(Brighton Twp., Beaver County, Pa.) The voice of most recently “Live Mic” on Beaver County Radio has gone silent. Word was received early Sunday morning from Mike Romigh’s family that he had passed away on Saturday night after a long battle with a blood disorder.
In September of 2025, Mike stepped away from hosting “Live Mic” due to his health issues.
Beaver County Radio General Manager Frank Sparks said “We are absolutely devastated to hear about Mike’s passing. He was such an inspiration to us all and a key part of the resurgence of Beaver County Radio over the last few years” Sparks went on to say that “Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Romigh Family at this devastating time.”
Mike returned to Beaver County Radio in early 2022 to host “Live Mic” weekdays from 6:30 AM to 9AM. Mike then stepped away in August of 2024 to spend more time with his family and enjoy retirement. At that time Mike continued to host the Best Of Beaver County on Thursday mornings. When the stations returned to a simulcast format in early 2025 Mike came back and hosted “Live Mic” once again from 10 AM To Noon on weekdays. Mike then stepped away in September of 2025 due to his ongoing health issues.
Mike grew up in Beaver Falls and currently resided in the borough of Koppel. After working at Hydril in Rochester for four years after graduating from high school, Romigh felt those radio waves, that he dreamed about as a youngster, calling him again, so he enrolled in a correspondence course offered by the Columbia School Of Broadcasting in Pittsburgh. After completing the training, Romigh landed his first radio job at WFEM in Ellwood City. in 1981.
He wouldn’t stay in Ellwood City long. That same year, Mike was hired by WBVP and WWKS, Kiss 106.7 FM. Initially, Romigh hosted an overnight music show on both radio stations. WBVP was a live radio program, and WWKS featured the recorded voice. His big break came in 1983, when Dave Felts, who was hosting the morning talk show, “A.M. Connection” on WBVP went on Vacation. The temporary fill in duty went so well, that Romigh was asked to do the entire week. Soon, Romigh was a regular host of “A.M. Connection” at WBVP.
After leaving WBVP and WWKS in 1985, Romigh took his talents to WMBA and hosted a talk show initially called “Straight Talk”, later to be renamed “Live Mike”.
Around 1987, Mike Romigh was hired by KDKA to do Weekends and part time fill in work. For a while, Romigh worked at Both WMBA and KDKA, but in 1990, He began to work on a regular basis at KDKA and had to drop WMBA from his hectic schedule. Romigh became the regular host of the evening shift at KDKA for about 10 years and afterwards, crossed state lines and hosted the morning show on top rated Youngstown radio station, WKBN, in 2008. Romigh’s career came full circle when he returned to WBVP and WMBA, again from 2014 to 2017. He brought back the popular “Teleforum” talk show name, and served as Program Director. In early 2017 Mike left Beaver County Radio and went to work fundraising for the Beaver County Humane Society. Mike attempted to retire in 2020 but that only last for a short time as he worked part-time for the Humane Society Thrift Store. In late 2022 new Beaver County Radio General Manager, Frank Sparks, approached Mike about returning to the airwaves to host a daily show. In January 2022 “Live Mic” returned to the Beaver County Airwaves.
No Funeral arrangements have yet been announced for Mike at this time. We will inform everyone once that information becomes public.
