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WRTV-TV Channel 6 anchor Marc Mullins will deliver his final newscast for the local ABC affiliate on April 3. Mullins told IBJ on Tuesday that his 12-year run at the station is coming to an end because of staff reductions by WRTV’s parent company, E.W. Scripps.
“I’m really going to miss delivering the news here for people,” Mullins said. “It’s been my complete pleasure meeting so many people in this area and sharing their stories and making friends along the way. It’s been great watching the progress of Indianapolis become a city that attracts so many people to it now.”
Earlier this month, digital news organization TheWrap reported that Cincinnati-based E.W. Scripps had initiated layoffs at several of the 62 TV stations owned by the company. Mullins indicated he was one of multiple employees affected by cuts at WRTV.
Attempts to reach WRTV management on Tuesday were unsuccessful.
Since February 2024, exits of high-profile personalities at the station include news anchor and investigative reporter Rafael Sánchez (now on the staff of WXIN-TV Channel 59 and WTTV-TV Channel 4), morning news anchor Lauren Casey (who took a role at Pence Media Group) and meteorologist Kevin Gregory (who retired earlier this year).
Mullins, who grew up in New Haven, Connecticut, and graduated from Boston University, serves as an anchor during WRTV’s 5 and 6 p.m. newscasts.
Before joining the WRTV staff in 2012, he worked at TV stations in Montana, Oregon and Atlanta.
Mullins said he’s unsure of his future plans. The 48-year-old said he’s hoping to make the most of a pause in a career that began at age 21.
“I’m using this as a cue to relax, literally and figuratively,” he said.
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It might be time for the corporate team to reduce itself and its salaries. They keep buying the local stations, then cut jobs. A vicious cycle with very little regard to local news.
Hopefully some TV station in the Indianapolis area will scoop him up. He is a true asset to the city. And a great person
This is truly a loss for WRTV and Indianapolis. I find Marc’s professionalism and integrity refreshing and assuring, which is rare given the current state of news media. Surely WXIN could find other ways to cut costs… corporate salaries perhaps?
Actually John, WRTV is the station cutting Mr. Mullins who, yes, has been an asset. I’m sure that’s what you meant. If anything, WXIN/WTTV are the stations that are either maintaining or gaining momentum. Scripps has seen to it that WRTV is but a shadow, a sliver of its former self. WISH continues to be a player, somewhat diminished in the tv news/digital delivery game. WTHR aint’ what it used to be post-Dispatch, now Tegna, but it still has a decent product. Frankly all the station have diminished talent pools in front and behind the camera. That’s just the way it is, as Walter Cronkite used to say.
From one who spent 37 years in behind-the-scenes news positions at two local stations, David B.’s assessment of the current state of local news is right on the money.
So sad!! I have kept watching this station since I moved back to Indy. This is the last straw for me. He is the best anchor since I returned to Indy several years ago. Seems like the station could make other choices. There are others at the station that do not function as well as some others. So disappointed!!
I can think of a couple people at WTHR that should be cut.
What we think of on-air personalities, has little to do with this. The longer they stay on air, the more they earn…and long-term on-air personalities become very expensive for the parent company.
It’s all about money. Don’t believe me?
Look at some of the cub TV reporters. Their knowledge base is nearly zero, and it shows but…they’re cheaper.
David B.,
Thanks for the clarification. I meant to refer to the parent company of WRTV, Scripps.