[1] The organization is staffed and governed by volunteers, and also offers their Music Career Counseling Program.
Criteria for selection is primarily the nominee's cultural impact on state and national levels.
[3] The first ten honorees inducted were the class of 2007, and all six of the then-living inductees made a personal appearance at the ceremony.
Biennial festive induction ceremonies normally take place as a live event at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, and are aired on television by West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
During the 2020 COVID-19 crisis, that year's induction ceremonies were taped at Nashville, Los Angeles, and Bakersfield, California, and broadcast at a later date, as well as posted on the West Virginia PBS Facebook page.