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Emmis program creating a ‘Buzz’: Show gains in other markets, but hasn’t caught on locally

June 27, 2005

A syndicated morning news show co-owned by locally based Emmis Communications Corp. is making in-roads nationally but has failed to cause a buzz among viewers locally. “The Daily Buzz,” co-owned by Emmis and California-based ACME Communications Inc., and produced in Orlando, Fla., now airs in 137 markets and has shown increased ratings in several critical markets, including Orlando and Tampa, Fla.; Dallas; and Norfolk, Va. “We’re definitely looking to expand our syndication, and we think we’ll be successful because we…

Colts’ Super Bowl appearance a winner for WISH: Local affiliate should realize seven-figure windfall

January 29, 2007

Heading into Super Bowl XLI, WISHTV Channel 8 is in the catbird’s seat among local broadcasters. With WISH’s affiliate network, CBS, carrying the Feb. 4 game, the local station is set to rake in a seven-figure sum in advertising revenue-in addition to what it would have made on the Super Bowl if the Colts weren’t in it, industry experts said. “With the Colts in the Super Bowl for the first time since moving to Indianapolis, WISH’s opportunities are immense,” said…

2011 Forty Under 40: Wendy D. Brewer

February 2, 2011

In 2010, Wendy Brewer took a calculated risk. The 39-year-old left Indianapolis law firm Barnes & Thornburg, where she’d been a partner for five years, to join the new firm of Benesch/Dann Pecar.

SHELLA: Print’s decline is bad for this news junkie

July 8, 2011

I appreciate the fact that a team of people go through a day’s worth of information and try to prioritize it for me.

The real health care money in this town is at IU Health

June 5, 2014

While the biggest hospital profit margins are made in the suburbs, the biggest pile of cash—$353 million in 2012—is made at the three downtown campuses run by Indiana University Health. In fact, those hospitals generated 32 percent of all operating gains posted by central Indiana hospitals in 2012.

People in the news – Oct. 27, 2014

October 23, 2014

People listings are free.

Purdue announces $2 billion fundraising campaign

October 12, 2015

The goal is to raise the money by the time Purdue celebrates its 150th anniversary on 2019.

Roundup: Le Creuset commits to Rivers Edge store; Diamonds Direct officially arrives

June 7, 2017

The French manufacturer of premium cookware has agreed to take 1,600 square feet of space at the north-side shopping center, marking its entry into the Indianapolis market.

Veteran weather reporter Brewer leaving WISH-TV for new gig

March 21, 2018

Ken Brewer, a meteorologist at WISH-TV Channel 8 for more than 17 years, will be joining his former boss in the private sector.

WISH, WNDY to broadcast 20 Indy Eleven games this season

March 29, 2018

The pro soccer team hosts its first home game, against FC Cincinnati, Saturday evening at Lucas Oil Stadium. WNDY-TV Channel 23 will televise the match.

Memory Bank: Celebrating the end of Prohibition

January 9, 2019

This 1934 photo is thought to be from the celebration at the formal reopening of the Terre Haute Brewing Co.

Entrepreneur who purchased Channel 8 plans upgrades, hiring spree

November 15, 2019 | Anthony Schoettle

An Indianapolis native, DuJuan McCoy expects to use his status as a local owner and the wisdom he’s acquired as a national turnaround artist to improve the station’s fortunes.