{"podcast":{"title":"The Tom Roten Show","slug":"the-tom-roten-show-6668594","podcast_index_feed_id":6668594,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5987430/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.tomrotenshow.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9a0102a494de0eae3a0328dcfc1f08c5.jpg","author":"Roten Media Group","episode_count":688,"summary":"The “Straight Shooter” returns! The Tom Roten Show podcast debuted in 2023 and is available anywhere you find podcasts. The All New Tom Roten Morning Show radio program, which was the #1 talk show in the Huntington, WV market for over two decades, is back! For 22 years, Tom built a reputation of holding politicians and governments accountable in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. Tom returned to the morning airwaves January 2025 on The Eagle with Total Media Radio. His efforts have been recognized in numerous ways. Tom has been honored several times by the WV Broadcasters Association for excellence in broadcasting. The KY Baptist Convention recognized Tom with their annual Integrity Award for “accurate, fair and balanced coverage of faith issues” in 2018. The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels presented a plaque commissioning Tom Roten as a Kentucky Colonel in 2021.Tom is originally from Glenville, WV and graduated from Gilmer County High School. He attended Marshall University where he began working at the college radio station in 1986. He has worked at various commercial stations including WSGB in Sutton, WV and WVHU in Huntington, WV. Since 2022, Tom has been a high school ba…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T02:18:39.188519+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tom-roten-show-6668594"},"episode":{"title":"Freedom Caucus Lawmaker Contesting Election Results","slug":"freedom-caucus-lawmaker-contesting-election-results","published_at":"2026-06-17T03:08:35+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tom-roten-show-6668594/freedom-caucus-lawmaker-contesting-election-results","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tom-roten-show-6668594","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/freedom-caucus-lawmaker-contesting-election-results--72558205","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72558205/tom_roten_show_ep_657.mp3","summary":"Election integrity is critical for public trust in democracy. In the recent West Virginia Primary, a mere six votes decided the outcome in the GOP race for House District 71. But what if non-Republicans slipped through to vote? Starting this year, the Republican Primary is closed to non-GOP registered voters. Delegate Laura Kimble, a Freedom Caucus member, faced a shocking primary loss and is now contesting the results. Also on this episode, the Kentucky Surpreme Court is on the road hearing oral arguments in Ashland, KY. Deputy Chief Justice Robert B. Conley of the state Supreme Court was in my studio which is just block away from where the justices will meet. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-roten-show--5987430/support .","meta_description":"Election integrity is critical for public trust in democracy. In the recent West Virginia Primary, a mere six votes decided the outcome in the GOP race fo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2636,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tom-roten-show-6668594/episodes/freedom-caucus-lawmaker-contesting-election-results/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tom-roten-show-6668594/freedom-caucus-lawmaker-contesting-election-results.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}