Longtime Charlottesville Talk host Joe Thomas to Acquire Virginia AM
Joe Thomas, who until this past weekend served as the morning drive host and program director at 
Monticello Media’s WCHV-AM, Charlottesville, Virginia, is acquiring WTON-AM, Staunton, Virginia and two FM translators (W255DS, Harrisonburg at 98.9 and W266BQ, Crozet at 101.1) from Stu-Comm, Inc. for $275,000. Thomas is buying the station via his company Thomas Media LLC. After Monticello Media learned of the deal, it severed its relationship with Thomas. He tells TALKERS magazine, “We are looking forward to bringing local news and conversation back to the valley the same way we did for WCHV. We also hope to have my show back on the air in Charlottesville soon.”
the Central Virginia and Charlottesville area this weekend (9/16-17) with a star-studded gala that raised thousands of dollars for the local United Way chapter and the Albemarle-Charlottesville Historical Society and included a Gubernatorial Proclamation making September 15 “WCHV Radio Day” in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Pictured here is WCHV program director and morning host Joe Thomas (right) and Albemarle county supervisor Ann Mallek (left) reading the proclamation.