WXIN-TV Channel 59 news anchor and investigative reporter Aishah Hasnie has taken a job with Fox News Channel as an anchor and news correspondent. Meanwhile, Fox59 also is losing a digital reporter.
Despite losing its CBS affiliation Jan. 1, WISH remains No. 2 in the early evening news and No. 3 during the morning news. The station's late news ratings, however, are last in the market.
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.
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 NBC affiliate in Indianapolis said Monday it has hired Kathy Hostetter, currently news director at WAVE-TV Channel 3 in Louisville, to fill a news director post that has been vacant since January.
Steve Bray, who started at WISH-TV Channel 8 as a weatherman in 1995, has been promoted to news director. He replaces Patti McGettigan, who was ousted in August.
Marion County Clerk Beth White said she expects voter turnout for the Tuesday primary to be about 20 percent, much lower than the 37-percent participation in the 2008 primary. Without a presidential primary this time around, Democrats don’t feel as much urgency to vote, White said.
