Barnabas, says there are no immediate plans to change the stations’ programming or talent. WEEKDAYS ON KOMO 4:30am-9am - Morning News with Manda Factor and Gregg. Turco, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for St. To listen to KOMO Newsradio 1000 AM/FM 97.7 right now, click here Or tell your smart speaker to 'Play KOMO Radio'. Barnabas Broadcasting is acquiring the Butler-based trio of stations for $2.55 million. Peterson remained with the stations after the sale. They purchased the stations in 2014 from Iorio Broadcasting, another company headed by the Carnegie native. Sound Ideas Media, LLC was formed by longtime WBVP/WMBA general manager Mark Peterson and his wife Cyndi. Barnabas acquired Beaver Falls-based stations WBVP (talk AM 1230 and FM 99.3) and WMBA (talk AM 1460 and FM 95.7) from Sound Ideas Media. Barnabas Broadcasting is no stranger to the broadcasting business, having acquired Pittsburgh-based WJAS from Pittsburgh Radio Partners in January of 2021. The Brandons and their other shareholders gradually sold their holdings in the company over the next couple years to the four successors that would control the stations until this past September, upon its acquisition by Pittsburgh Radio Partners. The Rock Station 97.7-fm is Butlers home for all things ROCK Broadcasting live from the heart of Butler County and offering a great mix of classic. “R.C.” Brandon, who had owned WBUT and WLER since 1978 and acquired WISR in 1997 after ownership rules limiting holdings to one FM and one AM in a single market were relaxed.
The Butler Radio Network, originally known as the Butler County Radio Network, was first formed in 1997 as a company headed by the late Bob Brandon and his brother Ronald C.
Pittsburgh Radio Partners – a company headed by veteran broadcaster Frank Iorio – agreed to purchase the stations for $1.8 million in July from the four principal owners of the Butler Radio Network, as three of them are at retirement age. Barnabas Broadcasting purchased radio stations WBUT (country AM 1050, FM 97.3), WISR (classic hits/talk AM 680, FM 107.5) and WLER (active rock FM 97.7) from Pittsburgh Radio Partners, which closed on its purchase of the stations from the Butler Radio Network right before Labor Day. Less than three months after its current owner closed on the purchase, the radio stations of the Butler Radio Network have been sold again.Īccording to the Butler Eagle, St.
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