What’s Next
MONDAY to FRIDAY -- 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Reach out to What’s Next : 
Matt Deal
I was born in Welch, WV in 1985 and I’ve been running my mouth ever since. I’ve been in radio for over 8 years now and my favorite part is having a professional reason to talk in ridiculous voices. I am a proud Dad to my daughter Sophie and I’ve been a musician, writing and performing original music for about a decade and a half. I love weird people and loud music. Cheese is an entire food group in my eyes. Pineapple on pizza is a scourge, as are olives anywhere at any time.
Other Important Facts (Mostly About Food):
- I don’t eat raw fruit.
- However, I LOVE fruit candy (Starburst, Skittles, Mike and Ikes, YES)
- I’ve never seen Rocky and I just don’t care.
- Hot sauce is very important to me and I love to try new ones.
- I love to follow/talk politics. You can hear that over on our sister station WHIS.
- My all-time favorite food is lasagna (my Grandma’s recipe)
- I love to cook and I’m slightly awesome at it.
- I make the world’s best sandwiches.
Podcast
I had the chance to talk with, my PCP, Family Nurse Practitioner Wendy Lawless (Clinch Valley Family & Specialty Care) about why it’s important
On this episode, Bluefield, WV’s Board of Directors has voted to move forward with the sale of the sanitary board. Then, it would appear
On this episode, I spend pretty much the whole episode doing a deep dive into the deal that has been proposed for the sale
On this episode, President Trump announces he’s approving a disaster declaration of parts of Southwestern Virginia. Then, I spoke with Laura Blankenship of the
On this episode, it’s late enough in the legislative session so that we can say for certain that some things WILL NOT happen this
On this episode, a review of all of WV’s evictions in 2024 shows that the 11th highest number of evictions by one entity was
On this episode, it’s time for our monthly “Meeting With The Managers” where I talk with Bluefield, VA Town Manager Andrew Hanson and Bluefield,