CBS ends 58-year WISH-TV affiliation
In a stunning move, CBS in August ended its 58-year affiliation with WISH-TV Channel 8, opting instead to partner with WTTV-TV Channel 4.
In a stunning move, CBS in August ended its 58-year affiliation with WISH-TV Channel 8, opting instead to partner with WTTV-TV Channel 4.
WISH-TV Channel 8 and WTTV-TV Channel 4 are at the center of the biggest shakeup the Indianapolis TV market has seen in 35 years. But the ripple effects are expected to rock the boat of every local station.
WTTV-TV Channel 4 will feature three familiar faces when it begins broadcasting as the city’s new CBS-TV affiliate on Jan. 1: Debby Knox, Bob Donaldson and Chris Wright.
Pat McAfee is one of the only NFL kickers or punters who is among his team's leaders in jersey sales. McAfee, who wears No. 1, is second in sales among all Colts. Quarterback Andrew Luck's No. 12 tops the list.
Terri Cope-Walton, news director of WRTV-TV Channel 6, prefers to gauge success by the station’s content, not its awards.
Indiana politicians are taking to the airwaves in the final weeks of the 2014 campaign season, but their efforts online may be having a bigger impact.
Gregg Doyel, a columnist for CBSSports.com and former writer for the Miami Herald and Charlotte Observer, will begin work in Indianapolis on Oct. 20.
Tribune Broadcasting says it plans to hire 80 people to staff the WTTV-TV Channel 4 newsroom and fill other roles stemming from the station’s assumption of the CBS network affiliation Jan. 1. Rennie “We’re talking to a lot of people about a lot of things,” said Paul Rennie, general manager for WTTV and its sister […]
The loss of Julie Patterson and Julie Zoumbaris comes as Channel 8 prepares for life without its CBS affiliation and tries to make long-term deals with advertisers.
The Indianapolis Star sports department in one month has lost four reporters and a columnist with a combined 123 years of experience at the paper.
Mike Chappell, who spent 30 years as a sportswriter with The Indianapolis Star before resigning Monday, has joined WRTV-TV Channel 6 as a writer and commentator, the station announced Tuesday morning.
How much value did the CBS network affiliation bring to WISH-TV Channel 8? About $110 million, if you believe the parent company’s calculation.
Rural/Metro Corp. is going to stop serving more than 30 communities in Indiana. Martinsville Mayor Phil Deckard said the company will end service within 60 days.
Those changes are coming in the wake of Monday’s huge announcement that Chicago-based Tribune Broadcasting, parent to WTTV, has wrestled away the CBS-TV affiliation held by WISH-TV Channel 8 since 1956.
The school says the exposed information includes birthdates, social security numbers and bank account information of about 163,000 students, faculty, staff and alumni.
The Star will team with Fox59 and its sister station WTTV-TV Channel 4 for coverage of "select breaking news, sports, weather, election and investigative stories," the media outlets said in a prepared statement.
Dr. Ora Pescovitz is returning to Indianapolis after spending the past five years as CEO of the University of Michigan Health System.
Jeff White had been at the helm of Channel 8 for 9 years, and recently oversaw some high-profile departures from the news and weather desks.
The increasingly common move to help generate more revenue further lowers the traditional barrier between news and advertisers. Marketing experts say the value for sponsors is questionable.