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WVPE API, RSS and sitemap

Every article WVPE publishes, as JSON, through an open API with no key and no signup. 1,097 of their articles are indexed right now, refreshed hourly.

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Four ways to pull wvpe.org

All four are ours, all four are live, and none of them needs a key.

JSON Search this publisher

Every article we hold from wvpe.org, newest first. Add q= to search inside.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.wvpe.org&size=20"open it →

RSS Subscribe in any reader

The same articles as an RSS 2.0 feed. Works in Feedly, Inoreader, Thunderbird — anywhere.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/rss?host=www.wvpe.org&size=50"open it →

JSON Feed For apps

JSON Feed 1.1, the same content in a format apps parse natively.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/feed.json?host=www.wvpe.org&size=50"open it →

Trimmed For agents

Only the fields an agent needs — title, url, date, language — so the response stays small.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.wvpe.org&size=20&fields=title,url,published_at,lang"open it →

Call the API

A live request. Paste it into a terminal and WVPE headlines come back as JSON.

bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.wvpe.org&size=5"
1,097
articles indexed
285
in the last 30 days
9
median per day
1
languages
392 min
median crawl lag
30.06 → 28.09
archive depth

Publishing volume

Articles per day over the last 90 days. The busiest hour is 16:00 UTC — that is when the newsroom pushes its main batch.

2026-07-01: 50 articles2026-07-02: 11 articles2026-07-03: 27 articles2026-07-04: 2 articles2026-07-05: 1 articles2026-07-06: 3 articles2026-07-07: 17 articles2026-07-08: 11 articles2026-07-09: 11 articles2026-07-10: 11 articles2026-07-11: 1 articles2026-07-12: 2 articles2026-07-13: 5 articles2026-07-14: 11 articles2026-07-15: 8 articles2026-07-16: 9 articles2026-07-17: 11 articles2026-07-18: 1 articles2026-07-19: 2 articles2026-07-20: 15 articles2026-07-21: 9 articles2026-07-22: 11 articles2026-07-23: 8 articles2026-07-24: 8 articles2026-07-25: 3 articles2026-07-26: 1 articles2026-07-27: 14 articles2026-07-28: 12 articles2026-07-29: 9 articles2026-07-30: 12 articles2026-07-31: 8 articles2026-08-01: 1 articles2026-08-02: 3 articles2026-08-03: 7 articles2026-08-04: 7 articles2026-08-05: 7 articles2026-08-06: 52 articles2026-08-07: 75 articles2026-08-08: 22 articles2026-08-09: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-10: 47 articles2026-08-11: 56 articles2026-08-12: 36 articles2026-08-13: 8 articles2026-08-14: 19 articles2026-08-15: 3 articles2026-08-16: 4 articles2026-08-17: 6 articles2026-08-18: 10 articles2026-08-19: 17 articles2026-08-20: 10 articles2026-08-21: 6 articles2026-08-22: 2 articles2026-08-23: 3 articles2026-08-24: 4 articles2026-08-25: 10 articles2026-08-26: 9 articles2026-08-27: 20 articles2026-08-28: 8 articles2026-08-29: 4 articles2026-08-30: 6 articles2026-08-31: 19 articles2026-09-01: 8 articles2026-09-02: 24 articles2026-09-03: 9 articles2026-09-04: 7 articles2026-09-05: 3 articles2026-09-06: 1 articles2026-09-07: 2 articles2026-09-08: 9 articles2026-09-09: 16 articles2026-09-10: 11 articles2026-09-11: 17 articles2026-09-12: 3 articles2026-09-13: 1 articles2026-09-14: 13 articles2026-09-15: 15 articles2026-09-16: 10 articles2026-09-17: 14 articles2026-09-18: 13 articles2026-09-19: 8 articles2026-09-20: 2 articles2026-09-21: 17 articles2026-09-22: 9 articles2026-09-23: 13 articles2026-09-24: 10 articles2026-09-25: 6 articles2026-09-26: 4 articles2026-09-27: 1 articles2026-09-28: 14 articles07-0107-1607-3108-1508-3009-1409-28

The 1 hatched days are gaps in the upstream news archive, not quiet days at WVPE: the whole corpus dips on those dates. They are excluded from the median above.

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/stats?host=www.wvpe.org&top=10"

Publishing rhythm

When WVPE actually publishes, by hour of day (UTC) and by day of week — measured from 1,097 timestamps, not from a schedule they advertise.

00: 1450001: 60102: 70203: 60304: 1050405: 640506: 500607: 230708: 200809: 240910: 261011: 491112: 741213: 311314: 391415: 561516: 1961617: 1101718: 331819: 121920: 122021: 172122: 62223: 723
Mon: 166MonTue: 242TueWed: 221WedThu: 185ThuFri: 216FriSat: 57SatSun: 31Sun

Sections

Sections come from the publisher's own markup, present on 46% of their articles.

Languages

CodeLanguageArticlesShare
enEnglish1,118101.9%

Latest articles

The 18 most recent WVPE articles in the index — the same rows the API returns, rendered for humans.

Health policy polling shows similar feelings across party lines
2026-09-28 17:24 UTC · Michigan Public Radio Network News · Colin Jackson
New polling shows Michigan Democratic and Republican voters are not all that different when it comes to their views on health policy.
There are plenty of ways to help and get help on Hunger Action Day
2026-09-28 16:14 UTC · LOCAL stories from WVPE's news team · Jeff Parrott
In northern Indiana, Feeding America says the number of people who were food insecure last fiscal year rose 9% from the prior year, and it jumped 13% among children.
St. Joe County candidates to address data centers, mental health response, living costs
2026-09-28 16:08 UTC · LOCAL stories from WVPE's news team · Jeff Parrott
We Make Indiana has invited St. Joseph County Council candidates to a voter forum Tuesday and county sheriff candidates to a forum next Thursday (Oct. 1).
South Bend rental housing task force wants tenant input
2026-09-28 15:59 UTC · LOCAL stories from WVPE's news team · Jeff Parrott
Portage Township Trustee Jason Critchlow, whose office helps eligible tenants with rent, says the rental housing task force he has convened wants public input at a town h
The WVPE photo of the week is called "Reflections in Bloom"
2026-09-28 14:12 UTC · WVPE ; South Bend
If you want to submit a photo, email it to [email protected]. Your entry could be the next WVPE Photo of the Week.
Museums on Monday: National New York Central Railroad Museum
2026-09-28 11:06 UTC · WVPE · Kent Fulmer
A conversation with Museum Director Ashley Hughes about the museum's upcoming Elkhart Rail 175 Anniversary Celebration
WVPE Newscast Sept. 28, 2026 9:30am
2026-09-28 09:35 UTC
Skip to main content Search Query Show Search Programs Schedule Michiana Chronicles The Back Porch Blues Revue with Ole Harv Commentary Healthcare Headlines J:Cubed Jazz
J:Cubed Jazz to the 3rd Power: Cool, Smooth and Hot!® Saturday October 3 2026 at 7 p.m. This week: Kim Waters
2026-09-28 08:32 UTC · News · WVPE ; South Bend
J:Cubed Jazz to the 3rd Power: Cool, Smooth and Hot!® with host Karl Smith each Saturday night at 7 p.m. Eastern.
WVPE Newscast Sept. 28, 2026 - 6AM
2026-09-28 07:05 UTC
Skip to main content Search Query Show Search Programs Schedule Michiana Chronicles The Back Porch Blues Revue with Ole Harv Commentary Healthcare Headlines J:Cubed Jazz
Michigan's Tenth Congressional race could determine which party controls Congress
2026-09-28 04:56 UTC · Michigan Public Radio Network News · Steve Carmody
The district, which represents parts of Macomb and Oakland Counties, has leaned Republican in the past, but the race between Michael Bouchard and Christina Hines is consi
Michigan regulators want to restrain utilities' bias toward building costly power plants
2026-09-28 04:15 UTC · Michigan Public Radio Network News · Tracy Samilton
Governor Gretchen Whitmer asked the Michigan Public Service Commission for ideas on lowering utility bills. The commission says the most important way to do that is addre
2026 Elections
2026-09-28 00:00 UTC · Jeff Parrott
- We Make Indiana has invited St. Joseph County Council candidates to a voter forum Tuesday and county sheriff candidates to a forum next Thursday (Oct. 1). Play Live Rad
task force
2026-09-28 00:00 UTC · Jeff Parrott
- Portage Township Trustee Jason Critchlow, whose office helps eligible tenants with rent, says the rental housing task force he has convened wants public input at a town
Feeding America
2026-09-28 00:00 UTC · Jeff Parrott
- In northern Indiana, Feeding America says the number of people who were food insecure last fiscal year rose 9% from the prior year, and it jumped 13% among children. Pl
Brownfield plan would bring another 144 housing units to Berrien County
2026-09-27 07:51 UTC · LOCAL stories from WVPE's news team · Michael Gallenberger
Berrien County has approved incentives for another workforce housing development. Orchard View Lofts would bring 144 apartments to the area near I-94 and Niles Road in St
Is Congo's Ebola outbreak coming under control?
2026-09-26 17:13 UTC · Emmet Livingstone
Four months in, Congo's Ebola outbreak is one of the largest ever recorded. Officials and outside experts can't agree on whether it's finally slowing down.
Angela Autumn brings a new sound to her Appalachian roots
2026-09-26 17:13 UTC · Linah Mohammad; Debbie Elliott; Janaya W
Singer songwriter Angela Autumn's music starts with her Appalachian roots and then takes some surprising turns. She talks about the experiences that inspired the songs on
Michiana Chronicles: Handing Over the Microphone
2026-09-26 03:14 UTC · April Lidinsky
Twenty-five years ago, four local writers, led by Ken Smith and Louise Collins, pitched the idea of a local personal essay slot for WVPE. At that time, National Public Ra

Harvest it all

Page through the archive by date. from and to accept YYYY-MM-DD or relative values such as now-7d.

bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.wvpe.org&from=now-7d&size=100"

To poll for new material, keep the timestamp of the newest article you saw and ask only for what came after it:

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.wvpe.org&from=now-1h&sort=date_asc"

Article bodies come with full_text=true. No key, no quota tier, no header — see the search endpoint for every parameter.

Metadata quality

How well WVPE marks up its own pages — useful if you are deciding whether to parse them yourself.

87%
dates from JSON-LD
92%
articles with a byline
46%
articles with sections
145 KB
average page weight

Crawl lag — the delay between publication and the article reaching this index — is 392 min at the median, 1498 minutes at the 90th percentile.

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FAQ

Does WVPE have an official API?

Not a public one. This endpoint is the practical alternative: their articles as structured JSON, with title, lead, publication time, section, byline and a link back to the original.

How do I get their RSS feed?

Most publishers expose one at /rss or /feed, but feeds carry only the last few dozen items and drop them within hours. This index keeps 1,097 of their articles and lets you filter by date, language and section.

How many articles does WVPE publish per day?

9 on a median day, measured across 90 days.

Can I use this commercially?

The API is free and unauthenticated. What you may do with the content is between you and the publisher: we return metadata, a lead paragraph and a link, not a licence.