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WBVP
WBVP (1230 AM) is a commercial radio station based in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. It had simulcast a news/talk radio format with WMBA. On September 16, 2023, WMBA switched to a country-rock hybrid called The Beaver. WBVP is owned by St. Barnabas Broadcasting, Inc., a division of the Saint Barnabas Health System. The studios and offices are on Seventh Avenue in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
WBVP’s power is 1,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna and is licensed to Beaver Falls and is simulcast on 250-watt FM translator W257EA at 99.3 MHz in Beaver Falls.
Weekdays begin on WBVP with a local news and information show, hosted by Matt Drzik. Local talk shows are heard in late mornings, followed by a half-hour newscast at noon. The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated conservative talk shows from the Salem Radio Network: Dennis Prager, Sebastian Gorka, Larry Elder, Dan Proft, Mike Gallagher and Hugh Hewitt. (Many of the shows are also heard on WPGP 1250 AM in Pittsburgh, which is owned by the Salem Media Group.)
Weekends feature repeats of weekday shows, a Saturday afternoon oldies show and Sunday morning religious programs. Both stations carry play-by-play of Pittsburgh Steelers football, Pittsburgh Penguins hockey and Pittsburgh Pirates baseball games. World and national news is supplied by ABC News Radio and Townhall News.
The station signed on the air on May 25, 1948, and was founded by Tom Price, Frank Smith and Charles Ondurka, all from Pittsburgh. In 1955, the original partners reorganized and formed Beaver Valley Broadcasting.
Around 1970, Hall Communications bought WBVP along with an FM radio station, originally known as WBVP-FM at 106.7 MHz, that had been put on the air in 1968. In 1985, Ted and Marilee Ruscitti from Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania bought WBVP and the FM station, through their company, MT Communications. By this point, the call sign had been changed to WWKS.
In 1990, The stations were sold to the Baltimore Radio Show in Towson, Maryland with Harry Shriver serving as managing partner. Carnegie, Pennsylvania-native Frank Iorio, Jr., along with partners Aaron Daniels and Mike Swartz, formed Pittsburgh Radio Partners and bought the two stations in 1994. Just a year later, the trio sold the FM station, WWKS, to Secret Communications. At that time Iorio bought out his partners and continued to own and operate WBVP through his newly formed company, Iorio Broadcasting, Inc. Iorio then bought WMBA from Donn Communications in 2000. Long time station employee, Mark Peterson along with his wife, Cyndi, Formed Sound Ideas Media, LLC, and purchased WBVP and WMBA in 2014.
In 2019, an FM translator station for WBVP, W257EA at 99.3 MHz, was put on the air and added as a third station carrying the simulcast feed already heard on WBVP and WMBA. The following year, the stations debuted full time on-line audio streaming via the station's website.
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WBVP
WBVP (1230 AM) is a commercial radio station based in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. It had simulcast a news/talk radio format with WMBA. On September 16, 2023, WMBA switched to a country-rock hybrid called The Beaver. WBVP is owned by St. Barnabas Broadcasting, Inc., a division of the Saint Barnabas Health System. The studios and offices are on Seventh Avenue in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
WBVP’s power is 1,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna and is licensed to Beaver Falls and is simulcast on 250-watt FM translator W257EA at 99.3 MHz in Beaver Falls.
Weekdays begin on WBVP with a local news and information show, hosted by Matt Drzik. Local talk shows are heard in late mornings, followed by a half-hour newscast at noon. The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated conservative talk shows from the Salem Radio Network: Dennis Prager, Sebastian Gorka, Larry Elder, Dan Proft, Mike Gallagher and Hugh Hewitt. (Many of the shows are also heard on WPGP 1250 AM in Pittsburgh, which is owned by the Salem Media Group.)
Weekends feature repeats of weekday shows, a Saturday afternoon oldies show and Sunday morning religious programs. Both stations carry play-by-play of Pittsburgh Steelers football, Pittsburgh Penguins hockey and Pittsburgh Pirates baseball games. World and national news is supplied by ABC News Radio and Townhall News.
The station signed on the air on May 25, 1948, and was founded by Tom Price, Frank Smith and Charles Ondurka, all from Pittsburgh. In 1955, the original partners reorganized and formed Beaver Valley Broadcasting.
Around 1970, Hall Communications bought WBVP along with an FM radio station, originally known as WBVP-FM at 106.7 MHz, that had been put on the air in 1968. In 1985, Ted and Marilee Ruscitti from Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania bought WBVP and the FM station, through their company, MT Communications. By this point, the call sign had been changed to WWKS.
In 1990, The stations were sold to the Baltimore Radio Show in Towson, Maryland with Harry Shriver serving as managing partner. Carnegie, Pennsylvania-native Frank Iorio, Jr., along with partners Aaron Daniels and Mike Swartz, formed Pittsburgh Radio Partners and bought the two stations in 1994. Just a year later, the trio sold the FM station, WWKS, to Secret Communications. At that time Iorio bought out his partners and continued to own and operate WBVP through his newly formed company, Iorio Broadcasting, Inc. Iorio then bought WMBA from Donn Communications in 2000. Long time station employee, Mark Peterson along with his wife, Cyndi, Formed Sound Ideas Media, LLC, and purchased WBVP and WMBA in 2014.
In 2019, an FM translator station for WBVP, W257EA at 99.3 MHz, was put on the air and added as a third station carrying the simulcast feed already heard on WBVP and WMBA. The following year, the stations debuted full time on-line audio streaming via the station's website.