R.I.P.: Mike Romigh, SW-PA Radio Personality

Mike Romigh (194?-2026)

Mike Romigh, longtime Beaver County,  PA radio host of “Live Mic,” died Saturday night after a long battle with a blood disorder, his family said Sunday morning.  Romigh had stepped away from the weekday show in September 2025 because of his health. 

Beaver County Radio General Manager Frank Sparks said the station was “absolutely devastated” by the news. “He was such an inspiration to us all and a key part of the resurgence of Beaver County Radio over the last few years,” Sparks said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Romigh family at this devastating time.”

Romigh returned to Beaver County Radio in early 2022 to host “Live Mic” weekdays from 6:30 to 9 a.m. He left in August 2024 to spend more time with family and enjoy retirement, while continuing to host “Best of Beaver County” on Thursday mornings. After the stations returned to a simulcast format in early 2025, he came back to host “Live Mic” weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon before stepping away again that September.

A Beaver Falls native, Romigh first felt the pull of radio as a youngster and later enrolled in a correspondence course from the Columbia School of Broadcasting in Pittsburgh. After completing the training, he landed his first job in 1981 at WFEM in Ellwood City. That same year he was hired by WBVP and WWKS (Kiss 106.7 FM), initially hosting an overnight music show on both stations.His break came in 1983, when he filled in for vacationing “A.M. Connection” host Dave Felts on WBVP and was soon made a regular. 

After leaving WBVP and WWKS in 1985, he hosted a talk show at WMBA first called “Straight Talk” and later “Live Mike.”Around 1987, KDKA hired him for weekends and part-time fill-in work. He worked both stations for a time before dropping WMBA in 1990 to work regularly at KDKA, where he hosted the evening shift for about 10 years. In 2008 he crossed state lines to host mornings at Youngstown’s WKBN.

His career came full circle when he returned to WBVP and WMBA from 2014 to 2017, bringing back the “Teleforum” name and serving as program director. He left in early 2017 to fundraise for the Beaver County Humane Society, briefly retired in 2020, then worked part-time at the Humane Society Thrift Store. In late 2022, Sparks asked him to return to the air, and “Live Mic” was back on Beaver County radio in January 2022.