A teen is dead after drowning during a Memorial Day swim in the Connoquenessing Creek. Investigators say they pulled two 17-year-olds from the creek near Pittsburgh Circle in Ellwood City Monday afternoon, but could not find a third. Lawrence County officials identified the third 17-year-old as Bruce Thomas of New Castle.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, MAY 29TH, 2018
TODAY – PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 91.
TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY. A SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. LOW NEAR 70.
WEDNESDAY – SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. HIGH – 87.
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Tune into Teleforum with Frank Sparks Tuesday May 29, 2018 from 9 a.m. to noon as Radio Dial Rewind continues this week in conjunction with the 70th Anniversary of Beaver County Radio. Frank will start out the morning at 9:10 with the one and Mark Razz and then Frank will interview Bill Cameron at 10:10, Guy Junker at 10:20, Steve Granato 10:40, Diane Brown in studio from 11 to 12 noon, and Sam Sipple at 11:20. Tune in for all the fun.
“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.
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As the heat wave continues this Memorial Day holiday, dozens of senior citizens are without air conditioning at an Aliquippa apartment building.
Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
Today, Beaver County proves that the lost are not forgotten with Memorial Day parades and ceremonies. Beaver County Radio News intern Kaisha Jantsch reports on one particular parade taking place in Beaver borough this morning. Click on ‘play’ to hear Kaisha’s report…
A Beaver County high school senior is upset this morning that she won’t be allowed to wear a U.S. army sash for her high school graduation. Toni Kress is graduating from Central Valley on June 1, and she’s already signed enlistment papers to join the Army. But the school won’t let her wear an Army sash. Administrators told her it’s because it doesn’t match the school colors. The school has not yet issued any public comment on the issue.
A Beaver Falls Memorial park is named in honor of a Tuskegee Airman. Beaver County Radio News Intern Kaisha Jantsch has details. Click on ‘play’ to hear Kaisha’s report…
TODAY IS MEMORIAL DAY…AND THERE’S PLENTY OF OF HOLIDAY PARADES AND OBSERVANCES TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY HERE IN BEAVER COUNTY. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS THE RUNDOWN. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, MAY 28TH, 2018
TODAY – PARTLY CLOUDY. A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM
IS POSSIBLE. HIGH NEAR 90.
TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. LOW – 65.
TUESDAY – PARTLY CLOUDY. A SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. HIGH NEAR 90.
(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:
