{"id":104425,"date":"2020-12-15T11:09:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T16:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=104425"},"modified":"2020-12-15T11:09:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T16:09:31","slug":"lehigh-valley-public-medias-community-update-on-coronavirus-to-begin-again-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=104425","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh Valley Public Media\u2019s Community Update on Coronavirus to Begin Again This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>As COVID-19 cases surge in the Lehigh Valley, and a vaccine is on the horizon, join the PBS39 and 91.3 WLVR News teams for local and regional coronavirus updates<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bethlehem, Pa. &#8211; December 14 &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0On December 16, Lehigh Valley Public Media will begin airing new episodes of\u00a0<i>Community Update on Coronavirus<\/i>. The program will air live on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on PBS39 at 4 p.m. and on 91.3 WLVR News at 9: 30 p.m. Emmy Award-winning reporter Brittany Sweeney will be back as the show\u2019s host.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we continue to see cases rise across the state and in our area\u00a0and a need has arisen to help explain things like the vaccine and other solution strategies,\u00a0we knew this was a crucial program to bring back to the community,\u201d Yoni Greenbaum, Chief Content Officer of Lehigh Valley Public Media, said.<\/p>\n<p>The first guest to appear on\u00a0<i>Community Update on Coronavirus<\/i>\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0well known infectious disease specialist and chair of the Department of Medicine at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Dr. Timothy Friel. Additionally, Angela DelGrosso, Senior Vice President of The Bethlehem Chamber at the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce will be joining the conversation alongside Dr. Friel and Sweeney.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvt.org\/television\/community-update-on-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Community Update on Coronavirus<\/i><\/a>\u00a0will air live on PBS39, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 4 p.m. You can also hear a radio rebroadcast of the program on 91.3 WLVR News Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Lehigh Valley Public Media\u2122<\/strong><br \/>\nLehigh Valley Public Media is home to PBS39,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>WLVR News<\/u><\/a>, and various community initiatives. We are the regional leader in the publicly funded, non-profit media space and serve a vibrant and growing economic region through a dedication to local, unbiased journalism, primary and secondary education, workforce development and health and wellness. PBS39 broadcasts four additional channels of content: PBS39 Extra, WORLD, Create TV and France 24. Lehigh Valley Public Media is licensed in Allentown to the Lehigh Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation. For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvt.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>PBS39.org<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nVictoria Scialfa<br \/>\nMarketing and Public Relations Manager<br \/>\nLehigh Valley Public Media<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; As COVID-19 cases surge in the Lehigh Valley, and a vaccine is on the horizon, join the PBS39 and 91.3 WLVR News teams for local and regional coronavirus updates &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=104425\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lehigh Valley Public Media\u2019s Community Update on Coronavirus to Begin Again This Week<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104426,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/corona-virus-update.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104425"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/104426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}