Bob Hamacher, part owner of Spokane-based advertising agency BHW1 LLC, has been bought out by the agency's two other owners, Russ Wheat and Greg Birchell.

Hamacher, who helped start the agency in 1996, says he has not been involved in day-to-day operations for more than three years.

For now, Birchell says, there are no plans to change the agency's name or operations.

Hamacher says, "I've been in more of an advisory capacity over the last three years. I think we built a very good ad agency. It was a great part of my life."

About leaving BHW1, he says, "It will be bittersweet, but it's in great hands."

The agency, located at 19 W. Pacific, currently has 16 employees, including Wheat and Birchell. It formerly was named Birchell Hall Agency LLC. BHW1's Web site says it's a full-service advertising agency offering clients "brand emergence and enhancement" advertising intended to propel business growth.

Hamacher plans to devote his full attention to Roses & More Inc., a regional floral wholesale business here that he owns.

"This rose thing just went to the moon, so my time was really spent here," Hamacher says.

Roses & More, located in Spokane Valley, at 1015 N. Dyer, distributes flowers, plants, floral supplies, and design products to flower shops and supermarkets in the Northwest.

In addition to its Valley headquarters, the company has distribution centers in Missoula, Mont., and Boise.

Hamacher bought the operation, formerly called Jones Wholesale Florist, in 2003 from Rosedale Greenhouse Inc. of Spokane. He then changed the name to Roses & More. In 2005, Roses & More acquired the assets of its largest competitor, Spokane-based Glacier Mountain Floral Suppliers, which significantly boosted its customer volumes. Then, in 2006, Roses & More acquired the assets of Harris Wholesale Inc., of Victor, Mont. That acquisition gave the company a stronger position in Montana and allowed it to enter southeast Idaho.

Hamacher also founded KAYU-TV, a Fox affiliate here, as well as TV stations in Yakima, the Tri-Cities, Wash., and Medford, Ore., but sold those stations in 1995.