WISH-TV blows away rivals in storm-coverage ratings
Channel 8 earned bragging rights as the most-watched weather source during the tornado strikes on Sunday, although the Chicago Bears might have helped draw eyeballs.
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Faces changing on local TV news
Several new faces have been appearing on local television news broadcasts.
Colts’ victory over Broncos reaps ratings bonanza in Indianapolis
At one point, about 80 percent of the households in Indy watching TV Sunday night were tuned to Peyton Manning’s spoiled homecoming.
Ratings surge after Buchman arrives at WTHR
The debut of popular meteorologist Angela Buchman at WTHR-TV Channel 13 last month coincides with its newscast ratings' soaring like a cumulonimbus cloud on a hot afternoon.
Fox59 takes jab at Buchman’s return in billboard ads
WXIN-TV responds to the hype over Angela Buchman’s arrival at WTHR-TV with a billboard ad touting the clout of its Angela Ganote.
WTHR to boost tower power on signal gripes
The city’s top-rated news station wants to crank up its signal, saying it’s had more than 40 complaints about reception from over-the-air viewers since the conversion to all-digital broadcasting.
String of EEOC complaints dogs WTHR
A case brought early this year by the executive assistant to WTHR-TV Channel 13’s former president was the seventh since 2005 by a woman alleging sex discrimination at the NBC affiliate
Weatherman Wright feels wronged, leaving WTHR, report says
Channel 13’s chief meteorologist and 10-time Emmy winner reportedly was offered a pay cut and lesser role to make room for Angela Buchman.
Head-swap performed on WTHR general manager
Someone apparently forgot to tell Pablo Pereira, the weatherman at Fox affiliate KTTV-TV Channel 11 in Los Angeles, that he’d been promoted to president and general manager of WTHR-TV Channel 13 in Indianapolis.
WTHR lures new chief exec from another Indy station
The owner of WTHR-TV Channel 13 has reached into its broadcasting backyard to poach a new president and general manager for the station, hiring Larry Delia from WXIN-TV Fox59.
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.
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.
Gun control ads enrich local TV stations
Indianapolis television stations pocketed more than $332,000 in recent months by airing commercials from groups for and against Obama administration initiatives.
WTHR’s IRS investigation receives national honor
The station was honored for a six-month investigation into Internal Revenue Service mismanagement that resulted in fraudulent tax refunds for undocumented workers.
WTHR hires former producer as news director
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.
WISH-TV receives trio of awards from AP
Look for Channel 8 to trumpet its Outstanding News Operation, Best Newscast and Best Website awards from the Associated Press.
WTHR chief hit with discrimination lawsuit
The former executive assistant to WTHR-TV Channel 13 President John Cardenas has filed an age- and sexual-discrimination lawsuit against the station and parent Dispatch Broadcasting Group.
WTHR meteorologist leaving for position in Texas
WTHR-TV Channel 13 Meteorologist Chikage Windler is scheduled to sign off the local air Tuesday afternoon before departing for a new position in Texas in the latest in a series of shakeups involving local weathercasters.
TV news director departures shake up market
Three of Indianapolis’ four local TV news providers—WTHR-TV Channel 13, WISH-TV Channel 8 and WRTV-TV Channel 6—are looking for news directors.
Local NBC affiliate WTHR losing news director
The departure of Keith Connors from WTHR-TV Channel 13 will leave three out of the four local network television stations without a news director.