interests, along with their partners, to its present group of four owners, who continue to do business as the Butler County Radio Network today. A near-tragedy took place in the summer of 1990 when then-program director Shirley A. "Sam" Minehart was changing an automation tape for WLER. The automation system was separated by a large plate-glass window from outside, that would allow Route 8 commuters to see programming at work. A vehicle traveling on Route 8 went out of control and crashed through the window and into the automation system. Minehart had just walked away from the system as the car crashed through the window, scattering shards of glass everywhere. WBUT news reporter Dave Cubbison was on the air delivering a live newscast when he looked up and saw the car coming towards the building, yelling to Minehart "Oh no, there's a car coming... run!" into an open microphone. Knowing the car was going to hit, Cubbison then ran and dove under a desk. Cubbison and Minehart were not hurt, but the driver did sustain minor injuries. The station switched from oldies to country music early in 2006. Morning show host Bob Cupp has been with the station for more than 25 years. In 2003, WBUT and WLER moved from their studio building in Center Township and joined WISR in a new facility at the Pullman Commerce Center, on the city's south side, near the village of Lyndora. Ten years later the station moved to its current location on Pillow Street in Butler. WBUT for many years had been a Mutual Broadcasting System network affiliate. Upon the acquisition of Mutual by Westwood One, WBUT affiliated with co-owned CNN Radio. This relationship continued until 2009, when WBUT changed its affiliation to CBS Radio News. In April 2018, WBUT added an FM translator at 97.3 MHz, W247DF, allowing listeners who prefer FM radio to hear the station on that band. In July 2022, Inside Radio reported that WBUT and its affiliate stations would be sold to Pittsburgh Radio Partners. The sale closed shortly before Labor Day in 2022. Less than two monts later, St. Barnabas Broadcasting, a division of St. Barnabas Health System of Gibsonia, announced that it would acquire WBUT and its affiliate stations from Pittsburgh Radio Partners. Weekday programming "The Breakfast Club" with Bob Cupp and Tyler Friel (Weekday mornings 5:30 am to 9 am.) "The News at Noon" with