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Charleston talk with local fingerprints.
The Dave Allen Show works like a live front porch for Charleston and the Kanawha Valley. It moves briskly from school board candidates and cleanup events to weather, sports, sponsor chatter, and personal health conversations.
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The Dave Allen Show is built around Charleston as a lived-in place, not as a headline category. It has the feel of morning radio that knows its streets, sponsors, weather patterns, sports habits, and recurring local names. The format is interview-heavy, but it rarely feels sealed off from everyday life. A candidate can talk about public schools, then the conversation can turn toward a listener text, a community event, a baseball game, or a practical reminder about where to take bulk waste. That looseness is part of the point. The show keeps returning to concrete details: which school systems are facing pressure, when a county cleanup runs, where a trunk show is happening, and what is coming up later on Metro News. Dave Allen’s role is less polished narrator than steady local conductor, keeping guests moving and pulling the conversation back to what residents might need to know. Ryan Nicholson is part of the recurring studio texture as senior producer. Dale Cooper appears in its episodes as a fill-in voice, and the show still keeps the same civic-radio shape. The recent excerpts lean heavily into Kanawha County life. School board candidates discuss public school involvement and consolidation. County officials talk through cleanup logistics, IDs, electronics, car batteries, small engines, and the strange things people try to dispose of. Weather from Brian Hughes becomes part of the daily routine, especially when the Kanawha Valley is swinging from rain chances to near-record heat. Sports and community events also sit close to the surface, from Reds baseball and ballpark ideas to the University of Charleston Marathon. The show can also slow down for more personal topics. A conversation about weight, body judgment, kindness, and Weight Watchers gives the feed a more vulnerable register than its usual civic tempo. That range is what makes the program distinctive. It can be promotional, practical, funny, sentimental, and serious within a few minutes, like a local station with the microphones still warm. For listeners who want a polished national explainer, it may feel too regional and too live. For listeners who want Charleston’s daily civic chatter with names, places, weather, sports, and neighborly urgency intact, it fits cleanly.
Made for: The show suits Charleston and Kanawha Valley listeners who want practical local talk, public affairs, weather, sports, and community updates in a live-radio rhythm. It also fits people who like candidate interviews and civic conversations without a polished national-news filter.
What sets it apart: Its strength is the local specificity: school board issues, county cleanup details, Charleston events, weather, sports, and sponsor chatter all sit in the same conversational stream. The result feels less like a packaged news podcast and more like a daily community switchboard.
Charleston's talk show 580 Live is the oldest daily current events show originating in West Virginia's Capitol City. Host Dave Allen present a lively show with news makers, politicians, and community leaders from diverse perspectives. 580 Live breaks news, covers what's happening, and has fun in the process. Live Monday through Friday mornings at 9 o'clock on 580 WCHS. The podcast drops at 10am daily.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Dave Allen turns Charleston's policy debates and community business into practical local news with direct questions, useful detail, and an easy conversational touch.
Dave Allen approaches Charleston public life through concrete questions. Discussions of Kanawha County school consolidation, E-Verify requirements, construction and workforce, and shelter donations consistently turn toward practical consequences.
Charleston's public business meets baseball chatter and a Miracle Whip verdict, if that's your breakfast blend.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Charleston-area morning radio that mixes school board talk and baseball chatter into a live, local hour.
This episode of The Dave Allen Show moves at live-radio speed, with sponsor reads, text chatter, and a long stretch on public education in Kanawha County.
A practical local radio hour with cleanup day details and enough hometown banter to keep it moving.
Dale Cooper's fill in hour plays like a local radio bulletin board with a pulse. It centers on a Kanawha County cleanup day, while sponsor reads and station updates keep the pace moving.
Plainspoken local radio that turns a cleanup complaint into a broader civic story.
The segment opens with sponsor chatter and station housekeeping, then settles into a caller's complaint about a railroad underpass, repeated dumping, and a cleanup effort that did not seem to hold.
A plainspoken look at West Virginia construction, from Virginia Street to the next generation of workers.
This episode offers a plainspoken look at construction in West Virginia, rooted in Charleston and the work unfolding around Virginia Street and the Coliseum and Convention Center.
A loose local-radio chat that turns a title run into a community story.
The episode settles into a familiar local radio groove: station IDs, ad breaks, and a long stretch of talk about a championship team and the people around it.
A local Friday-morning hour that turns Dirty Birds updates into an easy, practical listen.
The Dave Allen Show moves at a Friday-morning pace that feels local and useful, shifting from sponsor obligations into a clear update on Charleston Dirty Birds tickets and the season ahead.
A practical local-radio discussion that turns E-Verify into a business-minded conversation.
The Dave Allen Show settles into a practical discussion of E-Verify and what it means for employers trying to keep a legal workforce. It stays close to concrete details rather than broad slogans, and that gives the segment its force.
A local-radio hour that makes donation needs feel concrete and human.
The segment feels like a local-radio service hour, with Dave Allen's banter and sponsor reads leading into a plainspoken talk about a domestic-violence shelter, what people leave behind, and what the shelter needs to keep going.
Jonquilyn Hill chases one listener question per episode to the experts who can answer it.
Three hosts and psychologist Dr Emily talk vulnerability, therapy, and imperfection with guests.
Fearne Cotton interviews guests like Boy George and Bryony Gordon about mental health and identity.
Dr. Joy Harden Bradford pairs therapy insight with Black TV recaps, maternal health, and history.
Dave Allen opens in full local-radio mode.
Stand-in host Dale Cooper fills in for Dave Allen on 580 WCHS in Charleston, West Virginia, guiding listeners through three segments: the Chris Sabo-headlined second annual Nitro Little League parade and baseball card show on Saturday, an interview with Kanawha County Commissioner Lance Wheeler on county cleanup events and the Hatfield-McCoy trail expansion, and a replay of Dave Allen's earlier interview with Chris Sabo.
Millie Snyder discusses the cruelty faced by people with weight issues and how Weight Watchers provided her with kindness and support in 1966.
This episode of the Dave Allen Show on 580 Live features introductions, sponsor announcements, and a weather forecast for West Virginia.
This episode of the Dave Allen Show on 580 Live features a weather forecast for the Kanawha Valley area, including rain predictions and upcoming high temperatures.
A daily talk show covering local news, politics, and community events in Charleston, West Virginia.
A daily current events talk show hosted by Dave Allen, featuring news makers and community leaders in West Virginia.
A daily current events talk show featuring news makers, politicians, and community leaders in Charleston, West Virginia.
A daily current events talk show covering West Virginia news with interviews and community discussion.
Host Dave Allen interviews a guest about an upcoming elimination dinner fundraiser in Charleston.
This episode of the Dave Allen Show on 580 Live features sponsor announcements, weather updates for the Kanawha Valley, and general local news and community information.
A daily talk show covering local and national news, politics, and community topics with interviews and commentary.
A daily current events talk show hosted by Dave Allen, featuring interviews with news makers and politicians in Charleston, West Virginia.
This episode of The Dave Allen Show covers local business developments including GoMart eyeing a former Kmart property in Kanawha City, launches a Wings Tour, introduces a new team member, and features an interview with Rob Reel about his regional food search.
A daily current events talk show hosted by Dave Allen, featuring interviews with news makers and politicians in Charleston, West Virginia.
A daily talk show covering local news, politics, and community issues in Charleston, West Virginia.
Dave Allen opens with the usual live radio setup.
The Dave Allen Show opens with its familiar local-radio rhythm and settles into a conversation about construction in West Virginia.
The episode opens with sponsor copy and Dave Allen's intro, then settles into George Washington's Quad A state basketball championship.
The Dave Allen Show opens with station identifications and sponsor copy before settling into a Friday-morning Charleston sports conversation.
Dave Allen opens with the usual local-radio bustle, sponsor names, and a few quick jokes before settling into the day’s conversation.
A daily current events talk show hosted by Dave Allen, featuring news makers and community leaders in Charleston, West Virginia.
A daily morning talk show covering local news, politics, and community issues in Charleston, West Virginia.
A local morning talk show covering current events, weather, and community news with guest interviews.
This episode discusses the city of Nitro's agreement to sell its wastewater utility to West Virginia American Water and what this means for local residents.
Angie Gillenwater describes Bubbles, a 15-pound cat at Petco Southridge, and says he is neutered, vaccinated, sweet, and used to living with other cats.
This episode of The Dave Allen Show features interviews with Angie Gillenwater about pet adoption, Travis Willard on his Republican state senate campaign, and Chris Hamilton discussing the West Virginia coal industry.
A daily talk show covering West Virginia news, politics, and community issues with interviews and commentary.
A daily talk show covering local news, politics, and community issues in Charleston, West Virginia.
Host Dave Allen discusses West Virginia's House Bill 5204, the Child Captivity Prevention Act, with a guest explaining its purpose to prevent child slavery and create a touchpoint for homeschooled children.
A daily current events talk show covering local news, politics, and community issues in Charleston, West Virginia.
A daily talk show covering local news, politics, and community issues in Charleston, West Virginia.
A daily talk show covering local news, politics, and community issues in Charleston, West Virginia.
A daily talk show covering West Virginia news, politics, and community issues, with a weather update on an incoming snowstorm.
A daily talk show covering local news, politics, and community events in Charleston, West Virginia.