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WFIR is a commercial radio station that serves Roanoke Valley in southwest Virginia. It first aired in 1924, and it is based in Roanoke, Virginia. The station is owned by Mel Wheeler, Inc., and it mostly airs local news and talk programs.WFIR has a news website at wfirnews.com that covers local news, politics, business, sports, health, and lifestyle. It has 40,200 monthly visitors, according to Similar Web.
News/Talk is ranked 74,009 among other media sources and has an average of 35,131 monthly visits according to Similar Web.
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News/Talk has a Bias Score of 8% Center which is based on a variety of factors including its policy and politician leanings, article ratings, and the use of biased language. Its Reliability is rated as Fair, and additional analytical insights are available in the other tabs.

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    8% Center

  • Reliability
    58% Reliable Fair
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    *Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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