Staunton
Augusta County, Virginia
Back in April of 2024 we told you about Joe Thomas being shown the door at his former radio station in Charlottesville. He’d been on-air there for well over a decade. At the time Thomas had purchased a trio of stations in nearby Crozet, Staunton and Harrisonburg. The talk radio station group has been branded as The New WTON Radio.
The owners of the station group in Charlottesville filed court action against Thomas to stop him from airing his popular morning show Joe Thomas In The Morning. The judge in the case issued a temporary injunction preventing the show from airing on regular AM-FM radio in the mornings, but allowed it to to continue on streaming services and a replay in the afternoons over broadcast radio.
This week, that all ends. Below, a release Joe sent us late Sunday night.
“Where did Joe go?” That’s the question that many of Joe Thomas’ longtime radio listeners have asked since an injunction was imposed keeping him off his 101.1fm transmitter in the Albemarle/Nelson County area. That injunction expires on Tuesday, February 11th and Joe’s morning show will return LIVE to the Charlottesville and Waynesboro listening areas as well as Staunton on the flagship 1240am and in Harrisonburg on 98.9fm at 5am on the 12th!
“We’ve been here all along on the station’s web stream but boy it will be good to be back on the air!” Thomas said, “A few things have changed in the past 6 months,” he added. “Not the least of which is a new network affiliation on the Talk Media Network bringing the show to 100 cities from Norfolk to San Francisco!”
Charlottesville Radio?
Never say never,” Said Thomas, “but if the listeners want us back, they know what a grassroots campaign can lead to. Just ask the guy in the White House. So call your favorite station and ask them to put us on!”
BRL’s forecaster Tommy Stafford is the weather voice of the three stations in Crozet, Staunton and Harrisonburg on the hour and half hour.
Here’s a direct link to the live streaming version if you aren’t near an AM-FM off air broadcast.
