* WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST SATURDAY… * VERY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED. THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
TODAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. A FEW FLURRIES OR
SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE. HIGH – 9.
TONIGHT – CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. LOW – 1.
SATURDAY – SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS MIXED. HIGH
AROUND 10.
The big topic on the ‘Ask The Commissioners’ segment during Teleforum on Beaver County Radio this morning was (surprise!)….the county property reassessment. It was just one week ago today that two judges ruled a reassessment of Beaver County’s property values must be done by June 15th, 2020. Commissioner Tony Amadio was asked this morning if a decision had been made yet by the commissioners on whether or not to appeal the judge’s ruling…
But don’t make plans to sell your home just yet. At least that was the message from commissioners chairman Sandie Egley:
Both Amadio and Egley reiterated this morning that while they can’t say publicly what they plan to do about reassessment, they DO have a plan in place…
Egley urges county residents to be patient while this whole thing plays out…
Commissioner Dan Camp did not attend today’s program. Ask The Commissioners airs the first Thursday of each month on Beaver County Radio, 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA.
ALIQUIPPA CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZES AND ITS MAYOR PRESENTS PROCLAMATIONS. THAT WAS THE FOCUS OF LAST NIGHT’S MEETING…AND BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
THE BEAVER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AREN’T TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO CONCERNING REASSESSMENT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO’S GREG BENEDETTI HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Greg’s report..
* WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR BEAVER COUNTY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM EST SATURDAY… VERY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED. THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. *
TODAY – CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS
POSSIBLE. HIGH – 17.
TONIGHT – CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS
POSSIBLE. LOW – 1.
FRIDAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. A FEW FLURRIES OR
SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE. HIGH – 8.
This year commemorates the 70th anniversary of when Beaver County’s first radio station, WBVP, was heard over the airwaves for the the first time on May 25, 1948. To mark the historical event, each week, another .”70th Anniversary Moment” will be showcased on the airwaves and published on the station’s online feeds.
Alan Boal in 1954. Courtesy of Owen Simon.
This week’s 70th Anniversary Moment is about Alan Boal. Alan Boal was graduate of Freedom Area High School and was a Freshman attending the University of Pittsburgh when the opportunity to join the staff an upstart radio station in Beaver falls came around in 1948. Boal was part of the original group of announcers Hired by WBVP radio station owners and founders Frank Smith, Tom Price and Charles Onderka, and hosted a popular daily polka show from three until four in the afternoons on WBVP.
Alan Boal hosting a live remote broadcast on WBVP in 1950. Courtesy of Alan Boal and South Hills Almanac.
As one of the most well known announcers to have worked at Beaver County radio, Boal went on to achieve great things in broadcasting after his work at WBVP, eventually serving as a Latin American Correspondent and Bureau Chief in Miami for ABC. Alan later returned to Pittsburgh in the mid sixties and worked for WTAE television and radio. He also served for a period of time as the President of Pittsburgh Local American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, or AFTRA.
“70th Anniversary Moments” is presented by Freedom United Federal Credit Union.
Do you have a question you’d like to ask the Beaver County Commissioners?? Well Thursday January 4,2017 at 9:10 a.m. on Teleforum with Frank Sparks you’ll have an opportunity to do just that. Not only will the Ask The Commissioners be on Beaver County Radio but you can also watch it on Facebook live and ask questions thru Facebook as well. If you want to participate in the show call 724-843-1888 and 724-774-1888.
THE BEAVER COUNTY SPECIAL OLYMPICS HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY ARE POSTPONING THE POLAR PLUNGE THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEKEND IN BRIDGEWATER BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME COLD. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWSMAN PAT SEPTAK SPOKE WITH THE ORGANIZATION’S SPOKESMAN – CHRIS McCABE – WHO TOLD US IT WOULD BE TOO DANGEROUS TO GO ON WITH THE EVENT AS PLANNED…
AGAIN…THE NEW DATE FOR THE BEAVER COUNTY SPECIAL OLYMPICS POLAR PLUNGE IS SATURDAY, JANUARY 27TH AT NOON AT THE BRIDGEWATER LANDINGS MARINA. JUST GO TO PLUNGEPA.ORG TO PRE-REGISTER.
Forecasters say the coldest air is yet to come…despite 5 straight days of sub-zero wind chills! With that in mind, the Beaver County Humane Society wants to remind everyone- please don’t leave your pets out in the cold! You should know that it is against the law to leave a dog outside for more than 30 minutes when the temperature drops below freezing. Pennsylvania’s new Animal Cruelty Prevention law went into effect in June. But there have already been many reports of animals freezing to death because their owners left them outside in these brutally cold conditions. If you have any questions about the new law, you can contact the Humane Society at beavercountyhumanesociety.org.
AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN A BURGLARY AND ROBBERY IN HOPEWELL. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
