David Seidel

News Director

David Seidel is proud to lead the journalists at Radio IQ and WVTF as news director.  David joined the newsroom in May 2017 and brings more than 20 years of experience in broadcast journalism in Virginia.  Prior to joining Radio IQ David was an assistant news director, assignment manager and producer at WDBJ Television in Roanoke.  He also worked as a reporter for WHSV Television in Harrisonburg.  David graduated from Washington and Lee University in Lexington with degrees in journalism and history.

David and his family love to call the Roanoke Valley their home.

What to Expect From This Week's Special Legislative Session

By & • Jul 8, 2019
Creative Commons

Lawmakers will be returning to Richmond once again this week to consider gun-control legislation in the wake of the Virginia Beach shooting.

Thousands Take Advantage of New License Reinstatement Policy

By • Jul 2, 2019
David Seidel/Radio IQ

Thousands of Virginians have already applied to have their drivers licenses reinstated.  And the program is only days old.

James Fields Receives Life Sentence for UTR Car Attack

By & • Jun 28, 2019
Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail via AP

An avowed white supremacist who drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters during a white supremacist rally in Virginia was sentenced to life in prison earlier today on hate crime charges.

Poll Finds Steady Support for Northam, Drop for a Democrat-Controlled General Assembly

By • Jun 26, 2019
NPR

The black face scandal hasn’t hurt Governor Ralph Northam’s job approval, according to a recent poll.

Study Finds Strengths and Challenges in Keeping College Grads in Southwest Virginia

By • Jun 19, 2019
David Seidel/Radio IQ

Thousands of students flow into Southwest Virginia for college every year.

A new initiative hopes to stop the "brain drain" as they graduate and leave the area for work.

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