On October 12, 2008, WRTV became the third television station in the state of Indiana to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition. Maria Wilson joined the Western Mass News team as a Multimedia Journalist in September 2022. Brhett Vickery is a multimedia journalist at FOX6 News. Lauren Casey. Founded by the Consolidated Television and Radio Broadcasters subsidiary of the Bitner Group, owners of radio station WFBM (1260 AM, now WNDE), it is the oldest television station in the state of Indiana. May 24, 2011 | 7:50 am EDT by TVNewsCheck, Rick Gevers & Associates | Finalists announced for 2023 Indianapolis Prize, 30 bills sent to Indiana House, including proposal to ban gender-affirming care to transgender youth in Indiana, Wednesday morning Live Doppler 13 forecast March 1, 2023, Live Doppler 13 Weather Blog: Warm start to March, 13News Consumer Reporter - @ChasingAllison, Live Doppler 13 Meteorologist - @angelabuchman, 13News Senior Investigative Reporter - @BobSegallWTHR, Live Doppler 13 Meteorologist - @ChuckWTHR, 13News Anchor / Reporter - @KarenCampbellTV, Live Doppler 13 Meteorologist - @KellyGreeneWTHR, Live Doppler 13 Meteorologist - @LindseyWTHR13, 13News Anchor / Reporter - @MatthewFultzTV, Live Doppler 13 Meteorologist - @SeanAshWX. WRTV presently broadcasts 29 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 5 hours on weekdays and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays). The station's studios are located on Meridian Street north of downtown Indianapolis, and its transmitter is located on the city's northwest side near Meridian Hills, Indiana.[3]. On August 13, 2020, WRTV dropped its longtime "RTV6" moniker, and began branding itself as simply "WRTV: Working for You". Madalyn O'Neill is one of the talented FOX6 News reporters -- with the team since November 2021. There, he worked his way up from an assignment editor and producer to have a regular on-air presence. Personalities. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way, Indianapolis, IN Interactive Weather Radar. April 5, 2011 | 7:33 am EDT by TVNewsCheck, Kevin Finch was named news director of McGraw-Hill ABC affiliate WRTV Indianapolis on Monday. [20] The sale received FCC approval on November 29, 2011, and was formally consummated on December 30. Amber joined @WRTV news team as an Anchor/Reporter in April 2021. The journalist is popular for anchoring "Dateline" for NBC, and from 1997 to 2011, she was news anchor on the network's "Today" show. It was the first television station in Indiana to record local programming on videotape and to use mini-cams for newsgathering purposes. In 1998, the station changed its on-air branding to "RTV6," however its newscasts were instead branded as 6 News until 2001 and again from 2006 to 2012. Christianity continues to be the world's largest religion with 2.3 billion followers, Sign up for 'Views from the Right' newsletter, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Mark Kunz and Carley . During the 1987-88 season, WRTV preempted ABC's 9:30p.m. time slot on Fridays, following the move of Max Headroom to Thursdays, in favor of the short-lived Suzanne Somers vehicle She's the Sheriff. Julie is a co-anchor of WCTV's 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts. April 24, 2015 | 12:46 pm EDT by Staff, WRTV, the Scripps-owned ABC affiliate in Indianapolis (DMA 27), debuted a new set, complete with wide video walls, multiple monitors and color-changing LEDs for peak flexibility. In Stehrs announcement, he says his journalism background provides the knowledge of leadership needed to succeed as mayor. The lawsuit comes after a recent battle with breast cancer. As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. In September 2012, WRTV implemented a standardized graphics package and news theme ("Inergy" by Stephen Arnold Music) for Scripps' stations that originated on West Palm Beach sister station WPTV-TV the previous month. until WED 12:00 PM CST, Milwaukee County. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Through her official social media pages, Starrantino stated that she is heading back to her home state of California. She also worked from 1993-97 at WTHR-TV Channel 13 as a production assistant, on the news assignment . The last of Indianapolis broadcast affiliates disappeared this week from Comcasts station lineup in Lafayette, Ind., completing a purge of stations after Star City Broadcasting introduced its three network affiliates to the Lafayette market over the past two years. 6. Sohe left school and and enrolled in business classes at Northwestern University. Get TVSpy delivered straight to your inbox. WRTV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 6, at 8 a.m. on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. In the process, it became the first television station in the Indianapolis market (WTTV would become the second Indianapolis station 35 years later when that station became a CBS affiliate), and one of the few television stations in the United States to have served as a primary affiliate of all three heritage broadcast networks. INDIANAPOLIS A former Indianapolis television journalist has thrown his name into the Zionsville Mayoral race. For the former New Jersey TV station, see, Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with, sorted by primary channel network affiliations, "Time Inc. gets Bitner properties, This has been one incredible ride, but after 6 years in Boston this kid is leaving New England. [22], In May 2014, Scripps announced that WRTV's North Meridian Street studios would begin handling the master control operations of the company's 19 television stations as early as July of that year, expanding upon an existing regional centralcasting hub built under McGraw-Hill ownership. WISH-TV News Partners and Affiliates. Jenna Sachs gets answers and assistance for FOX6 News viewers by leading Contact 6. WRTV also added newscasts, upping its weekly amount to 40 hours. Concurrent with the move, the station introduced a new logo; for the first time in WRTV's 71-year history, the station's analog/virtual channel number was not shown. Vaughns co-anchor, Marc Mullins, comes to WRTV from KMTR in Eugene, OR, where he was also an anchor and reporter. The two networks swapped affiliations in Indianapolis on June 1, 1979, with WRTV becoming the market's new ABC affiliate, and WTHR (channel 13) becoming an NBC affiliate. 13News Reporter - @JohnDoranTV. I came here because I left Indianapolis, because there were people who are in high places that didnt want me to succeed. New owners shake up television in the Indiana capital. April 28, 2014 | 2:08 pm EDT by TVNewsCheck, Scripps | Please try again later. And it was the nation's biggest news event of the last decade-9/11-that served as an ominous backdrop for the . The pair later exchanged the marriage vows and tied the knot on June 22, 2019, in Denver, Florida. Receive the latest news and breaking updates, straight from our newsroom to your inbox. On Wednesday, Stehr filed official candidate paperwork with the Boone County Clerk. January 10, 2013 | 8:03 am EST by TVNewsCheck. Christianity continues to be the world's largest religion with 2.3 billion followers, according to the Pew Research Center. WXIN, already a local TV news heavyweight, broadcasts a whopping 66 hours per week while local ratings king WTHR airs 38.5. 13News Anchor / Reporter - @JaleaBrooks. September 3, 2015 | 7:39 am EDT by TVNewsCheck, TVSpy | It makes sense. Grit will deliver [], Indianapolis Business Journal | Rob Haswell is the Chief Meteorologist at FOX6 News. On Millers first day covering news in the city, a Brigham and Womens Hospital doctor was shot and killed on the medical campus by the son of a former patient who had died. . Miller, a North Carolina native, came to Boston by way of Indiana, where he previously served as a reporter and weekend anchor at WISH-TV. On January 31, 1995,[18] WBAK-TV in Terre Haute (which changed its call letters to WFXW in 2005) ended its 22-year affiliation with ABC to become that market's original Fox affiliate, citing the low viewership it had suffered due to the then-overabundance of higher-rated ABC stations in adjacent markets (including WRTV) that were receivable in the area. E-mail: newstips@wtvr.com. This left viewers with only fringe access from WRTV (which can be received in Terre Haute via an outdoor antenna and became the default ABC affiliate on cable providers on the Indiana side of the market), and other out-of-market ABC stations from Evansville, Indiana and Champaign, Illinois (both of which were carried on cable on the Illinois side of the market) as Terre Haute did not have enough stations to support full-time affiliations from four networks (only three commercial full-power stationsWTWO, WTHI-TV and WBAKare licensed to the market, and ABC opted not to relegate itself to a secondary affiliation). [23] Scripps renewed ABC affiliations for WRTV and nine other stations through 2019 on December 10, 2014.[24]. Since he wasn't a full-time studentin 1964, he lost his deferment andwas drafted into the Air Force. Enable breaking news notifications straight to your internet browser. newspaper is leaving its 'Dilbert' space blank to protest racism, Boston could be first municipality to require stores, restaurants, and hotels to donate leftover food. She answered most of the queries, which left her regular viewers with mixed feelings. WRTV Oct 2019 - Oct 2021 2 years 1 month. Her last day on air will be April 20. Eric Manges is one of the meteorologists that make up the FOX6 Weather Experts. WRTV has announced Marc Mullins and Beth Vaughn will be the morning news team for "Good Morning Indiana.". Clyde Lee (born 1949) is an American newscaster, and developed his career primarily in Indianapolis.. Career. INDIANAPOLIS There's a new face on FOX59. [27] McGraw-Hill, at the last minute, opted to air the film instead. The station's digital channel is multiplexed: On March 17, 2010, WRTV announced a partnership with Hometown Sports Indiana (HTSI) to air live high school and collegiate sporting events on digital subchannel 6.2. The station first signed on the air on May 30, 1949, as WFBM-TV. Aaron Maybin is an anchor and reporter for FOX6 News. December 4, 2012 | 11:24 am EST by Diana Marszalek. August 20, 2014 | 8:35 am EDT by TVNewsCheck, TVNewsCheck/Market Share | In 1988, the station debuted a half-hour 5:00p.m. newscast, becoming the first station in the market to carry an early evening news program in that timeslot. For most of its first four decades on the air, WFBM/WRTV was Indianapolis' dominant news station. And my heart basically said to go back home., Todays the day! 1:42 PM, Oct 15, 2018 . Marc Mullins. John Stehr, who retired from WTHR Channel 13 in 2019, announced in October he planned to run for mayor of Zionsville on the Republican ticket. Since 2014, the station has been part of a spirited four-way battle for second place along with WISH, WXIN, and WTTV. He married his wife, Susie, in 1967 and after his discharge, they moved to Fort Lauderdale to be close to his father who had retired. March 9, 2018 | 7:38 am EST by TVNewsCheck. Station vice president and general manager Don Lundy stated that it launched the latter program in order to reach viewers whose longer workdays and commutes prevented them from arriving home in time to watch a 5:00 or 6:00p.m. newscast. . Just ask former WRTV-6 field anchor Ken Nelson. WFBM-TV also aired programs from the short-lived Paramount Television Network, among them Time For Beany,[4] Dixie Showboat,[5] Hollywood Reel,[6] Cowboy G-Men,[7] and Hollywood Wrestling. Hes been working on documentaries and freelancing since then, Copyright 2023 NewsCheckMedia LLC, 238 Crosshill Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096 | 610-649-7989. George Lillys SJL Holdings wants to add McGraw-Hills Indianapolis ABC affiliate to its growing portfolio of stations, but Lilly is not saying how much hes offering. She also expressed her love and gratitude towards her colleagues and the local community. November 17, 2014 | 2:51 pm EST by TVNewsCheck, TVNewsCheck/Market Share | Jacob anchors WCTV's 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts on the weekend, and also serves as a multimedia journalist. WRTV Names Welnack Creative Services Dir. That exchange eventually led to anewsreporter position for Nelson. WISH-TV Schedule. Follow Boston.com on Instagram (Opens in a New Tab), Follow Boston.com on Twitter (Opens in a New Tab), Like Boston.com on Facebook (Opens in a New Tab). Since retiring from broadcasting, Stehr has served in Zionsville local government as a member Zionsville Parks Board. Bryan Polcyn is part of the award-winning FOX6 Investigators team. Tyler Nicole First at 4 Multimedia Journalist. [26] In 2004, WRTV, among the McGraw-Hill stations preempted a showing of the 1998 Steven Spielberg war drama Saving Private Ryan. The station's newscast was rebranded from RTV6 News to WRTV News. Award-winning filmmaker Ken Nelson's new ministry will produce a video series on the basics of Christianity. Nelson sold real estate. Shelby Mac Leaving KAMC: Where Is the Lubbock Meteorologist Going? The morning news anchor and reporter, who joined the news outlet in 2015, announced last month . Before joining WRTV in early 2000, Flye was an anchor and reporter for the Ohio News Network. Ryan Kaufman is the . WRTV's primary studios are located on Meridian Street in northwestern Indianapolis (in the middle of Indianapolis' Television Row), with a secondary studio at Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis; its . KERO-TV, KLZ-TV (now KMGH-TV) in Denver and KOGO-TV (now KGTV) in San Diego were retained by McGraw-Hill along with WFBM-TV. We are very pleased Marc is joining our Good Morning Indiana team, said vice president and general manager Larry Blackerby. Nelsons mother died when he was 7 years old. August 5, 2011 | 6:37 am EDT by Price Colman. Boston 25 News anchor Daniel Miller signed off one last time in the Hub on Friday. Nicole Baker is staying with the parent company, joining the CBS affiliate KTVT in Fort Worth, Texas. When you have legends in the market like that, who really care about people and care about the work, thats what makes people like myself, whos not from this area, grow to love it and makes it so hard to leave, he added. Brian Kramp is a roving reporter who you'll find around southeast Wisconsin on FOX6 WakeUp and Real Milwaukee. View All. Just ask former WRTV-6 field anchor Ken Nelson. Thats why WRTV viewers are loathe to see Starrantino go. Matt Sottile joined the Western Mass News team as weekend anchor and reporter in April 2021. His father builthim a stage in the basement of their home and got him a transmitter. The station acquired the local rights to two Colts regular season games during the 2014 season between the Philadelphia Eagles (on September 15) and between the New York Giants (on November 3), both of which aired on ESPN's Monday Night Footballwhose Colts broadcasts are normally carried over-the-air by WNDY-TV (channel 23). "Energy and urgency are what our viewers . Having to get people through that, not knowing if their homes are going to blow up I mean, Leonel Rondon was killed during that explosion, said Miller, who won one of his three career Emmys for his anchoring coverage of the story. Jason Calvi is the political reporter for FOX6 News. At age 74, Nelson has finallyansweredthe call he heard so long ago by creating Ken Nelson Ministries. For five years, HTSN provided local sports to over-the-air audiences and viewers watching on Comcast andBrighthousecable systems. Is this you? 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