February 5, 2012
IBJ StaffIndianapolis’ shining moment in the Super Bowl spotlight came about four hours before kickoff, when NBC televised a
short feature on 2012 host city.
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February 5, 2012
Anthony SchoettleAny company with its name attached to the Super Bowl is about to score one of its biggest marketing bounces of the year. And
none will realize a bigger victory than California-based Lucas Oil Co.
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February 3, 2012
Scott OlsonThe sports network originally considered broadcasting from Monument Circle, but chose the plaza because the location has Lucas
Oil Stadium as an ideal backdrop.
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January 20, 2012
Jenna Kooi, a former anchor for Fox59 previously known as Jenna Maloney, will co-anchor the 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts for
WRTV, and Erika Flye has been promoted to co-anchor the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts.
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January 14, 2012
IBJ StaffDeal with WRTV-Channel 6 will provide most extensive coverage in franchise history.
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January 3, 2012
Associated PressThe NFL will announce its annual league awards, including Most Valuable Player, in a two-hour prime-time special, "NFL
Honors," to air on NBC on Super Bowl eve, Feb. 4.
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January 3, 2012
Associated PressNBC has sold all the commercial airtime for the Feb. 5 game in Indianapolis and even has a waiting list of advertisers. The
average cost for a 30-second spot this year was $3.5 million.
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January 3, 2012
Anthony SchoettleLocal CBS affiliate WISH-TV has fired award-winning field reporter Brad Edwards, but General Manager Jeff White said the station
will soon hire a replacement, plus two additional reporters to grow its staff.
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December 17, 2011
Anthony SchoettleThe NFL's new broadcast agreements with CBS, Fox and NBC will make the league by far the richest in terms of professional
sports broadcast pacts. The Colts will get close to $218.8 million a year from the deals starting in 2014.
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October 3, 2011
Associated PressTelevision station and newspaper owner The E.W. Scripps Co. said Monday that it will pay $212 million in cash for nine TV
stations, including WRTV in Indianapolis, owned by The McGraw-Hill Cos.
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September 23, 2011
IBJ StaffCable TV giant Comcast Corp. has notified the state of Indiana that it plans to eliminate 57 customer-retention employees
in its Fishers office by the end of the year, but also plans to add 37 customer-service workers during the same time period.
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September 8, 2011
Cory SchoutenWRTV-TV Channel 6 anchor Trisha Shepherd is leaving the station at the end of the month to take a position with the Riley
Children's Foundation.
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August 20, 2011
IBJ StaffBall State University’s Digital Policy Institute said there’s more behind the shrinkage in customers that cable
TV companies have experienced than just a downturn in the economy.
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August 13, 2011
Anthony SchoettleEddie Brochin, a lifelong outdoorsman who began leading hunting and fishing expeditions in the late 1990s, now chronicles
his adventures in his own TV show, "Ultimate Outdoors with Eddie Brochin."
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August 13, 2011
Anthony SchoettleDigital technology ushered in over the last five years allows television stations to squeeze four signals into the broadcast
spectrum a single analog signal occupied.
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August 10, 2011
Terms of the agreement call for the network to televise five races each year through 2018, including the Indianapolis 500.
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August 6, 2011
IBJ StaffThe retired WRTV-TV anchor is one of only six to receive award in 42 years.
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June 30, 2011
The Philadelphia-based cable television company notified the state on Wednesday that the 103 jobs in Indianapolis will be
eliminated between Aug. 29 and Sept. 11.
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June 14, 2011
Anthony SchoettleStation owner McGraw-Hill plans to sell its nine television stations, including the Indianapolis ABC affiliate. The impact
on local operations is unclear.
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May 14, 2011
IBJ StaffViewership for Pacers games on Fox Sports increased 35 percent this year over last, according to New York-based Nielsen Media
Research.
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May 3, 2011
Scott OlsonRupert Boneham has created a casino table game and is searching for investors to help market it. A portion of the game's revenue
will benefit his Indianapolis charity, Rupert's Kids.
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April 27, 2011
Anthony SchoettleFormer WISH-TV Channel 8 anchorman starts hosting new interview show May 12.
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April 19, 2011
IBJ StaffTribune Broadcasting on Monday named TV veteran Larry Delia vice president and general manager of its two Indianapolis stations.
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April 9, 2011
IBJ StaffHe previously was news director at WISH-TV and special projects producer at WTHR.
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March 30, 2011
IBJ StaffAll 72 home games for the Indianapolis Indians are scheduled for broadcast on Comcast's Xfinity and Bright House Networks.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.