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The 2026 Challenger Game at the Little League World Series
LIVE Saturday, August 29TH 10:30amSince 2011, WVIA has been the presenting station of The Challenger Exhibition Game broadcast held annually in August during the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The 2026 teams are Berwyn-Paoli Area Little League (Berwyn, PA) and East County Little League (Oakley, CA).
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Jim Van Laak worked on the front lines of NASA and was a key player in establishing the ISS.
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A discussion on the current state and future of public media.
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Inside Mitsubishi Chemical Group, where advanced plastics made in Scranton are used worldwide.
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See strange concrete bunkers hidden in wooded central PA and the forgotten town that came before.
- WVIA Earns W. Howard Hartman Little League Friendship Award, Continues 25-Year Tradition of Challenger Division Exhibition Game Broadcast
- The Tassadduk and Anneliese Moghul Charitable Fund Will Help Support Public Radio Programming at WVIA
- WVIA Expands Community Connection Program to Spotlight Berwick-Area Nonprofits Through New Grant Support
- Pennsylvania PBS honors seven Champions of Lifelong Learning
What to Watch & Listen to on WVIA This August
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The Secrets Beneath Hazleton
Coming September 21st, 2026Beneath the streets of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, lies a world forgotten by time—a network of hidden tunnels, abandoned mine shafts, and underground structures that hold the secrets of the past. The Secrets Beneath Hazleton builds off the viral short documentary "The Secret Beneath Hazleton" with the goal to uncover forgotten mining history and preserve it before it's lost forever.
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The Japanese artist has died at age 97. Kusama's polka dotted pumpkins, "Infinity Rooms," and other repetitive and dreamlike artworks have been shown in museums and galleries worldwide. -
The Bridge program, which began July 1, makes some Medicare beneficiaries eligible for obesity drugs for $50 a month. CVS and Walgreens say they've each already filled 100,000 such prescriptions. -
Since taking over in March, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin has pivoted from the confrontational style of immigration enforcement of his predecessor, Kristi Noem. The latest data is reflective of a strategy that is working -
Pilgrims came to Iraq from all over the world in August. Many Iraqi and Iranian pilgrims walked hundreds of miles in extreme heat to mark the event. Outside the shrines, the atmosphere is almost festive. -
Indiana is the latest state to experiment with limiting what hospitals can charge, to try to get a handle on high health costs. -
A federal judge in Boston canceled a nationwide ruling that blocked U.S. Postal Service work on President Trump's order to limit mail-in voting for the midterm election. But a new block may come soon. -
The proposal comes weeks before the midterm elections, when food prices and the cost of living are expected to be major issues on voters' minds.
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