About
Eight decades as the voice of West Virginia.
Founded in 1940 as West Virginia Radio Corporation. Family-owned, based in Morgantown, and still committed to staying local.
It began with WAJR.
West Virginia Radio Corporation was founded in 1940 by Agnes and Herbert Greer, who already owned the Dominion Post and the Greer Limestone Company when they launched WAJR-AM in Morgantown. The call letters were the maiden initials of Mrs. Greer, Agnes Jane Reeves. In 1948 WAJR-FM signed on as the first FM station in West Virginia and one of the first commercial FM stations licensed in the United States.
After Mr. Greer’s death, Mrs. Greer ran the companies for more than twenty years. On her death in 1972, ownership passed to her three grandsons, Richard, John and David Raese.
In 1985 the firm launched the MetroNews Radio Network, a statewide news, information and sports network distributed by satellite. As the media needs of the state changed, the company kept pace: an Emmy award winning video division, a digital marketing team and, today, WVRC Media as the name over the door.
The mission has not changed. We exist to serve the communities, citizens, charities and businesses who call West Virginia home. We’re proud to live here too.
02 / Our divisions
Audio · News · Video · Digital
Four companies under one roof.
Buy one, or plan them together. The same office handles strategy, trafficking and reporting for all four.
01
WVRC Audio
33 community radio stations in nine markets, covering 54 of West Virginia’s 55 counties. In many of the communities we serve, our station is the only local voice. wvrcaudio.com
02
WV MetroNews
Launched in 1985, the MetroNews Radio Network is the only true statewide medium: news, talk and sports on more than 60 affiliates and 90 station signals, with exclusive rights to the SSAC state championships. wvmetronews.com
03
WVRC Video
Our Emmy award winning production company, formerly Pikewood Creative. The work has taken us from the Olympics and the Georgia Dome to hometown hospitals and colleges.
04
WVRC Digital
A full digital marketing company: streaming TV, search, social, email and websites, with a team of strategists who keep local, regional and national clients competitive. wvrcdigital.com
03 / Leadership
Morgantown, West Virginia
Leadership.
01
John R. Raese Chairman
A native son and lifelong resident of West Virginia, John Raese serves as president and CEO of Greer Industries, which include Greer Limestone, Greer Lime, Greer Steel and Preston County Coal and Coke. He is also Chairman of the Board of West Virginia Radio Corporation. Growing up in University City, the son of the late Jane Greer Raese and former WVU basketball coach Richard A. “Dyke” Raese, John attended public schools and earned a B. S. degree from West Virginia University in 1973 where he played freshman basketball and varsity baseball.
02
George Pelletier President / CEO
Pelletier has more than 37 years of experience in radio, radio networks and digital platforms. Most recently Pelletier has served as regional president of Alpha Media, overseeing 28 of Alpha’s 42 markets. Prior to Alpha, he served as the chief operating officer of Digity, which was acquired by Alpha in 2016. Pelletier served on the Radio Advertising Bureau’s Small Market Advisory Committee 2000-2005 and as chairman from 2003-2005.
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