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WVPB Launches West Virginia Week

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New weekly podcast highlighting stories featured on West Virginia Morning

CHARLESTON, WV: West Virginia Week is a new, web-only podcast from West Virginia Public Broadcasting that looks back at the major news of the week. The podcast is available every Saturday at 8 a.m. Visit our podcast page to listen to our latest episode and learn what happened this week in West Virginia.

WVPB will be rotating hosts from the newsroom, adding their unique sound to the podcast. For daily news, don’t miss West Virginia Morning at 7:43 a.m., Monday-Friday on WVPB Radio, our live stream at wvpublic.org, or through the WVPB mobile app.

“West Virginia Week gives us a way to reach a new audience with some of our most important stories from the week before,” said Eric Douglas, West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s News Director. “Our job is to tell West Virginia’s story to as many people as we can reach, and this gives us a chance to reach them on their schedule.”  

You can also watch, listen, and stream this and other award-winning broadcasts by downloading the WVPB app. It’s free and available in the Apple App Store or via Google Play Story – just search for West Virginia Public Broadcasting. 

MEDIA CONTACT:

Kristi Morey, WVPB Marketing Communications
304.556.4911, kmorey@wvpublic.org

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