wvns west NEWS SERVICE (June–December) 2007 annual report

“Applies well to our STORY BREAKOUT NUMBER OF RADIO STORIES STATION AIRINGS* audience…Topics are timely…Accurate and easy Budget Policy & Priorities 5 276 to use…Good range, could Campaign Finance Reform/Money in Politics 1 36 use more.” Children’s Issues 12 575 Criminal Justice 1 52 Broadcasters Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault 5 258 Early Childhood Education 1 43 Education 1 “The West Virginia News 43 Energy Policy service just started in 2007 1 44 and it has already proven Environment 6 303 to be a great resource. It’s Environmental Justice 1 44 fast and easy and gets Global Warming/Air Quality 4 181 solid news coverage for Health Issues 7 320 public interests issues on Housing/Homelessness 5 230 commercial radio stations Hunger/Food/Nutrition 3 126 all over any given state Livable Wages/Working Families 18 744 — an audience that would Mental Health 2 80 be impossible to reach any Peace 10 411 other way. If you haven’t Public Lands/Wilderness 16 648 got a Public News Service Senior Issues 1 36 going in your state, there’s Social Justice 4 201 no better time than now.” Teen Pregnancy Prevention 3 117 Rick Wilson Welfare Reform 1 36 American Friends Women’s Issues 1 27 Service Committee Totals 109 4,831

Launched in June, 2007, the West Virginia News Service produced 109 radio and online news stories, which aired more than 4,831 times on 116 radio stations in West Virginia and 444 nationwide.

* Represents the minimum number of times stories were aired. WEST VIRGINIA RADIO STATIONS WVNS Market Share Information City Map # Stations City Map # Stations Beckley 53% Ashland, KY 1 WDGG-AM WBVB-FM, WHRD-AM, WIRO-AM, WKEE-FM, Charleston 43% Beckley, WV 2–4 WCIR-FM, WIWS-AM, WTCR-AM/FM (2), Elkins-Buckhannon-Weston 47% WWNR-AM WVHU-AM Huntington-Ashland 50% Berkeley Springs 5–6 WCST-AM, WDHC-FM Kingwood 41–42 WFSP-AM/FM (2), Bethany 7 WVBC-FM WKMM-FM Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont 30% Bluefi eld 8 WAMN-AM Lindside 43 WHFI-FM Parkersburg-Marietta 44% Buckhannon 9–10 WBRB-FM, WVWC-FM Logan 44 WVOW-AM/FM (2) Wheeling 35% Charleston 11–14 WBES-AM, WQBE-FM, Marietta, OH 45–46 WJAW-AM/FM (2), WMOA-AM WVSR-FM, WVTS-AM WVNS National and Regional pick up 444 Stations Charlottesville, VA 15 WVTW-FM Martinsburg 47 WEPM-AM City Map # Stations Clarksburg 16–17 WKJL-AM/FM (2), Morehead, KY 48 WMKY-AM WWLW-AM Roanoke VA 73–77 WVTR-FM, WVTU-FM, Morgantown 49–50 WAJR-AM, WVAQ-AM WWVT-AM, WISE-FM, Cleveland, OH 18 WLTF-FM Moundsville 51 WRKP-AM WVTF-FM Cumberland, MD 19 WCBC-AM/FM (2) Mount Clare 52–53 WFBY-FM, WWLW-FM Saint Albans 78–81 WJYP-AM, WKLC-FM, WMON-AM, WMXE-FM Dunbar 20 WZJO-FM Mt. Hope, WV 54 WTNJ-FM Saint Marys 82 WRRR-FM Elizabeth, WV 21 WRZZ-FM New Martinsville 55–57 WETZ-AM/FM (2), Elkins 22 WDNE-AM/FM (2) WXCR-AM/FM (2), Salem, WV 83 WAJR-FM WYMJ-FM Fairmont 23–25 WMMN-AM, WRLF-FM, Shepherdstown 84 WSHC-FM WTCS-AM Oak Hill, WV 58 WAXS-FM South Charleston 85 WSCW-AM Ferrum, VA 26 WFFC-FM Parkersburg, WV 59–63 WGGE-FM, WVNT-AM, Union City, TN 86 WUKV-FM WXIL-FM, WHBR-FM, Germantown, TN 27 WPLX-AM WADC-AM Weirton 87–88 WCDK-AM, WEIR-AM Grantsville, MD 28 WAIJ-AM Philippi 64 WQAB-FM Welch 89 WELC-AM/FM (2) Hinton, WV 29 WMTD-AM/FM (2) Pineville 65 WWYO-AM Weston, OH 90 WFBY-AM Huntington 30–40 WCMI-AM, WMUL-FM, Point Pleasant 66–68 WBGS-AM, WBYG-FM, Wheeling 91–99 WBBD-AM, WEGW- WRVC-AM/FM (2), WPCN-FM AM/FM (2), WKWK-FM, WAMX-FM, WBKS-FM, WOVK-AM, WPHP- Princeton 69–70 WSTG-FM, WAEY-AM AM/FM (2), WVKF-FM, 18 90 Ripley, TN 71 WKVZ-FM WWVA-AM, WEEL-FM, WOVK-FM Ripley 72 WCEF-AM/FM (2) 88 87 Whitesburg, KY 100 WMMT-FM 7 28 92 91 95 96 97 19 93 94 6 80 98 99 5 84 51 51 49 50 47

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