nTelos Wireless Blue Ribbon Talent Search to take place during the 90th Annual State Fair of West Virginia

LEWISBURG, WV (05/21/2014)(readMedia)-- nTelos Wireless and The State Fair of West Virginia have launched the first "Blue Ribbon Talent Search" with the final contest to be held during the 2014 State Fair. According to State Fair CEO, Marlene Pierson-Jolliffe, "nTelos Wireless has been a long time sponsor of our Center Stage where a variety of entertainment is featured during our nine day event. We decided to spice things up and created this new competition which provides a venue for regional talent to compete and brings a new event to our State Fair audience."

To enter, go to www.statefairofwv.com and visit the 2014 fair and attractions page. The entry form can be found on the Monday, August 11th Blue Ribbon Talent Search section in the Center Stage schedule. Important information is as follows:

1)Entry deadline is July 1, 2014.

2) All entry forms must be emailed to statefairofwv@statefairofwv.com with the words "Talent Search" in the subject line. The email must provide a link to You Tube, Facebook or other online site where the talent can be evaluated. Minimum age is 13 and this is a vo-cal competition only. Amateurs only.

3) All entries will be screened with ten selected to perform on Monday, August 11, 2014 at the State Fair!

4) Performers selected will perform 2 songs with the following prize packages awarded: First Place: $500, Second Place: $250 and Third Place: $100

The 90th State Fair is themed "Blue Bibbon Traditions" and is scheduled August 8-16, 2014. . The State Fair of West Virginia, with a $13.8 million dollar economic impact on the state of West Virginia, is a 501 © 3 non-profit corporation committed to the traditions of agriculture, family entertainment, and education. For more information, please visit www.statefairofwv.com, or follow fair events on Facebook and Twitter.

About NTELOS

NTELOS Holdings Corp. (NTLS), operating through its subsidiaries as "nTelos Wireless," is headquartered in Waynesboro, VA, and provides high-speed, dependable nationwide voice and data coverage for approximately 468,000 retail subscribers based in Virginia, West Virginia and portions of Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky. The Company's licensed territories have a total population of approximately 8.0 million residents, of which its wireless network covers approximately 6.0 million residents. The Company is also the exclusive wholesale provider of network services to Sprint Nextel in the western Virginia and West Virginia portions of its territories for all Sprint CDMA wireless customers.