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WVIA, Northeastern Pennsylvania’s PBS and NPR station, is proud to announce its return as the official media partner for the 2024 NEPA Film Festival, taking place April 12th-14th at the Waverly Community House.
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WVIA, Northeastern Pennsylvania’s PBS and NPR station, is thrilled to announce a resounding win at the 2024 American Advertising Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania (AAF NEPA) Awards.
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WVIA’s original and award-winning documentary, ROAR: The Story of the Southern Columbia Football Tigers, will be distributed nationwide through PBS+ beginning this month.
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WVIA is thrilled to announce the addition of a new reporter to its growing news team. Sarah Hofius Hall will join the team with a focus on local and regional education stories in northeastern and central Pennsylvania, providing dedicated coverage and transparency on the topics that affect one of the most vulnerable populations in any region; the youth and those that serve them.
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WVIA and Chiaroscuro Records have announced the premiere of a new original documentary titled WHAM Re-Bop-Boom-Bam: The Swing Jazz of Eddie Durham, which will be made available to public television stations nationwide on February 1st, distributed through American Public Television (APT). The film will be broadcast on over 250 APT member stations nationwide.
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WVIA was recently awarded a grant through the Williamsport Lycoming Competitive Grant Program at the First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania to support the addition of a dedicated, full-time WVIA News reporter to exclusively cover Williamsport and the Lycoming County region.
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WVIA’s Senior Director of Grants and Education, Vicki Austin, has been selected as a fellow for the Public Media Women in Leadership CEO/COO Bootcamp.
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WVIA was honored by its peers in television broadcasting with three 2023 Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy® Awards.
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WVIA has been awarded an $80,000 grant through the Williamsport Lycoming Competitive Grant Program at the First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania.
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As recently reported by WVIA, Times-Shamrock Communications has announced that it has sold its newspapers and related operations to Colorado-based MediaNews Group, which is owned by hedge fund Alden Global Capital.
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The National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) has announced that WVIA has won four Public Media Awards in several different categories.
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WVIA, Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania’s PBS and NPR affiliate, will host the 2023 ArtScene Conference on Tuesday, September 19th at the WVIA Studios in Pittston.