You want your business on WOWK. Not on a generic advertising marketplace, not in a directory, but on wowktv.com, the 13 News site that customers across Charleston, Huntington and the whole Tri-State already read. This page gives you the complete answer: whether it is possible, what you actually get, what station this really is and the three state market it serves, how publishing works step by step, what decides the price, and the one email that starts it. Generic pages quoting average local TV advertising costs are describing a different product entirely, and this page will keep the two firmly apart.
The short answer: yes, a Tri-State business can get featured on WOWK
Yes. A business in the Charleston and Huntington area, or anywhere in the Tri-State, can be published on WOWK through a paid article placement on wowktv.com. This is not a booking on the station's Studio 3 lifestyle strand, and it is not pitching a story to 13 News journalists and hoping. It is a separate, legitimate route: a sponsored article about your business, labelled as paid content, reviewed by the outlet before it goes live, and permanent once published.
The route runs through us. You do not need a PR firm, a media contact, or a news hook. You need a business worth writing about and one email. The rest of this page explains exactly what happens after that email, because a decision like this should rest on the full picture rather than a sales pitch. If you want to compare how different outlets handle paid placements first, our guide to which news outlets accept sponsored content lays out the landscape honestly.
Ready to get your business on WOWK?
Send us your business name, your website, and what the article should be about. You get a fit confirmation and your individual quote back by email.
uzairasad@pressfeature.orgOne email starts it. No form, no obligation.
What you actually get: your business in a 13 News headline
Picture the finished thing, because that is what you are buying. A live article page on wowktv.com carries your business name in the headline and your story in the text: what you do, why you are good at it, and where customers can find you. It sits on the same site, under the same 13 News name, that people across the Tri-State check for news, weather and politics.
Then the article starts working for you in ways a one time segment never does. You send the link to the customer deciding between you and a competitor in the next county. You put it in the proposal that needs one more proof point. You add WOWK to the "As Featured On" row of your own website, and every visitor understands in one second that the region's own news station published a story about your business. That moment of recognition is the product. Everything else on this page is how it is made, what decides its price in factors, and how to start.
Why WOWK carries weight across three states
Start with the call sign, because it is the geography lesson in four letters: W-O-W-K stands for Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, the three states this station serves from the Charleston and Huntington market. Very few local outlets can honestly say their name is a map of their market. WOWK's audience was never one city. It is a three state economy joined by the Ohio River, and the station was built for exactly that footprint.
The station went on air on 2 October 1955 as WHTN-TV. It is licensed to Huntington, with studios on Quarrier Street in downtown Charleston, covering both anchor cities from inside them. Its commitment to the whole region shows in the schedule: it airs the market's only 7 p.m. newscast, it launched Good Day at 4 in September 2022, and on top of the market coverage it produces a statewide evening newscast, Tonight Live at 5:30. Its website carries a dedicated Inside West Virginia Politics section, a sign of the civic depth readers here expect from it.
The numbers support the benefit, stated plainly. In our outlet directory, WOWK carries a Domain Authority of 74 and roughly 394K monthly organic visits. Those figures matter as proof, but the real reason WOWK works is the footprint: one article puts your business in front of customers in three states who already share one news habit.
What a sponsored article on wowktv.com actually looks like
Let us be precise about the product, because precision is where vague offers fall apart.
The article is a full page on wowktv.com itself. It is labelled as paid content, clearly, the way legitimate placements on this site are presented. That labelling is not a weakness in the product; it is what makes the placement legitimate and durable. The article is reviewed by the outlet before it is published, so what goes live has passed WOWK's own check. Once live, the placement is permanent. It does not disappear when a programme airs or a week passes, because no broadcast window is attached to it.
The article links to your website, and those links carry sponsored attributes, as paid content rules require. Anyone who promises you a plain editorial dofollow link from a paid placement is describing something that does not exist, and you should walk away from that conversation. What you get is more valuable: a permanent, credible page about your business on a site with real authority across three states, sending real readers to you. The site's own Studio 3 lifestyle strand is where local businesses appear on air, which tells you the station has a living culture of local business features. The article is the written member of that family.
Studio 3 is a TV segment. This is a website article
This distinction matters, because the two are easy to confuse. Studio 3 is WOWK's lifestyle strand on television. A local home care franchise publicly documents going on Studio 3 to promote its community campaign, which proves the route exists and is used by businesses like yours. But a segment airs once. It is seen, and then it is over.
The article is the permanent, searchable, linkable version of that presence: your business's story on wowktv.com as its own page, with your own link inside it, findable by the customer who searches for what you do next month or next year. This page sells the article. If a televised Studio 3 appearance is what you want, that is a broadcast arrangement made a different way. If what you want is a permanent written feature, you are in the right place.
One article, three states of customers
Most local placements trap you inside one city's limits. This market refuses to work that way. The Charleston and Huntington market is a genuine three state economy: Ashland in Kentucky, Ironton and Portsmouth in Ohio, and the West Virginia cities in between do business with each other every day, across the river and back. A customer in Ashland reads the same 13 News as a customer in Huntington.
So the fit test for a WOWK article is not station geography. It is your customer geography. If the people who buy from you live anywhere in that three state footprint, one article on wowktv.com meets all of them on the site they already share. If your customers are somewhere else entirely, this is the wrong outlet, and the next section's honesty applies to that too.
How publishing on WOWK works, step by step
Step 1: Email us. Write to uzairasad@pressfeature.org with your business name, your website, and what the article should be about. That email is the whole application. There is no form, no account to create, no retainer to sign.
Step 2: Fit confirmation and your quote. We confirm that your business and your topic fit the outlet, and you receive your individual quote for WOWK. What decides that quote is covered in the final section below.
Step 3: The article. You can supply the article yourself, or we arrange the writing for you. Either way, the draft goes to the outlet for review before anything is published.
Step 4: Review and go live. WOWK reviews the article. Once it is approved, it is published on wowktv.com, fast once the review is complete. Your exact timeline is confirmed in your quote before you pay anything.
Step 5: Your live link. You receive the live link to your article. It is yours to send to customers, add to your website, and use in every proposal from that day on.
Your protection is stated plainly, because it is part of the arrangement before you pay anything: payment is in full in advance, and if the article does not go live, you receive a full refund, in writing. There is no version of this where you pay and end up with nothing.
What decides the price, the honest limits, and how to start
There is no public price for a WOWK article. The price is set per placement because the deciding factors differ for every business: the scope of the article, whether you supply it or we arrange the writing, the placement specifics, and timing. Every placement is therefore quoted individually, by email, with no obligation to proceed. One warning belongs here: generic pages quoting the cost of television advertising in Charleston are describing broadcast screens and spots, a different product sold by different sellers. Their numbers are not this article's numbers, in either direction, and this page will not borrow them. Our guide to how much a sponsored article costs explains the factor model in full.
The limits, stated plainly. The article is paid content and is labelled as such; it is not editorial coverage and it is not the 13 News newsroom endorsing your business. No one can guarantee you search rankings, a traffic figure, or sales from a placement like this. What the article does, permanently, is put a credible, findable page about your business on the news site three states share.
If WOWK is the outlet your customers read, the next step is a single email. Write to uzairasad@pressfeature.org with your business name, your website, and the story the article should tell. You will get a fit confirmation and your individual quote back. Our services page covers the wider picture of what we do, but the email is how a WOWK article actually begins.
Get your business on WOWK
One email with your business name, your website, and the story you want told. Your fit confirmation and individual quote come back by email.
uzairasad@pressfeature.orgFull refund in writing if your article does not go live.
Frequently asked questions
How can my business get featured on WOWK?
Email us with your business name, your website and your story. We confirm fit, quote individually, place a labelled article on wowktv.com after the outlet's review, and send you the live link.
How much does a WOWK sponsored article cost?
There is no public price, because each placement is quoted individually. The factors are the article's scope, whether you supply it or we arrange the writing, the placement specifics and timing. One email to uzairasad@pressfeature.org returns your exact quote, with no obligation.
How do I get on Studio 3 on WOWK?
Studio 3 is the station's TV lifestyle strand, and appearances on it are broadcast arrangements. The permanent written route is an article on wowktv.com, which is what we arrange.
Does WOWK publish sponsored articles on wowktv.com?
Yes, in the form of clearly labelled paid content, reviewed by the outlet before publishing and permanent once live.
How much does TV advertising cost in Charleston WV?
Broadcast and screen advertising is priced by its own sellers, and generic cost pages describe that market, not this product. The website article is quoted individually by email, and no television figure is quoted or implied here.
Who do I contact at WOWK about a paid feature?
For the article, you contact us. We handle the placement, and you deal with one email address throughout.
How long does a sponsored article stay on wowktv.com?
The placement is permanent. It does not end when a segment airs, and if it does not go live you receive a full refund in writing.
Can a Huntington or Charleston business buy a feature on WOWK?
Yes. Both anchor cities, and the wider Tri-State across Ohio and Kentucky, are the product's natural fit.
Disclosure: PressFeature sells article placements on WOWK, and this page is our own marketing content, published to explain the placement honestly. Figures cited are from our public outlet directory. Published October 2026. Last reviewed: October 2026.