Lifeline Television Show
Lifeline is a weekly 30-minute television program focusing on health and Medicare information for West Virginia seniors. Since 1995, the West Virginia Medical Institute (WVMI) has produced this show to educate Medicare beneficiaries and their loved ones on healthy living, and to provide Medicare program updates. Lifeline airs on the Library Television Network in over 200,000 households throughout the state. Check your local cable listings for the West Virginia Library Television Network (WVLC) for times and channel listings.
Recent topics covered on Lifeline include Medicare rights; Medicare preventive health screenings (such as mammography, diabetes screening and immunizations); and other health-related topics such as asthma, fitness, and even electronic health records. Many of Lifeline's topics are also covered in its companion print newsletter, also called Lifeline.
WVMI will provide DVD or VHS copies of Lifeline free of charge to groups and individuals. If you’re interested in receiving a free copy of the television show, or signing up for its companion newsletter, please contact Lifeline Host Marc McCombs, WVMI's Director of Corporate Communications. Contact Marc with any comments about the show or suggestions for future topics.
Also contact Marc if you would like to be a guest on Lifeline, or have an event you would like covered on the program. We would love to help publicize your event or health-related topic with our thousands of regular viewers.
Broadcast Schedule
Lifeline airs every week in the Charleston area on Suddenlink Channel 17 at the following times:
- 11:00 AM Tuesday
- 5:00 PM Tuesday
- 11:00 PM Tuesday
- 5:00 AM Wednesday
- 2:00 PM Saturday
Participating Cable Systems
Cable systems other than Suddenlink Channel 17 air the television show at unique times. See your local listings for schedule and airtime.
- Suddenlink – Channel 17 ( Kanawha, Putnam, Cabell and Fayette counties)
- Adelphia Communications – Channel 24 (Cabell and Putnam counties)
- Time Warner Cable – Channel 18 (Marion, Harrison, Lewis and Upshur counties)
- Suddenlink – Channels 8 and 97 (Logan, Mingo and Lincoln counties)
- Adelphia Communications – Channel 15 (Taylor and Monongalia counties)
Archive Shows – Free to Requestors (Limit 4 per request)
- Lifeline #100 Susan G. Komen - Breast Cancer
- Lifeline #99 Diabetes
- Lifeline #98 Public Health
- Lifeline #97 E-Health
- Lifeline #96 Patient Safety
- Lifeline #95 Medicare Rights
- Lifeline #94 Faces of Influenza
- Lifeline #93 Home Health
- Lifeline #92 Cystic Fibrosis
- Lifeline #91 WV Immunization Network
- Lifeline #90 Diabetes 2007
- Lifeline #89 Mammograms 2007
- Lifeline #88 Family Physicians
- Lifeline #87 Asthma 2007
- Lifeline #86 West Virginia Health Information Network
- Lifeline #85 West Virginia Primary Care Association
- Lifeline #84 Flu 2006
- Lifeline #83 Medicare Mediation
- Lifeline #82 Medicare Complaints
- Lifeline #81 Medicare Appeals
- Lifeline #80 Medicare Rights
- Lifeline #79 Electronic Health Records
- Lifeline #78 Diabetes Self Management
- Lifeline #77 American Heart Association
- Lifeline #74 Medicare Fraud & Abuse
- Lifeline #72 American Cancer Society
- Lifeline #71 Heart Care & You
- Lifeline #70 Family Nutrition Program
- Lifeline #69 Mission WV
- Lifeline #67 Fitness and Activity
- Lifeline #66 Women’s Health
- Lifeline #65 Nutrition
- Lifeline #64 55 Alive
