Maryanne Reed | Morgantown, WV | (304) 293-5746 | E-mail
The project created a news operation at WHFI-FM, a radio station licensed to the Monroe County (WV_ School Board. Journalism students and faculty worked to train student and adult volunteer reporters to report and produce local news stories for a 15-minute daily newscast, regular monthly public affairs programming and a website with news and streaming audio. It was an initiative of the P.I. Reed School of Journalism, West Virginia University.
Project Updates
- Monroe County Radio Creates a Buzz (October, 2008) - Once upon a time, the Monroe County School Board had a 5000-watt radio station called WHFI-FM. Few in the community listened to the station, which broadcast from the Monroe County Technical Center. In 2006, West Virginia University’s P.I. Reed School of Journalism took notice of this under-utilized community resource and offered to help, with an […]
- Monroe County Radio: The Long Distance Challenge (November, 2007) - The coordinators of the Monroe County Radio Project have learned that getting a regular radio news broadcast on the air is easier dreamed than done. While they have achieved their primary goal of developing a news presence on community radio station WHFI-FM, multiple staff transitions and the university’s four-hour driving distance from the isolated rural […]
- Community News Airs Amid Setbacks (April, 2007) - The Monroe County Radio Project has continued to produce the News at Noon broadcast three times a week for WHFI-FM, a community radio station owned and operated by the Monroe County School Board. The project, however, has spent the spring dealing with some reporter setbacks. A VISTA worker hired and trained to report news for the […]
- Radio Program Expands to 15 Minutes, WebSite To Launch in March (November, 2006) - Through the fall, the Monroe County Radio Project took steps toward expanding its local radio offerings. The community news program, “Monroe County Today,” which airs on WHFI-FM three times a week, Tuesday through Thursday, increased from a five- to 10-minute segment to a full 15. The goal is to make it a five-day-a-week program and […]
- “Monroe County Today” Radio News Program Launches (August, 2006) - A short version of “Monroe County Today” hit the WHFI-FM airwaves officially on September 1. The 10-minute community news program airs three times a week, and it’s a major step forward for the Monroe County Radio Project, spearheaded by West Virginia University’s Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism. WHFI’s newscast is one component of the […]
