(Beaver County, PA) The Best of Beaver County is easy to discover; it’s right on your

radio!  Tune in this and every Thursday from 11 to 11:30 A.M.  for “The Best of Beaver County”, an innovative radio program on WBVP and WMBA presented by St. Barnabas. The show is hosted by Jim Roddey and is dedicated to shining light on the great things going on right here in local neighborhoods, and the people that are making it happen.  Find out what all the buzz is about by joining “The Best Of Beaver County”. This Thursday, Pa. State Trooper Melinda Bondarenka and Rebecca Matsco, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for Potter Twp.  join Jim Roddey   Tune in, or watch to find out more Thursday starting at 11 A.M.!

A live video stream of this week’s edition of  “The Best Of Beaver County” can be viewed on the WBVP-WMBA Facebook page, plus the radio broadcast will be replayed each Sunday from 11:30 am to Noon from the St. Barnabas Studio on Beaver County Radio.

(Bridgewater, Pa.) The 2019 Beaver County Boom lived up to the hype that led up to the show. The theme of this years show was “Dancing thru the Decades”. Beaver County Radio’s Frank Sparks and Ed Hermick anchored a live broadcast from Thursday’s Restaurant which serves as the Beaver County Boom head quarters from 6 until the time of the fireworks. PUSH Beaver County has put on some spectacular fireworks displays and the 9th Annual Beaver County Boom was no different. There were activities for the entire family as the local communities came together and celebrated the annual event. Monaca held their community days, Rochester had activities in the old K-Mart Parking, Bridgewater closed down bridge street and had activities for the whole family and PUSH Beaver County had food trucks and activities available in the Crossings Park.

Along with Ed and Frank doing a live broadcast from Thursday’s Matt Drzik and Bob Barrickman also did a live Broadcast from the Crossings Park. JD Merkel the host of Solid Gold Saturday Afternoon manned the control center spinning out the tunes for the listeners, All this led up to a live simul-cast broadcast exclusively on WBVP and WMBA, Beaver County Radio Interns Kristian Biega and Christina Sainovich assisted throughout the night.

At 9:45 p.m. the star of the show took the stage and Beaver County was “Dancing through the Decades” with an over 18 minute Fireworks display at the mouth of the Beaver River where it intersects with the Ohio River.

If you would like to watch the Facebook Live video taken in Thursday’s parking lot click paly below ….

 

Check out the pictures of all the fun below………

 

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) The Huntington Business Spotlight for the month of June 2019 is Pressely Ridge. Rachelle Shea, Program Director of Pressley Ridge Beaver County and Ron Gruca, Senior Director of Development for Pressley Ridge along with Todd Galusha Branch Manager for Huntington Bank joined Frank Sparks on Teleforum in the 9 o’clock hour Thursday June 20, 2019.

Todd discussed Huntington Bank and why they are involved in the Huntington Business Spotlight.  Ron then told the listeners about Pressley Ridge and there history starting out as an orphanage and then growing into what they are today. He told the listeners about the main campus on Marshall Ave. and the different family services that Pressley Ridge offers.  Rachelle talked to the listeners about the programs that they have in the Beaver County Office.  Rachelle talked about the new initiative called Pathways to Wellness and also talked about one of their newer programs the Mobile Crisis for Transition Age Youth. The service offers crisis support in the community to people ages 14-24. This is a service that they want everyone to know about so that young people who are experiencing a crisis know who to call. The number for Mobile Crisis is 724-630-5189.  You can get a hold of Rachelle at the Beaver County office at 724-843-5320.

Ron also discussed the upcoming fundraiser at the Pittsburgh Zoo “Ice Cream Fundae” that is on August 11th. Check out the flyer below for more information..

If  you would like more information on Pressley Ridge go to their website at https://www.pressleyridge.org/

You can also get more information from Huntington Bank by clicking on the Logo Below.

(Beaver County, PA) The Best of Beaver County is easy to discover; it’s right on your radio! Tune in this and every Thursday from 11 to 11:30 A.M.  for “The Best of Beaver County”, an innovative radio program on WBVP and WMBA presented by St. Barnabas. The show is hosted by Jim Roddey and is dedicated to shining light on the great things going on right here in local neighborhoods, and the people that are making it happen.  This week Jim’s guests were , William Straub, Assistant Human Resources Manager, St. Barnabas and Crystal Mc Fadden, Pittsburgh Program Manager forCorporate America Supports You.

 

The first segment was ladies go first as Crystal McFadden, Pittsburgh Program Manager for Corporate America Supports You talked with Jim about The non-profit CASY and  how  they help transitioning service members, under and un-employed veterans, guard and reserve members, to include their spouses find meaningful employment matches at livable wage opportunities through no-cost career readiness services and gap skills training. Crystal told Mr. Roddey that CASY’s primary clients are transitioning Veterans and Veteran’s who were prior military. If you would like more information on CASY you can e-mail Crystal at cmcmcfadden@casy.us . You can also go on their website at http://casy.us/ and you can also check out their Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/CASY4Vets/.

 

In the second segment Mr. Roddey talked with William Straub, Assistant Human Resources Manager for St. Barnabas. William and Jim discussed the bright future of St. Barnabas in Beaver County and the fact that St. Barnabas has many positions open including care workers, security and supportive services. If you would like more info on employment opportunities go to https://stbarnabashealthsystem.com/ or you can call 724-443-0700.

If you would like to watch a replay of today’s show as it streamed live on Facebook press the play button below….

The radio broadcast will be replayed each Sunday from 11:30 am to Noon from the St. Barnabas Studio on Beaver County Radio.

Click on the logo below if you would like more info on St. Barnabas….

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Tune into Beaver County Radio 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA today at 9:10 a.m. for the June 2019 edition of the Huntington Business Spotlight. This month Huntington Bank will be highlighting Pressley Ridge. Joining Teleforum host Frank Sparks in studio will be Todd Galusha from Huntington Bank, Ron Gruca, Senior Director of Development , and Rachelle Shea, Program Director of Pressley Ridge Beaver County.  They will be available to answer any questions or to take comments at 724-843-1888 or 724-774 188.

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Dale Reckless from MRS Physical Therapy in Bridgewater made his monthly visit to Teleforum with Frank Sparks in the nine o’clock hour on Wednesday June 19, 2019.

Frank and Dale talked about MRS Physical therapy located in Bridgewater and Cranberry Physical Therapy located in Cranberry Twp. Dale told the listeners about some of the programs they specialize in. Dale went in depth about the Parkinson’s program that they have and he also talked about joint replacement during the show. If you would like to watch Dale’s interview as it streamed Live on Facebook press the play button below…….

If you would like more information about MRS Physical Therapy click on the Logo below to be directed to their website…

(Beaver County, PA) The Best of Beaver County is easy to discover; it’s right on your

radio!  Tune in this and every Thursday from 11 to 11:30 A.M.  for “The Best of Beaver County”, an innovative radio program on WBVP and WMBA presented by St. Barnabas. The show is hosted by Jim Roddey and is dedicated to shining light on the great things going on right here in local neighborhoods, and the people that are making it happen.  Find out what all the buzz is about by joining “The Best Of Beaver County”. This Thursday, William Straub, Assistant Human Resources Manager, St. Barnabas and Crystal Mc Fadden, Program Manager, Veteran Employment at Military Spouse Corporate Career Network join Jim Roddey   Tune in, or watch to find out more Thursday starting at 11 A.M.!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A live video stream of this week’s edition of  “The Best Of Beaver County” can be viewed on the WBVP-WMBA Facebook page, plus the radio broadcast will be replayed each Sunday from 11:30 am to Noon from the St. Barnabas Studio on Beaver County Radio.

 

 

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Local resident Ron Bogolea joined Frank Sparks on Teleforum Monday, June 17, 2019. Ron is the Grandfather of Dylan Elchin a Hopewell High School graduate who was a special tactics combat controller assigned to the 26th STS. Dylan had deployed to Afghanistan in August of 2018 and was killed November 27, 2018 alongside two Green Berets when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in central Ghazni province, while en route to battle the Taliban. Ron has made it his mission to raise money for the “Footsteps of the Fallen Fight for Freedom”  Memorial. Ron told the listeners about Dylan and his life and what he meant to him. Bogolea is very passionate about his grandson and other soldiers from Beaver County who have given the ultimate sacrifice of their life for our country. He is selling t-shirts to help raise money for the memorial, all of the proceeds from the shirt go directly to the fund. If you would like more information on how  you can donate go to  beaverwarmemorial.org . The t-shirt, which Ron was wearing during the interview , will be available for purchase throughout the summer for just $20.00.

If you would like to see Ron’s interview as it streamed Live on Facebook press the play button below. ….

(Monaca, Pa.) The Beaver County Radio Pittsburgh Pirates Treasure Chest has made its rounds around Beaver County so far this baseball season and Saturday was no exception as the chest made its curtain call for this week at the Beaver Valley Mall. The treasure chest was busy this week first appearing at Friendly Federal Credit Union in Aliquippa on Thursday June 13, 2019 then it was onto Towne Square Restaurant in Beaver on Friday, June 14, 2019 and finally finishing up at the Beaver Valley Mall on Saturday June 15, 2019.

Joining the treasure chest was Frank Sparks, host of Teleforum, Ed Hermick, Diane Brown, and Beaver County Radio intern Kristian Biega. Frank did a live broadcast during Solid Gold Saturday. There were many people who came out to the broadcast to spin the personality prize and earn that rare chance to try and win a prize from the Beaver County Radio Pittsburgh Pirates Treasure Chest.

The treasure chest will make a return appearance at the Beaver Valley Mall on Saturday August 3, 2019.

Check out the photos below of all of the fun…..