David Seidel
News DirectorDavid 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.
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In the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s, vital parts of Roanoke’s historically Black Gainsboro neighborhood were ripped out and replaced with infrastructure projects like Interstate 581 and the Roanoke Civic Center.
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Key dates and events as the station evolved from an early NPR affiliate to a network of signals and programs covering two-thirds of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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The Virginia Board of Education voted to advance a controversial draft of new K-12 history standards Thursday. But they’re still a long way from being used in the classroom.
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In his address late Wednesday afternoon, Governor Glenn Youngkin said Virginians want more progress and they want it faster.
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In the latest step of a contentious revision process, new draft K-12 history standards have been delivered to the Virginia Board of Education.
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The Western Virginia Water Authority conducted long-term testing from October to December in a number of locations on the Roanoke River and its branches near Elliston in Montgomery County.
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Lawmakers are about to return to Richmond and put together a budget. Michael Pope reports on the first phase of that process.
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An effort is underway to digitally document a Roanoke Valley site where enslaved people once lived and worked.
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Representative Donald McEachin had been dealing with the effects of a 2013 battle with colorectal cancer.
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The University of Virginia Athletics Department announced Wednesday morning that the game against Coastal Carolina had been canceled.