Indy Racing League officials must be wondering why so many more people tuned in to watch Danica Patrick race in a rinky-dink
stock car race than watched her race open-wheelers at 200 plus mph.
Nikki Sutton knows she’s a talented interior designer. Now, she’s making herself a brand.
The state's eight public television and radio stations, including WFYI in Indianapolis, will not receive their final two
installments of public funding for fiscal 2010 because of Indiana's budget crisis.
Daily morning talk show will feature local food, fashion, fitness and fads, but must separate itself from crowded cable market.
The country’s old, tired cabling was never designed for such high-transmission speeds.
Jim Tellus, the 47-year-old general manager of local NBC affiliate WTHR-TV Channel 13, died suddenly this week.
The Indiana High School Athletic Association has signed a three-year contract with Indianapolis television station WTTV to
broadcast state championship events.
After more than 16 years at Fox59, anchor Cheryl Parker is leaving the station to be with her husband and their twin, 20-month-old
daughters. "This is an extremely difficult decision," said Parker. "However, my family has to come first."
Parker started at Fox59 as a reporter before becoming the station's weekend anchor. She later joined Bob Donaldson and
Brian Wilkes, who have been together for 13 years, making them the longest-running anchor team in central Indiana. She will
remain with the station through the May sweeps period, with her final night being May 26.
CBS informed NCAA it lost money on the broadcast of March Madness this year. Even so, CBS and Turner this morning agreed to
a 14-year, multi-billion dollar deal to broadcast the men's hoops tournament.
State revenues are $867 million, or 9.4 percent, less than forecast through the first nine months of the current fiscal year.
John Cardenas, news director at WBNS-TV Channel 10 in Columbus, Ohio, will assume his new job at WTHR June 1. He'll take
over for Jim Tellus, who died suddenly in early March.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding an officer's
injury at a 2008 fundraiser for Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi. IMPD also has cut back overtime
hours allowed for Brizzi's security detail, one of its most prolific overtime producers.
"My Name is Earl" and "Charlie's Angels" cars are among the more peculiar offerings
at the 1,750-vehicle
Mecum Auction Co. collector car sale that runs through Sunday at Indiana State Fairgrounds.
Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman is traveling to China with a delegation of state officials and business and community leaders through
June 10. Skillman is blogging about their experiences as the group works to build relationships and attract Chinese investment
to Indiana.
WTHR is still the most-watched TV station for local news, but viewership slipped in several time slots for the NBC affiliate
and most of its competitors. Fox station WXIN, however, seems
to be bucking the trend.
Marco Dominguez turns to WNTS-AM 1590 after the Hispanic daily television news program he launched last year folded.
Fox59 adding weekend-morning and 5 p.m. weekday newscasts to its coverage.
Even if the new system does slow down property tax increases, actually capping one source of revenue will never
solve taxpayer problems.
Television station owners affiliated with NBC agreed to support Comcast Corp.’s purchase of NBC Universal after the
company pledged it won’t shift events such as the Olympics and U.S. football to cable, an executive said.
The WTLC-AM 1310 personality’s penchant for asking tough questions has made him one of Indianapolis’ most influential
community activists
and made his daily radio show—“Afternoons with Amos”—one of the city’s most popular talk shows.
