Longtime Charlottesville VA programmer and Conservative Talk host Joe Thomas and wife Elaine Thomas’ Thomas Media LLC is acquiring 1240 WTON Staunton VA and translators 98.9 W255DS Harrisonburg and 101.1 W266BQ Crozet from Stu-comm Inc. for $275,000.
Joe Thomas has served as Program Director and morning host at Monticello Media’s “C-Ville 107.5” WCHV-FM Charlottesville since 2007. He previously hosted talk shows at WCOJ Coatesville PA and WDEL Wilmington DE and hosted mornings at multiple stations across the northeast including WTSS Buffalo NY, WPXC Hyannis MA, WLAN-FM Lancaster PA, WRCN Riverhead NY, WLFX Salisbury MD, and WBHV State College PA. Thomas also serves as a commentator for WCAV-TV and co-founded the regionally syndicated The Afternoon Constitutional.
Stu-comm had acquired the former Sports “ESPN 1240 The Boss” WTON and Classic Hits “Star 94.3” WTON-FM last October for $550,000 flipping the pair to their non-commercial AAA network based at 91.9 WNRN-FM Charlottesville.
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