Pence in March said she was leavingCBS4to spend more time with her three young children. INDIANAPOLIS The Marion County Prosecutor's Office filed charges Tuesday against a former Scecina Memorial High School volleyball coach. 1:04 Another WTHR-13 fixture is leaving the local news team. [citation needed], On September 2, 2007, WTHR celebrated its 50th anniversary;[11] the station used the song "Carousels (Dreaming of Tomorrow)" by Columbus-based rock band Alamoth Lane in an image campaign to promote the event (the song was also used in a market campaign by Columbus sister station WBNS to promote its upgrade to high definition newscasts). 13News Reporter - @JohnDoranTV. Please enable JavaScript to view this content. Social. The family tells 13News she died at home over the weekend, of natural causes. Stehr will be joined by current co-anchors Andrea Morehead and Anne Marie Tiernon, plus former WTHR anchor and veteran journalist Anne Ryder. We cannot thank John enough for his contributions as a journalist, storyteller, and ambassador of WTHR.. Much of WTHR's field video continued to be shot in pillarboxed 4:3 standard definition until October 2, 2007, when all video recorded and broadcast live outside the studio began to be broadcast in widescreen;[35] video recorded by the station's news crews is shot, edited and broadcast in the 1080i resolution. Matt McCutcheon, a reporter and anchor for WTHR since 2013, also departed in January, saying that he had retired from the news industry and was taking a corporate communications gig with a. Get the iOS Weather app. Rich van Wyk also retired, Andrea Morehead was unfairly terminated, and others have left as well. Founded by the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation, it originally operated as an ABC affiliate,[4][5] taking the affiliation from Bloomington-licensed WTTV (channel 4, now a CBS affiliate), which had affiliated with the network one year earlier. Channel 13 has made a difference in traffic operations You will find me on my new FB Mimi Pearce Traffic page, and I will still help you with my WFMS radio home journey. Editor's note: You can comment on IBJ stories by signing in to your IBJ account. "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. John Doran. Each weekday during the afternoon newscasts, WTHR will look back at his favorite stories during his long tenure at WTHR. to stay home & focus on my family. The study, which measured the popularity of 24 top news anchors, showed CBS' evening news host Pelley beating out CNN's Anderson Cooper by just one point. These Operation had been a long time franchises for WTHR. Lindsey Monroe is back home again in Indiana joining the Live Doppler 13 Weather Team in January 2018. Born and raised in Greenwood, Diaz said he will always be a Hoosier no matter where he goes. Brooke Hasch anchors WHAS11 News at Noon. 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. [30] The 2020 race (delayed from its usual date) aired on WTHR on August 23 due to attendance restrictions put in place before August 4, when IMS owner Roger Penske announced there would be no public admission for any of the year's events due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in the state. On March 16, 1996, WTHR began producing a nightly half-hour 10:00p.m. newscast for UPN affiliate WNDY-TV (now a MyNetworkTV affiliate). Of note, WTHR.com will feature an in-depth conversation among Stehr and the women who have shared the anchor desk with him. . Ive been doing this for 35 years, and its just kind of time, Milz, 60, told IBJ. [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. another viewerwrote on Facebook after WTHR's Naomi Pescovitz announced her departure. She wants viewers to recognize her when they turn on the TV and say, "That's my girl. Milzs departure is the latest in a spate of exits from the NBC affiliate. I really like Mary Milz and have always trusted her reporting. One of Meisners clients is Colette Stinger, Fanchon Stingers younger sister, who was Flints girlfriend. WTHR has seen the departure of at least three anchor/reporters since September. Fairbanks contended that the FCC had erred in awarding the last VHF channel allocation in Indianapolis to a company based in Ohio when there were viable applicants based in Indiana. And Ben Hill departed in September for a job in Nashville, Tennessee. 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. Stehr won numerous Regional Emmy Awards during his 23 years as lead anchor at WTHR. Stehrs career in journalism spans more than four decades. Meteorologist Andrew Humphrey is an Emmy Award-winning meteorologist, as well as AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM). 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For the next three years, the station waged a pitched battle with then-dominant WISH for first place. Reporter Steve Jefferson told IBJ last week that he had been given a job offer he couldnt refuse from highly regarded WFAA-TV Channel 8 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. According to the Wrap's new Q Score survey, CBS' Scott Pelley is the most-liked news anchor, while Chris Matthews falls in last place as the least-liked newscaster. A lifelong Hoosier, she most recently worked as a meteorologist in Memphis, Tennessee after spending four years forecasting the weather at WTHI-TV in Terre Haute, Indiana working as chief meteorologist on the morning show. And Ben Hill, who co-anchored WTHRs morning weekday news since 2016,departed last Septemberfor an anchor job in Nashville, Tennessee. 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. NBC News' Brian Williams and CNN's Chris Cuomo came in just behind Logan as the fourth and fifth most-liked, respectively. He was even described as a "Renaissance Man" and his life seemed to play that out. #BREAKINGNEWS I retired from TV today (for now!) Sorry to see Mary go, and Steve. WTHR will showcase Stehrs contributions during his final week as anchor of 13 Eyewitness News. Two local TV stations have added anchors to their news staffs. According to court documents, two students were using Kevin Griffin's laptop in August to enter a volleyball game schedule into a program. Boys - I am all yours! 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. Jill was one of Indy's biggest arts, food, and entertainment . "Getting the truth out there and truly being somebody who respects all opinions in this polarized world," Diaz said. WTHR occasionally runs special editions of its newscasts or its highlight program Sports Jam to cover Pacers or Fever games. A local news anchor isoften the last face people see before going to bed and the first person they see when they wake up. It also made an arrangement with National Educational Television to carry the first season of Sesame Street until WFYI, the PBS member station in Indianapolis, signed on in 1970. INDIANAPOLIS Former WTHR anchor and reporter Jill Ditmire has passed away at the age of 56. I will also miss the many people Ive met through my job, people from all walks of life, especially those who trusted me to tell their stories. Since 2006, regular season games currently televised over-the-air locally are split between WISH (from 1998 to 2014), and since 2015 WTTV (channel 4, through CBS' rights to the team's AFC affiliation), WXIN (channel 59, for select games televised by Fox in which the Colts play host to an NFC opponent at home since 1994, or since 2014, any games moved from WTTV via the new 'cross-flex' broadcast rules), with WTHR carrying non-preseason games and select Colts NFL games broadcast by NBC as part of the network's Sunday Night Football package. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Kopp told IndyStar this monththat after a year away from the anchor desk, he was actively searching for a new full-time job. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Hill grew up just north of Nashville, in Owensboro, KY, and is . Now it seems as if Dave and Taylor are both part-time at best, and produce no in-studio content. "I really dont know. He is also expected to contribute during WTHRs annual broadcast of the Circle of Lights celebration in November. He and his wife Mary Lou have three sons, Timothy, Paul and Phillip and a daughter-in-law Heidi and Courtney. if ( typeof LD == "object" ) { LD.initPage(); }. Diaz started with WTHR in 2016 as a Sunrise reporter. Upon his departure, Diaz and his family. By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. [17] Starting in August 2009, WTHR preempted regular program on this sub-channel for a high school football or basketball game under the titles, Operation Football Live and Operation Basketball Live, with marketing support from VYPE High School Sports Magazine. Elliot, who has been a CBS daytime anchor for about a year, had first shocked . Alyssa Raymond, a weekend anchor and weekday reporter,left the station in Octoberto take a job in her hometown of Pittsburgh. "Dude you were in the background of every 2 hour delay and school closing for my entire life," one viewer wrote on Facebook about WISH-TV's Dave Barras' retirement. [8] On the same day as the switch, VideoIndiana, the Dispatch subsidiary that held WTHR's license, filed a $33 million antitrust lawsuit against ABC and McGraw-Hill, alleging that WRTV's switch was closely tied to an earlier ABC affiliation deal involving McGraw-Hill's San Diego station, KGTV. Skip Navigation. Crosley also owned WLW radio in Cincinnati, WLWA (now WXIA-TV) in Atlanta, and WOAI-TV in San Antonio. WRTV and Flye. [12][13][14], WTHR shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 13, at 12:37a.m. on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. Join the thousands of business and community leaders and Indiana residents that choose IBJ as their primary local news source. Meanwhile, WRTV-TV Channel 6 has hired Megan Shinn as a morning anchor. She will be missed! These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels. Follow her on Twitter:@hollyvhays. Indianapolis News Correspondent Andrea Morehead recently filed a lawsuit against her former employee in an Indiana federal court. 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. Lawrence's hope, she said, is to build connections and understanding between community members. All Rights Reserved. [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. Rachel Fradette is a general assignment reporter at IndyStar. Purchase your ticket today. You can find a slideshow with the full list, including Nancy Grace, here. After 18 years as a reporter and news anchor at WRTV-TV Channel 6, Ericka Flye has flown the coup. "You'll do great in Minnesota. However, Cozi was retained by WTHR.2. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. "So, my 'reboot'is just about complete, and I'm ready to get back to work.". He was removed from the Sunrise program in the early morning of March 2016 to perform other tasks. Again it goes on. Bruce Kopp, who has been with WTHR since 1983, announced in a Facebook post that he will "wrap things up" at the NBC affiliate. In some cases, it even fell to fourth place in the local ratings behind then-independent station WTTV (despite WTTV being licensed to Bloomington and having incomplete signal coverage of the Indianapolis market at the time). Originally from Chicago, she attended North Carolina A&T State University, an HBCU, where she studied journalism and mass communication. Ben Hill, who has been a "Sunrise" co-anchor at WTHR-13 since 2016, is taking a TV job in Nashville. Which TV news anchor is your favorite? RIP, Jill. 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.". WTHR has received national honors for its news reporting over the years, including Peabody Awards for two 2006 reports, "Cause for Alarm" (an investigation into faulty tornado sirens in Indiana) and "Prescription Privacy" (an investigation of improper disposal of personal pharmacy records);[39] WTHR also earned a third Peabody for 2010's "Reality Check: Where Are the Jobs? Get Weather App. 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. The Wolfe family, owners of the Columbus Dispatch and WBNS-AM-FM-TV in Columbus, bought WLWI from Avco in August 1975; the Wolfes changed the station's call letters to WTHR on January 29, 1976. In his Facebook post, Kopp says he will pursue other career opportunities in the Indianapolis area. Former WTHR anchor John Stehr inducted into Hall of Fame 00:00 00:00 Congratulations to our friend and former news anchor John Stehr! From 2013 until 2016, WTHR served as an official sponsor of the Indiana Pacers and the Indiana Fever; the station displayed its on-court advertisements during all of the NBA and WNBA franchises' home games held at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse; these marked the only NBA and WNBA teams to be sponsored by an NBC-affiliated station following the loss of NBC's rights to the NBA for ABC and ESPN, and locally, WRTV in 2002; WTHR first carried Pacers games in 1990 when NBC acquired the NBA broadcast package, including the team's 2000 NBA Finals appearance. MSNBC's Alex Wagner was hanging on just slightly above Matthews, but she was ranked the least recognizable face among the 24 anchors. Paul, Minn., to launch a new 7 p.m. newscast. Part of HuffPost Media. In three decades with the station, Kopp held a variety of. That connection is something that Lawrence is hoping to bring to her new role as a weekday evening news anchor for WTHR. Stehr will be joined by current co-anchors Andrea Morehead and Anne Marie Tiernon, plus former WTHR anchor and veteran journalist Anne Ryder. Employers, Weve Got You Covered! Josh Elliot was abruptly fired by CBS News on Monday and escorted out of the building by security. Here are 8 other big tours skipping Indianapolis. At the very bottom of the list was "Hardball" host Matthews, whose ratings have suffered in recent months compared to his competitors on CNN and Fox News. GET THE LATEST IBJ NEWS IN YOUR INBOX. "I just felt so fortunate to have viewers that genuinely cared," she said. What to Look For When Hiring Cleaning Services, Automated page speed optimizations for fast site performance. [citation needed], From 1957 to 1962, the station was tied up in one of the most heated licensing disputes in early television history. And what the heck happened to local sports coverage? However, speedway officials have stated they would allow a live broadcast on WTHR if the race sells out before race day. Her husband, Scott Peterson, was later convicted of her murder. Kopp has worked in a variety of roles at WWHR, including as a business journalist and weekly anchorage. Linda Hurtado Linda Hurtado anchors the FOX 13 News at Noon as well as the FOX 13 News at 4 and 5 p.m. Kimberly Kuizon Kimberly Kuizon joined the FOX 13 Team in March 2013. "Everything is pulling us to Florida," Diaz, 51, told IndyStar. In March 2016, he was moved from the station's early-morning program to focus on "other tasks.". INDIANAPOLIS Former WTHR anchor John Stehr was inducted into the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame during a ceremony Tuesday. Despite being suspended from CBS News after airing an erroneous Benghazi report in November, "60 Minute's" Lara Logan was the third most-liked newscaster and the #1 most-liked female anchor. ), 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. Personally, Im going to miss my weekly journalistic debates with Mary about what to cover and how to cover it. ", which revealed grossly exaggerated job creation claims made by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation. Investigative reporter Sandra Chapman resigned in January after 17 years at the station and 34 years in local news. ", Related: Ex-WTHR meteorologist Nicole Misencik joins Indy marketing firm. "I think that I am a stronger journalist having stepped outside of the industry," she said. transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts, Radio and Television News Directors Association, "Tegna Selling To Standard General For $5.4 Billion", "This is who owns each of Indianapolis' local TV stations", "WRTV Indianapolis latest to heed ABC's siren song", "WBNS-TV Station Image Promo; Alamoth Lane - Carousels (Dreaming of Tomorrow)", "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds", "Universal Sports Network is on the air in central Indiana! While the MSNBC host's recognizability score was fairly high, his likability score was the lowest out of his peers. wthr anchors leaving Actualidad. ", Related:When TV meteorologist Randy Ollis won that culture war. "Once I came and I [visited] for the interview, I was sold," she said. Contact her atrfradette@indystar.comor follow her on Twitter at @Rachel_Fradette. Sad to see her go always appreciate TV journalists who are actually out and about doing reporting and dont just sit in front of a monitor and read whats on it like the WTHR evening anchors do. WIVB-TV (Channel 4) meteorologist Andrew Baglini will leave the station next week after seven years. Kopp's departure comes weeks after former WTHR reporter Jeremy Brilliant announced that he was leaving journalism. [25], On June 11, 2019, Dispatch announced it would sell its broadcasting assets, including WTHR and WALV-CD, to Tegna Inc. for $535 million in cash. Get News App. [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. 27 febrero, 2023 . The KUTV News collection includes 241 recorded airchecks between January 5 . Stehr is a graduate of Eries Gannon University. [19], On December 14, 2011, the Dispatch Broadcast Group signed an agreement with MeTV to affiliate with WTHR; the station began carrying the classic television network on its second digital subchannel on January 1, 2012, replacing Universal Sports (which converted into a cable- and satellite-only network on that date). Founded in 1957 WTHR is owned by Dispatch Broadcast Group ofColumbus, Ohio. [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. So when an anchor, this fixture in our daily lives,departs, viewers feel a loss. She also contributed to the programs "Indiana Outdoors" and "The Good Life.". [44] In 2012, WTHR earned two Murrow Awards for its breaking news coverage of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse and in the spot news category, which was given to WTHR videographer Steve Rhodes.[45]. [citation needed], The District of Columbia Court of Appeals overturned the FCC's decision in 1958, but allowed Crosley to continue running the station pending further action by the FCC. Also, work she pre-taped featuring Heartland Film will air this Thursday night on WFYI. Baglini announced on his Twitter account today: I do not know what will happen next, but I hope to find out and I will let you know when I do.. Her last day on-air was March 21. Since his final sign-off, Barras told IndyStar he hasbeen settling into retirement, which he said still feels a little like a vacation. 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