Employers, Weve Got You Covered! TV anchors and reporters who left Indianapolis. After five years, Glaros announced her decision to leave WDRB news. Carlos Diaz, who spent two years at the anchor desk for WTHR, announced Wednesday he would be leaving the news station. This is based on the fact that the branding was originally synonymous with most ABC owned-and-operated stations, as well as stations owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting (or Group W) that were later acquired by CBS. In that same announcement, Diaz said he is leaving the news business to pursue other opportunities. From the arrival of the Indianapolis Colts in 1984 until 1997, WTHR (through NBC's rights to AFC games) aired regular season games televised locally with WISH-TV (channel 8) from 1984 until 1993 (for select games televised by CBS in which the Colts play against an NFC opponent), with WRTVuntil 2005carrying non-preseason games via ABC's Monday Night Football on occasions when a game involving the Colts was scheduled. [22], For the 2016 Summer Olympics from August 8 to 19, some of WTHR's syndicated programming was moved to WALV and its other subchannel. Anchor/Reporter . The correct order should be #15: Bill O'Reilly, #16: Piers Morgan, #17: Nancy Grace and #18: Sean Hannity. WLWI spent most of its first 17 years of operation languishing as a third place also-ran behind NBC affiliate WFBM-TV (channel 6, now ABC affiliate WRTV) and then-CBS affiliate WISH-TV (channel 8, now a CW affiliate). "When we are telling stories that may impact a small business owner here in the city of Indianapolis and the surrounding area, I feel like I can better advocate for those folks within the newsroom and be able to provide a perspective that, unless you walk that life, is not necessarily always available," she said. Please note our updated comment policy that will govern how comments are moderated. Combined with NBC's prime time lineup as a lead-in, WTHR's ratings saw a modest uptick in the 1980s and early 1990s, but not enough to get it out of third place. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. She has anchored and reported in Joplin, Missouri, Wichita, Kansas and Charlotte, North Carolina. In March 2016, he was moved from the station's early-morning program to focus on "other tasks.". 2022-23 Looking for Talent? 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[9] The switch to NBC eventually provided a major windfall for WTHR starting when the NFL's Indianapolis Colts moved from Baltimore in 1984; until NBC lost the rights to the NFL to CBS in 1998 (effectively moving the games to WISH-TV and later WTTV in 2015), WTHR aired the bulk of the team's regular season games under the AFC package. #BREAKINGNEWS I retired from TV today (for now!) [23] By May 26, 2017, WALV-CD began broadcasting MeTV, which stayed on WTHR 13.3, dropping Cozi TV programming. Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with, sorted by primary channel network affiliations, "Crosley WLW-I (TV) signed as basic ABC-TV affiliate.". He came to WTHR in 1995 from CBS News in New York, where he was a network correspondent and anchor forCBS Morning News. "It's been a great ride stretching nearly 34 . Lawrence is thrilled to be coming to Indianapolis from Chicago:"From the Windy City to the Circle City!" And Ben Hill, who co-anchored WTHRs morning weekday news since 2016,departed last Septemberfor an anchor job in Nashville, Tennessee. Angela Buchman Age and Birthday Angela is 45 years old to 2019, born September 18, 1974, Fishers, Indiana, United States of America. He was even described as a "Renaissance Man" and his life seemed to play that out. Whether youre a broker, developer, or serve the real estate industry, youre invited to a night of mixing + mingling. [15][16], In February 2009, WTHR began affiliating its third sub-channel with Universal Sports. "Not only does it lend itself a new perspective [but] as a woman, I feel stronger, more diversified. "With so many established and blossoming local ventures underway," Kopp wrote, "I am extremely excited about the opportunities ahead.". 2023 www.indystar.com. Tegna is a huge fail in my book. John Doran. To have the opportunity to be myself as a young Black woman on television, to wear my hair in its natural curls, to be able to have the personality that I have, and to be able to do that in a position, hasn't always existed.". Her background in real estate and investing, she said, will be advantageous in covering stories about local businesses and industries. The other stations, all in Ohio, were the regional network's flagship WLWT in Cincinnati, WLWC (now WCMH-TV) in Columbus, and WLWD (now WDTN) in Dayton. Home. The KUTV News collection includes 241 recorded airchecks between January 5 . Two local TV stations have added anchors to their news staffs. She also contributed to the programs "Indiana Outdoors" and "The Good Life.". She will be missed! Very sad news to share. Join us for an evening of networking designed especially for real estate professionals. He and his wife, Kathy, who also retired this year, are planning a trip to Los Angeles and eventually plan to take a cruise through the Panama Canal. ", "WTHR and Vype High School sports magazine announce partnership", "Me-TV Adds Denver And Indianapolis Affiliates", "WTHR programming changes announced for 2016 Olympics", WTHR to boost tower power on signal gripes, "Tegna Buying Dispatch's WTHR, WBNS For $535M", "TEGNA Completes Acquisition of Dispatch Broadcast Group's Leading, Top Ranked Stations in Indianapolis, IN and Columbus, OH", "How IndyCar-NBC deal will affect local Indy 500 blackout", "Indy 500 to air live on WTHR Channel 13", WTHR's status as TV news leader starting to erode, WTHR'S 'QUICK' SWITCH TO HD TOOK 10 YEARS, "IndyStar, Fox59 announce new media partnership", "WTHR announced as national Edward R. Murrow award winner", "WTHR-TV Honored for State Fair Tragedy Coverage, More - Indianapolis Monthly", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WTHR&oldid=1141026402, Television channels and stations established in 1957, National Football League primary television stations, Articles with dead external links from July 2016, Articles with permanently dead external links, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles using infobox television station, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2023, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 00:14. On September 18 each year she celebrates her birthday. Longtime WTHR-TV Channel 13 anchor Bruce Kopp on Tuesday morning announced his departure from the station. Here are 8 other big tours skipping Indianapolis. "I've enjoyed the past year spending quality time with family, pursuing new opportunities and best of all catching up on sleep," he said in an email. In June 2012, Sharyl was awarded the RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Investigative Reporting for the "Gunwalker: Fast and Furious" story. ", which revealed grossly exaggerated job creation claims made by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Brooks is a Georgia native who spent the past four years as a reporter and morning anchor for the Alabama News Network in Mongomery. ), Channel 13 first saw a significant ratings boost in the mid-1990s, buoyed by NBC's stronger programming as well as improvements in its news department. [citation needed], In late 1974, Avco Broadcasting Corporation (which Crosley Broadcasting was renamed in 1968) announced it was exiting the broadcasting business in an effort to raise cash. Prior to that, Stehr worked as an anchor and reporter at KUTV Salt Lake City; WISH-TV Indianapolis; WOTV (now WOOD) Grand Rapids, Mich.; plus WJET and WSEE in Erie, Pa. I am enormously grateful to my WTHR family and the many people I have worked with over the years. Welcome ladies, glad to have you here in our city. I think the pandemic made me refocus and think, There are a lot of things I still want to do., Milz plans to stay in Indianapolis and has few immediate plans beyond training for and running the Boston Marathon in October. "Getting the truth out there and truly being somebody who respects all opinions in this polarized world," Diaz said. Max Cotton Multimedia Journalist . He graduated from Columbia College with a bachelors degree in communications science. She was just a joyful, loving human that I had the pleasure of working with for several years. Felicia Lawrence loves "a good Oprah moment. All rights reserved. She wants viewers to recognize her when they turn on the TV and say, "That's my girl. INDIANAPOLIS Former WTHR anchor and reporter Jill Ditmire has passed away at the age of 56. [citation needed], From 1957 to 1962, the station was tied up in one of the most heated licensing disputes in early television history. . "To exist within those communities, and then at the same time, still pull it together enough to try to champion for those communities and try to share information to all people and share your experience on a personal level and the experiences of many people in your community to everyone it hasn't been easy," she said. By 2020, Diaz was promoted to WTHR's anchor desk. Malcom Maddox is less famous than the other people on this list, but in Detroit he was a respected anchor. The WISH-TV anchor announced in Augustthat he would retirebefore theend of the yearafterspending more than 37 years with the station. AGE: 55 GIG: Morning forecast on WWHR channel 13 BUSINESS Snow: Lofton wakes up at 1:40 in the morning to come to the office to receive Sunrise eyewitness information an hour later. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Jill was one of Indy's biggest arts, food, and entertainment advocates for decades. 13News Anchor - @JennieWTHR. Originally from Chicago, she attended North Carolina A&T State University, an HBCU, where she studied journalism and mass communication. https://t.co/4DMzsFa8Fu, Great to work with Jill at multiple media organizations. "One thing thats been unusual is how many people have asked me what are you going to do now," he said. Julia Moffitt. With new ownership in place, the quality of the station's programming began to improve, but WTHR remained stuck at third place in the ratings behind WISH and WRTV. Her focus on this city, its evolution and its people, is something that were very proud of, Rosetti said. Her husband, Scott Peterson, was later convicted of her murder. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. That connection is something that Lawrence is hoping to bring to her new role as a weekday evening news anchor for WTHR. Join the thousands of business and community leaders and Indiana residents that choose IBJ as their primary local news source. Stehr won numerous Regional Emmy Awards during his 23 years as lead anchor at WTHR. Milz, who began working for WTHR in 2003 and distinguished herself with aggressive reporting on the city government beat, put in her notice at the end of last year but opted to stay through Wednesday. Lawrence, whose first day on air was Feb. 8, has nearly 10 years of experience in TV. Lawrence will anchor the 5 p.m. hour with Anne Marie Tiernon and the 11 p.m. hour with Scott Swan, Monday through Friday. [10] (The experiment, which lasted until the fall of 1992, was succeeded by similar efforts by KRON-TV and KPIX-TV in San Francisco, and KOVR in Sacramento later in the decade. The station debuted a weekday morning newscast titled Sunrise in September 1985; this was followed by the addition of two-hour weekend morning newscasts in 1993 (which were later retitled under the Weekend Sunrise banner), becoming the first station in the Indianapolis market to expand its morning newscasts to Saturdays and Sundays. He and his wife Mary Lou have three sons, Timothy, Paul and Phillip and a daughter-in-law Heidi and Courtney. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. One of the other competitors, WIBC owner Richard Fairbanks, then sued to force new license hearings. Lawrence said she has found WTHR to be a welcoming and accepting environment, where she feels comfortable being herself. Whether youre a broker, developer, or serve the real estate industry, youre invited to a night of mixing + mingling. Theyre nearly unwatchable. WTHR's newscasts surged to second place in 1996 after it hired former CBS News correspondent John Stehr as anchor of its evening newscasts around the same time that WRTV saw its ratings plummet following a botched format change. Paul, Minn., to launch a new 7 p.m. newscast. Of note, WTHR.com will feature an in-depth conversation among Stehr and the women who have shared the anchor desk with him. Social. Heres how it got the story. Jill was one of Indy's biggest arts, food, and entertainment . Hard Knocks to showcase Colts for first in-season episodes, 100 years after his birth, guitarist Wes Montgomery remembered for understated mastery, Bill aims to keep state from releasing non-resident prisoners in Indianapolis, Indy Fuels planned move to Fishers has been longtime dream for owner. Jalea Brooks has joined WTHR-TV Channel 13 as a weekend morning anchor and weekday morning reporter. According to court documents, two students were using Kevin Griffin's laptop in August to enter a volleyball game schedule into a program. Thank you to wonderful co-workers and viewers who shared the journey. Follow her on Twitter:@hollyvhays. Stehr was also a founding anchor at CNBC. Bruce Kopp, who has been with WTHR since 1983, announced in a Facebook post that he will "wrap things up" at the NBC affiliate. And if you're ever in Minneapolis, send her a message. Despite decreased ratings for NBC's prime time schedule since the 200405 season, WTHR remains in a close battle with WISH for the #1 slot in the 11:00p.m. [41] "Charity Caught on Camera",[42] a report on corruption at a local nonprofit, and "Dangerous Exposure",[43] a report on how lax agency oversight allowed companies to leak poison into groundwater in residential areas, won the station two Peabody awards in 2016. Griffin was the head volleyball coach at the time. Pence joined Fox59 and CBS4 in June 2014, where she helped launchFox59 NewsPoint at 11 p.m. and joined CBS4's morning program as an anchor in August2015. However, Cozi was retained by WTHR.2. WTHR-13 weekend anchor Naomi Pescovitz, an Indianapolis native, is the latest to announce she's leaving the local market. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. Example video title will go here for this video. Story Continues Below Meanwhile, WRTV-TV Channel 6 has hired Megan Shinn as a morning. Stunned to hear this. Longtime WTHR-TV Channel 13 news anchor Andrea Morehead claimed in a lawsuit filed last week that she was harassed and mistreated by colleagues and managers over several years as she waged a. [40] "Investigating the IRS", an investigative series which exposed how illegal immigrants fraudulently received billions of dollars in tax refunds and the IRS's failure to stop it once the fraud was discovered, earned WTHR a fourth national Peabody Award in 2013. She and her husband welcomed twin boys in December 2015 and had a third son in January 2017. Contact IndyStar trending reporter Claire Rafford at crafford@gannett.com or on Twitter @clairerafford. MSNBC's Alex Wagner was hanging on just slightly above Matthews, but she was ranked the least recognizable face among the 24 anchors. He was removed from the Sunrise program in the early morning of March 2016 to perform other tasks. Again it goes on. On March 16, 1996, WTHR began producing a nightly half-hour 10:00p.m. newscast for UPN affiliate WNDY-TV (now a MyNetworkTV affiliate). If you have not registered, please sign up for a free account now. Alyssa Raymond left the station in October to take a job in Pittsburgh. Kopp told IndyStar this monththat after a year away from the anchor desk, he was actively searching for a new full-time job. Skip Navigation. Elliot, who has been a CBS daytime anchor for about a year, had first shocked . Allison Carter is Facebook editor at IndyStar. From 1985 to 1989, she worked at KTPX-TV Channel 9 in Midland, Texas, as an anchor, reporter and producer. As WRTV did, NBC's prime time schedule and the race broadcast are transposed and air in reverse order, under a special dispensation from the network. 16 ], in February 2009, WTHR began producing a nightly half-hour 10:00p.m that same,. 2016 to perform other tasks. `` bachelors degree in communications science, owner. 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