The news broadcast studio at WTHR-TV Channel 13 was renamed “Chuck Lofton Studio” in honor of the meteorologist, whose four-decade career in Indianapolis wraps this week.
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“I feel the time is right,” Lofton said during Thursday’s episode of “Sunrise.”
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WTHR hired Carmel High School alum Gina Glaros in 2021. She previously worked for stations in Terre Haute, Fort Wayne and Louisville.
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Dave Calabro, a graduate of Ben Davis High School and Butler University, joined the staff of WTHR-TV Channel 13 in 1992.
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The plan from Tegna Inc. and Pacers Sports & Entertainment is expected to make the 18-game slate being carried by Channel 13 and its sister station, WALV-CD, available for free to 4.6 million households across five states, including Indiana.
After five years of covering news for WTHR-TV Channel 13, Kostiuk said she’s landed ’dream’ position.
Donahue’s first TV show, “The Phil Donahue Show,” which launched in 1967, aired in only four cities: Dayton, Cincinnati, Columbus and Indianapolis.
With rookie sensation Caitlin Clark set to make her professional debut in May, the Fever has reached a deal with the owner of two Indianapolis TV stations to air nearly half of the team’s regular-season schedule.
Kelly Greene has been delivering TV weather forecasts in Indiana for the past two decades,
Felicia Lawrence and Dustin Grove will co-anchor the extra news hour at 4 p.m. weekdays, prior to the existing 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts.
Tannebaum, who has ended a four-year stint at WTHR-TV, will focus on college football played by Clemson, North Carolina State and her alma mater, Florida State.
Lofton chats with host Mason King about his longevity in the TV news business; the offers he’s had—but not taken—to move up from the Indianapolis market; the close shaves he has experienced in the field; and whether there is room on local TV news to talk about the politically charged topic of climate change.
The longtime news anchor’s lawsuit alleged that she had been harassed and mistreated by colleagues and managers as she waged a public battle with breast cancer.
Felicia Lawrence is set to work her first Channel 13 shift alongside Scott Swan and Anne Marie Tiernon in late January.
Swayed by the station’s sterling reputation and the size of the media market, Jefferson has accepted an offer to be a general assignment reporter for a station in Texas.
WTHR’s website still lists Andrea Morehead as one of its news anchors, but her attorney told IBJ that the station fired her in December.
Chapman announced the news on Twitter on Thursday afternoon, saying that it’s “now my choice to pursue other dreams and goals.”
WTHR-TV Channel 13 has hired a weekend morning anchor and weekday morning reporter, and WRTV-TV Channel 6 has added a morning anchor.
Matt McCutcheon, a reporter and anchor for WTHR-TV Channel 13 since 2013, says he has “retired” from the news industry and is taking a corporate communications gig.
The weekend anchor and weekday reporter at Channel 13 since 2017 is leaving to take a position in her hometown.
Ben Hill, who has co-anchored WTHR-TV Channel 13’s morning weekday news since 2016, is leaving Indianapolis for an anchor job in Nashville, Tennessee, WTHR announced Tuesday.
Kevin Rader, a fixture at WTHR-TV Channel 13 since 1990, said he would remain in Indiana but would be leaving television news in July.
WTHR-TV Channel 13 said it would no longer use a dedicated person for traffic coverage as part of a strategic shift.
TV news veteran Karen Campbell announced on social media Thursday that she will join WTHR-TV Channel 13 beginning Aug. 5. In addition, WTHR is adding multimedia journalist Sarah Jones in September.
