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WV MetroNews
West Virginia regional; news mostly neutral, talk and commentary moderate-to-conservative
WV MetroNews is a statewide radio news network and website owned by the privately held West Virginia Radio Corporation, whose owner is John Raese. Its news coverage is mainly straightforward state reporting, and its talk and commentary lean moderate-to-conservative. Its posture toward the Trump administration is mostly neutral in news and often favorable in opinion, in a state that voted heavily for Trump.
Owned byWest Virginia Radio Corporation, a privately held Morgantown-based broadcaster. Its owner is John R. Raese, a businessman and former Republican candidate for U.S. Senate. The Raese family also long owned The Dominion Post newspaper, which it sold to Ogden Newspapers in 2024.
LeaningWest Virginia regional; news mostly neutral, talk and commentary moderate-to-conservative
On the administrationmostly neutral
2average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun