West Virginia Public Broadcasting is distinguished from other media because it is non-commercial with a mission to nurture personal growth and civic responsibility, respect people’s intelligence, and promote lifelong discovery. Services include West Virginia Public Radio, West Virginia PBS, Ready To Learn and WVPubcast.org.
As many as 525,000 people tune in each week to West Virginia Public
Radio and/or West Virginia PBS. Both are
statewide networks licensed to the Educational Broadcasting Authority.
In addition, the West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Mountain Stage® websites
received 815,173 visitors in 2010, representing a 46% increase in traffic from the
previous year.
Award-winning Journalism -- West
Virginia Public Broadcasting’s news and public affairs team claimed top honors
in four categories from the West Virginia Associated Press Broadcasters
Association for stories done in 2009 including: “Outstanding News Operation,”
“Best Anchor or Anchor Team” to producer and host Beth Vorhees for the eighth year in a row,
“Best Continuing Coverage” for stories involving the water quality at Dunkard
Creek, and “Best Feature” to senior producer Suzanne
Higgins for her coverage of the Red Hat Ladies Society.
Ready
To Learn® Service – West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s
Ready To Learn service continues to focus on early reading skills and incorporating the latest
educational research to work in specific West Virginia communities. The goal is to help children ages
2-8 learn from different types of media, including television, with an emphasis
on these literacy skills: Letter Identification, Rhyming, Alliteration,
Phonics, Letter Sequencing, Phonemic Awareness, and Reading/Vocabulary.
Recently
released national data for one of West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Ready To
Learn initiatives -- Super Why! Reading Camps – proved the service is valuable for the
state’s children. The week-long camps provided children ages 3-6 with a multi-media
experience featuring interaction with the television program and supplemental
exercises that focused on emergent literacy skills.All camp
participants realized gains in emergent literacy skills. On average,
participants raised their pre-test scores 5.7 points, which equates to an 11.7%
increase in performance with the most
significant gains occurring with 3 and 4 year olds.
More than 19% of our operating budget comes from community support, including 11,571 individual members and 70 businesses and organizations. Contributions from our members allow us to create the quality programs that you enjoy.