Prevention WV Television Show

Prevention West Virginia is a 30-minute interview-style television program hosted by the WV Prevention Resource Center’s (WVPRC) Michele Burnside. It highlights prevention topics and programs relevant to West Virginia and includes a prevention news segment. Prevention WV is produced by the WV Library Commission’s Library Television Network (WVLTN) in conjunction with the WVPRC. The WVPRC is funded by federal grants administered through the WV Department of Health & Human Resources and the WV Governor’s Office via its Division of Criminal Justice Services.

Topics / Guests

Show Times / Dates / Stations

Each episode of Prevention WV airs for one month on the WV Library Television Network (WVLTN), which is carried on the followings stations:
  • Suddenlink Channel 17
    • -120, 800 Subscribers in Kanawha, Putnam, Cabell, & Fayette Counties
    -Prevention WV airs Thursdays at 10:30 am, 4:30 pm, and 10:30 pm; Fridays at 4:30 am; and Saturdays at 7:30 pm.
  • Comcast Channel 24 (Marshall University)
    • -28,000 Subscribers in Cabell & Putnam Counties
    -This channel airs 30 hours of WV LTN programming each week. Exactly when Prevention WV airs is unknown.
  • WLSC-TV Comcast Channel 14
    • -30,000 Subscribers in Ohio and Marshall Counties.
    -This channel airs 10 hours of WVLTN programming each week. Exactly when Prevention WV airs is unknown.
  • Time Warner Cable Channel 18 (Robert C. Byrd High School)
    • -26,000 Subscribers in Marion, Harrison, Lewis, and Upshur Counties
    -This channel airs 105 hours of WVLTN programming each week. Exactly when Prevention WV airs is unknown.
  • Suddenlink Channel 17 and Channel 97 (Southern WV Community College Channel 4
    • -45,000 Subscribers in Lincoln, Logan, and Mingo Counties
    -This channel airs four hours of WVLTN programming each week. Exactly when Prevention WV airs is unknown.
  • Adelphia Communications Channel 15 (City of Grafton)
    • -3,300 Subscribers in Taylor and Monongalia Counties
    -This channel airs 45 hours of WVLTN programming each week. Exactly when Prevention WV airs is unknown.
  • WLPX TV Channel 9 (Ion Media)
    • -283,000 Subscribers in Cabell, Kanawha, Fayette, Lincoln, Mason , and Putnam Counties
    -This channel airs WVLTN programming one hour per week. Exactly when Prevention WV is airs is unknown.
  • WV Library Commission Video Server
    • -Videos can only be viewed on the West Virginia Library Network

Copies of the Show

To request a DVD copy, please contact Mark Lanham (558-2531 ext 2045 or marcus@wvlib.wv.us) and indicated which format (VHS or DVD) you prefer. If you would like more than one copy, there will be a fee ($10 per DVD).

Tapings

Prevention WV is taped once a month on a Tuesday afternoon in the WVLTN studio, which is located in the basement of the Cultural Center at the State Capitol (see directions below). Guest msut arrive at the Cultural Center no later than 2:50 pm. Michele Burnside will meet you in the Cultural Center lobby to escort you to the studio. When the production crew is ready, we will begin taping the show. It takes approximately 40 minutes. We usually get started by 3:30 pm, and guests are usually on their way back to their cars by 4:15 pm.

Directions to the Studio
Take I-64 to Exit 99 (Greenbrier St. – Airport – State Capitol)
From the exit ramp, turn West down the hill onto Greenbrier St., get into the left turning lane, turn left at the first stoplight, and veer left into the parking lot beside the parking garage.
Park in one of the metered spaces.

Host Contact Information

Michele Burnside
WV Prevention Resource Center
304) 766-6301 ext 23 office
michele.burnside@marshall.edu