Radio IQ/WVTF Public Radio

Hurricane Helene has strengthened to a Category 3 storm. A large part of our coverage is already under flood warnings and watches, and high wind advisories through Friday. Because of the severe weather, Radio IQ/WVTF Public Radio management decided to end our Fall Fund Drive one day early. We will close our phone lines at 6:30 p.m. and will not fund raise tomorrow. Our priority is public safety. Our focus is covering this storm to bring our audience the information they need to protect their families and property. Plus, keeping our staff and volunteers safe is the right thing to do. If you want to support our work, you can still donate at radioiq.org.

We have two days left in our fall fund drive, and we are scrambling to meet our fundraising goal before Hurricane Helene unleashes her wrath on the Commonwealth. Public safety is our priority, and we know our audience will tune in to hear updates on the storm and its impacts, not pleas for donations.? ? So we are trying to wrap up early. Please donate now to support public radio and nonprofit news.?You can make a donation on our website, radioiq.org, or call 1-800-856-8900, or text RadioIQ to 51555. ? Thank you & stay safe!

We're excited to welcome Nick Yee to the WVTF Music & Radio IQ family! Nick will be our director of content & distribution.

Our news department is grateful to receive nine Regional Edward R. Murrow awards from Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), including Overall Excellence. See the full list here: https://lnkd.in/eFQmePkZ

We're excited to have Renai Bodley join us as chief advancement officer for WVTF and Radio IQ!

The Radio IQ news team was honored to receive nine awards from The Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters this weekend, including News Operation of the Virginias. The association represents radio and television stations in Virginia and West Virginia.

We're thrilled that the Memory Wars podcast has been selected as the 2024-25 VCU Common Book. The limited series podcast was created and produced by Radio IQ Richmond Bureau Chief Mallory Noe-Payne and Michael Paul Williams of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. You can find the series on our website (radioiq.org) or wherever you get your podcasts. More on the announcement from VCU here: https://lnkd.in/eX3zQkiQ...

We're hiring for several key positions at WVTF/Radio IQ: Chief advancement officer, Director of content & distribution, as well as a traffic coordinator. More information available here: https://lnkd.in/ecuEFa8M

Khalil Samad, owner of Hill City Cuts in Lynchburg, has been a barber since age 15, when he apprenticed under Ralph “Chopper” Wilson. Now, 36, and on the other side of the pandemic, Samad talks about the evolution of hairstyles, to “talk or not to talk,” and the personality and magic that is a barber shop, the ultimate locker room.? Meet Khalil, first in Radio IQ's new monthly series called Meet Virginia.

Steve Inskeep and Roben Farzad live at University of Richmond. Tickets available here: https://lnkd.in/eH-W5Vrn