WVRC Media is a media corporation comprising radio stations and two radio networks based in the state of

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. The company was known as the West Virginia Radio Corporation prior to a December 2021 rebranding. The company is controlled by

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and its owners, the Raese family. It was founded by Herbert and Agnes Greer, who signed on WAJR in 1940. Since 1972,

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and his two brothers have controlled the company; they are Herbert and Agnes' grandsons.

Radio markets

WVRC Media owns stations in seven separate areas in the state of

: * Charleston * Morgantown- Clarksburg- Fairmont * Elkins-

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- Keyser * Beckley * Martinsburg *

Berkeley Springs Berkeley Springs is a town in, and the county seat of, Morgan County, West Virginia, United States, in the state's Eastern Panhandle. "Berkeley Springs" is also commonly used to refer to the area in and around the Town of Bath. In 1776, the Virg ...

West Virginia MetroNews

WVRC Media owns and operates the

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Network. The network features 63 affiliates covering all 55 counties in West Virginia.

Stations owned by WVRC Media

Charleston

Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont

Elkins-Buckhannon-Weston

Keyser-Cumberland

Beckley-Oak Hill

Martinsburg

Berkeley Springs

References

External links

Official Website of West Virginia Radio Corporation

West Virginia MetroNews
{{Authority control Privately held companies based in West Virginia Radio broadcasting companies of the United States Companies based in Morgantown, West Virginia American companies established in 1940 1940 establishments in West Virginia