Joe Thomas shaves head to fight cancer

One of our own, WCHV's Joe Thomas, shaved his hair (his abundant hair!) Friday to fight cancer.  Joe was recently diagnosed with lymphoma has been undergoing chemotherapy.

He made the decision to shave his head but wanted to raise some money doing it. Donors bid to take his ponytail home, raising over $4,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Donations are still being accepted.  Make your check payable to the "Leukemia and Lymphoma Society." Send it to:

Joe Thomas
Monticello Media
1150 Pepsi Place
Suite 300
Charlottesville, VA  22901

Check out the Newsplex story HERE.

Way to go, Joe!

George
Monticello Media

Well done Joe Thomas and John Peterson

WCHV was runner-up for "Best Newscast" at last night's Virginia Association of Broadcasters awards presentation.  Kudos to Joe Thomas and John Peterson for all of their hard work and devotion to making WCHV THE BEST!

George
Monticello Media

Joe Thomas On the Roof!

Kudos to our own Joe Thomas who is broadcasting around the clock from the roof of the Red Cross building in Charlottesville. Joe is raising money to fund building repairs of the snow damaged facility.

Donate here:

http://centralvirginia.redcross.org/Raise_The_Roof.php

Congratulations to WCHV's Melissa Neeley

Monticello Media began operating our six radio stations, four streaming stations, and six websites in Charlottesville almost two years ago. We did so with a strong commitment to local news, expecially on WCHV News/Talk. Joe Thomas came on board early on with his fabulous morning show. Melissa Neeley joined us as News Director and we added an FM signal (94.1 FM) to our 1260 AM broadcast. In short, we built a market leading news and talk operation.

Melissa was nominated for an award for Best Newscast by her peers at the Virginia Association of Broadcasters. I want to publicly congratulate Melissa, and thank her and Joe for the fabulous work they have done (and continue to do!) in making WCHV News/Talk the best news/talk station in Charlottesville.

And you ain't seen nothin' yet!

George

Joe Thomas broadcasts live from Birdwood Golf Club

Joe Thomas live from the Bill Howard Charity Golf Tournament (benefiting the Alzheimer's Association)

Meet our personalities: Joe Thomas

Joe anchors 5am until 9am on WCHV, our news/talk station at 1260 AM and 94.1 FM. Joe is a 21-year radio vet who managed restaurants for six years before radio. As he puts it, he is "Father of three, husband of one (female) and proud survivor of the New York City Public school system."





His interests include auto racing, science fiction, basketball, and conservatism (though probably not in that order). Favorite movies are "Blade Runner" and "Running Man."



Favorite music: Ted Nugent, Joe Walsh, and Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Favorite books: "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and "The Road to Mars."

If you enjoy news/talk from a local perspective, check out Joe Thomas on WCHV. You can join his Facebook fan club:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1258155598&ref=profile#/group.php?gid=46541357525

Email Joe at: joe@wchv.com and follow him on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/joethomaswchv

George