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WVIA News Voices (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton)

Center local news. Over-indexes on Education (173.5×).

22
Episodes transcribed
Mar 2026Aug 2026 covered
2
Episodes analyzed
2 tone reads — one per figure per episode
Mixed
No clear favorite or target
thin read

What This Tone Is Based On

The tone scores on this page come from analyzing how this show covers each political figure it mentions. Below is the breakdown of how many of those reads were positive, neutral, or negative.

Positive2100%
Neutral00%
Negative00%

Net media tone Positive across 2 figure-in-episode tone reads (not audience/impressions).

Thin sample — fewer than 5 tone reads; treat the split as directional.

How WVIA News Voices (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton) Differs from Other Shows

Overall this show runs more favorable than the rest of the media — mean tone +0.45 vs the media's -0.06.

Coverage Volume

Transcribed episodes per week — last 26 weeks

Sentiment Trajectory

Average weekly tone toward figures — green favorable, red critical

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Organizations
News Voices21
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House of Representatives3
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Places
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Scranton5
New York3
Schuylkill County2
Lackawanna County2

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