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WISH-TV launched on July 1, 1954, as a sister station to WISH Radio, which had been on the air since 1941, and became an ABC affiliate. In 1956—the same year it switched its affiliation to CBS—WISH became the first TV station to install a videotape machine. And in 1963, the station went live with its coverage of the State Fairgrounds Coliseum explosion, which WISH says was the first news event of its kind to be broadcast live in Indianapolis. In this photo taken on Aug. 26, 1955, 4-H members sit in front of the cameras at the WISH-TV studio. In 2015, the station lost its CBS affiliation and went through an ownership change. But this year, WISH-TV was acquired by Circle City Broadcasting LLC, owned by Indianapolis native DuJuan McCoy. Read a story about McCoy and his plans for the station.
Sources: Indiana Historical Society, WISH-TV
Credit: This photo is courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society and is part of the Larry Foster Collection. More images are available at images.indianahistory.org.
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