W.Va. Trial. Ct. R. 8.02
The presiding officer, based upon requests made by a party or any other person at least one day in advance of the proceedings, shall decide whether to allow camera and/or audio coverage of proceedings in and around the courtroom in a given case. A party, witness, or counsel may object to such coverage of any case or of any portion of the proceedings, and the presiding officer shall rule upon such an objection. The presiding officer shall give priority to Federal Communication Commission licensed broadcast media personnel agreeing to act as a pool for multiple television or radio broadcast stations. The decision whether to cover judicial proceedings shall be left to the discretion of the individual media organization for which coverage has been approved.
It shall be the affirmative duty of the media personnel to affirm that they have read these rules and will abide by the same and further to demonstrate to the presiding officer sufficiently and in advance of any proceeding that the equipment sought to be used does not produce a distracting sound or light. A failure to obtain such advance approval may preclude the use of such equipment in any proceeding.
W.Va. Trial. Ct. R. 8.02