WBVP and WMBA

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WBVP and WMBA is a news/talk simulcast that officially covers Beaver County, Pennsylvania but can also be heard in the western part of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. The stations are owned by Iorio Broadcasting.

WBVP operates at 1230 kHz with an ERP of 1kw-Unlimited power and is licensed to Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, while WMBA operates at 1460 kHz with an ERP of 500 W-Unlimited power and is licensed to Ambridge, Pennsylvania.

[edit] History

The two stations competed for 40 years, since WMBA went on the air in the late 1950s. Since 2000, though, they have been under single ownership and WMBA's operations were moved from Ambridge into WBVP's existing facilities in Beaver Falls. Both stations have served as a springboard for on-air personnel who have moved on to bigger stations. Among the WBVP alumni are Alan Boal, Jim Reynolds, Chris Shovlin, Bill Kelly, Sam Nicotero (known as Tony Scott on WBVP), Earl Lewis, and Ernie Kline, who later became Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor. Among those who served at WMBA are Bob Pompeani, Jim Merkel, Guy Junker, Ted Ruscitti, Jim Ladd, Kevin Maguire, Ray Fallen, Frank Greenlea, John Poister, Tim Herrera, Rick Bergman, Julie Bologna, Randy Cosgrove, Don Shields and John Mehno.