of financial administrator has been offered to a woman who has not told commissioners of her decision. Financial administrator has been an open position since Ricardo Luckow was fired several months ago. Several people have been interviewed for the job.

In another matter, public works director Dan Colville says the locker rooms and bathrooms at the Bradys Run Ice Arena have been repaired and cleaned. Several weeks ago, commissioners heard a laundry list of complaints from the president of Beaver County Adult Hockey League.

“Radio Dial Rewind”, Wednesday May 30, 2018 on Teleforum with Frank Sparks featured Tom Stein, Alan Boal, Jimi Miller and Carl Anderson!!!

 

 

The second to last day, Wednesday May 30, 2018,   of “Radio Dial Rewind” on Teleforun with Frank Sparks featured  a more legends of Beaver County Radio.

The morning started of with Tom Stein joining Frank in studio. Tom talked about his time on the air and told some stories of things that occurred both on and off the air. He also discussed moving on to become a preacher and travels up until now. Click on the play buttons below to hear Tom’s interview…..

 

 

The last living member of the original on air staff of WBVP in 1948 Alan Boal joined Frank in the 10 o’clock hour. Alan talked about how radio was back in the early days and his time in the service being a part of the Armed Forces Network. Alan then told some stories of working at WBVP.  Click the play button below to hear Alan’s interview….

 

Hour Three kicked off with Jimi Miller in studio with Frank. Jimi told stories of his days at both WBVP and WMBA. Jimi poked fun at the numerous amounts of times that he was fired over the years for not playing by the rules. Jimi told the listeners about the time that he went back on the air at WMBA when the gas explosion happened in Ambridge in the 1980’s. Click the play button below to hear Jimi’s interview……..

 

The final act for the day was Carl Anderson who worked for WBVP/WWKS back in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Carl told so many good stories to the listeners about his days at Beaver County Radio. One of the highlighted stories was about the time when Bill Cameron supposedly locked himself up in the studio and played DEF Leopard for 72 hours until the owners changed the stations format. Click the play button below to hear Carl’s interview……

“Radio Rewind” is brought to you by Ba’Runi Bar & Grille, the John Pournaras Agency, the Ambridge Italian Villa, Bowser Hyundai of Chippewa, McGee Heating & Cooling, and the Pennsylvania Hot Rod Company.

 

 

 

AHN Remains the Pirates’s Official Medical Provider

Today, the Pittsburgh Pirates extended their contract with Allegheny Health Network through 2025, retaining the network as the team’s official medical provider for another six years.

Today’s announcement, coming in the 2018 Major League Baseball season, marks the 20th year that physicians from AHN’s Orthopedic Institute will oversee the comprehensive sports medicine of the Pirates players and staff.

Officials at the Pittsburgh Pirates and medical professionals at AHN (a Highmark company) attribute the endurance of their continuing relationship to the shared values of the  organizations, and the specialized capabilities and expertise of the Health Network’s sports medicine team.

4 CCAE Movie Nights this Summer!

Center for Creative Arts Expressions brings you four fun-filled family evenings:

CCAE MOVIE NIGHTS.  Bring the family, your lawn chairs or a big blanket as CCAE presents its annual Free Summer Movie Nights.  Spend an enjoyable family evening under the stars.  The fun begins at dusk and the movies are being shown at 12th Street and 6th Ave. in Beaver Falls

BLACK PANTHER  June 29, 2018  Rain date: June 30

DESPICABLE ME 3    Art in the Park 1- 5 PM  Movie to follow July 7, 2018  NO Rain Date

JUMANJI  July 13, 2018  Rain Date:  July 14

COCO  July 27, 2018  Rain Date: July 28