Fox59 lands news director from Grand Rapids
Kerri Cavanaugh will replace Lee Rosenthal, who oversaw a major expansion of Fox59’s news programming.
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WISH-TV rakes in bucks with city’s only locally produced lifestyle show
“Indy Style”–an hour’s worth of TV programming on everything from recipes to music to fitness to screen-door-repair tips–fills its show with guests who are a combination of invited guests, sponsors and one-time-only advertisers.
Animation firm recognized for children’s book
The youthful animators at The Basement have won the Independent Publisher’s Book Awards’ silver award for their first children’s e-book, “Every Walrus Can Fly.”
Critical questions follow reviewer’s departure from Indy Star
The state’s largest newspaper is mum on whether reviews will continue after the Friday resignation of its fine arts critic. Arts organizations are taking a wait-and-see attitude.
Talk-radio conservative Abdul slated for WIBC-FM lineup
The commentator has been without local show on commercial radio since 2011. He’ll find a home on WIBC, which also is preparing to fill its vacant position for news director.
WRTV adds Avon native to its weather team
WRTV Channel 6 has hired central Indiana native Kyle Mounce as its newest meteorologist, the Indianapolis TV station announced Monday night.
WISH-TV fills vacant anchor slot with Hoosier native
Lori Wilson, an Indiana University graduate, was most recently an anchor in Philadelphia—a city she may have a hard time forgetting, according to various media reports.
Slingshot is shifting aim away from SEO
After Google cracked down on some of the tools companies were using to improve their positions in search results, Indianapolis-based Slingshot SEO opted to launch a sister brand called Digital Relevance that will focus on earning media attention.
Whitsett goes big with Star project
A local developer plans to tear down part of the Indianapolis Star’s downtown headquarters while saving most of the building in a redevelopment that calls for 350 apartments—more units than the massive CityWay.
Emmis earnings signal improving radio business
Emmis Communications Corp. turned a profit in its latest fiscal quarter, rebounding from a big loss in the same period of the previous year.
Woof Boom to acquire 6 area radio stations
An Indianapolis investor group headed by longtime local radio broadcaster and executive Jerry Chapman will take over operations at the stations, including three in Muncie, on June 1.
Art imitates life in commercial based on Kosene family
Former Indianapolis filmmaker Alex Kosene bases the story in a local advertising shoot for a Swiss watchmaker on his relationship with his developer dad.
Station that switched to sports-talk strikes out in first inning
WXNT-AM says the mass exodus of its news-talk listener base was to be expected during transition to CBS Sports radio content.
WRTV adding employees, expanding newscasts
Lagging in the ratings, the local station is aiming for an uptick under new ownership with a morning news show on weekends.
‘Naptown’ rock-radio documentary vying for Emmy
The locally produced film about the golden age of WIBC, WIFE and WNAP will never break even, according to its producer, but an Emmy win would be satisfaction enough.
Escape artist Bill Shirk can’t escape the allure of broadcasting
Escape artist Bill Shirk has retired his straitjacket, but remains active in radio broadcasting. His firm, Hoosier Broadcasting, in recent years bought a handful of radio stations on the Hawaiian islands and Shirk owns and is investing more money in a Boone County radio station.
WTHR exec accused of discrimination lands new gig
WTHR’s John Cardenas, who was recently accused of sexual discrimination by his former executive assistant, has been named vice president of news for Dispatch Broadcast Group, the station’s parent company.
Young & Laramore launches all-digital campaign for Scotts
The growing preference for online-based advertising, exemplified by Y&L’s new campaign for the national lawn-care service, is helping sow the seeds of traditional media’s decline.
Stations switching weather lineups as Buchman nears return to air
Local television stations are each preparing in their own way for the return to the air this fall of popular weathercaster Angela Buchman.
NBC extends Notre Dame football contract through 2025
Notre Dame and NBC said the extension would begin in 2016 and run through the 2025 season. Financial terms were not announced. The current five-year contract is reportedly worth $15 million annually.