Dick Wolfsie, 73, has been a mainstay of Channel 8 since 1990, serving full-time as a feature reporter on “Daybreak” until 2010 and then as a “Weekend Daybreak” contributor.
WISH usually has one crew on Saturday nights, but on May 30, it had four. WISH went live outside its normal newscasts more than any other station—which is easier for it to do than any other station because it lacks a major network affiliation.
Indianapolis-based Circle City Broadcasting, which owns WISH-TV Channel 8, this week filed a lawsuit against Dish TV, accusing Dish of racial discrimination as the two sides negotiate over fees that WISH is seeking to be retransmitted on the satellite service.
WISH-TV Channel 8 announced Thursday it has hired McKinzie Roth as the station’s “Entertainment Insider.” Roth is known locally for appearing in TV ads for Andy Mohr auto dealerships.
Katiera Winfrey, who grew up in Indianapolis, will be “the state’s first-ever television journalist dedicated exclusively to covering stories affecting Indiana’s diverse population,” according to station officials.
WISH-TV said the hiring will be part of “an unprecedented news coverage expansion initiative being rolled out over the next several months” by the station’s new owner.
Eric Feldman, an on-air reporter at WISH-TV Channel 8 for two years, announced over the weekend that he has left the local station to move to St. Louis.
Just days after filing a defamation lawsuit seeking more than $25 million from WISH-TV, Derek Daly sits down with IBJ’s Anthony Schoettle to discuss what he says the news station got wrong in a story that accused him of using a racial slur.
To complete a deal, Nexstar Media Group Inc. and Tribune Media Co. will likely have to sell off one of their Indianapolis stations to comply with FCC regulations.
WISH, the local CW affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group Inc., announced Thursday that it plans beef up anchor roles for three existing on-air employees.
Station officials confirmed that reporter Brittany Lewis is departing, and several industry sources told IBJ that anchor Lauren Lowrey—who has been on maternity leave since late August—also is leaving.
As wintry weather descends on central Indiana, Channel 8 is filling two openings on its forecasting staff with native Hoosiers—one of whom worked for a local competitor until 2017.
