Kilmeade Visits Affiliate WCHV, Charlottesville
Pictured above are FOX News Channel and FOX News Radio talk personality Brian Kilmeade (left) and WCHV, Charlottesville PD and morning host Joe Thomas (right) during Kilmeade’s visit to his affiliate station. Kilmeade participated in a meet-and-greet with listeners and helped collect enough money and food donations to feed 4,300 Central Virginians with the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank! In the photo above, Thomas is showing Kilmeade his old staff jacket from his time working at WRCN-FM on Long Island when it was a rock station. Kilmeade’s radio show is carried on the JVC Media station and Kilmeade often uses the WRCN studios for his program.
W227CL at 93.3, licensed to Port Jefferson, New York. Pictured above is JVC president and CEO John Caracciolo (left) with seller Commercial Assets Inc president Mike Celenza (right) at the transmitter site. JVC is airing a classic hits format on the frequencies but says that a new format is coming to the station soon. The broker on the transaction was Mark Jorgenson of Jorgenson Broadcast Brokerage, Inc.
balance between local, national, and multiplatform elements of the ever-evolving talk media space. Brian Kilmeade is a nationally known talk star hosting separate shows on FOX News Radio and FOX News Channel (TV). His syndicated radio show is carried on Long Island (where he also lives) by news/talk WRCN-FM, Riverhead “Long Island News Radio.” The station which serves Eastern Long Island is owned by JVC Broadcasting of which John Caracciolo is president/CEO. Harry Hurley, morning host at WPG, Atlantic City, NJ (and regular guest host on FOX News Radio who occasionally fills in for Kilmeade) will serve as moderator of what promises to be a fascinating three-way conversation.