I really like Mary Milz and have always trusted her reporting. Copyright 2023 NewsCheckMedia LLC, 238 Crosshill Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096 | 610-649-7989. Glaros left her home state in 2016 to move to Kentucky. For many local television news viewers, the anchors arenearly members of the family. "So, my 'reboot'is just about complete, and I'm ready to get back to work.". She wants viewers to recognize her when they turn on the TV and say, "That's my girl. [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]. As per longstanding policies, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will require WTHR to black out the live broadcast locally to encourage residents and tourists to attend the race, though it will allow WTHR to air the race on tape delay that night. Upon his departure, Diaz and his family will move to Orlando, Florida, to join their extended family. What to Look For When Hiring Cleaning Services, Automated page speed optimizations for fast site performance. Theyre nearly unwatchable. "Watching you early in the morning meant there was a chance the day was gonna be awesome. 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.. Brian Wilkes was head of meteorology at FOX59 until July 1995. 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. 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. Which TV news anchor is your favorite? He graduated from Columbia College with a bachelors degree in communications science. Contact her atrfradette@indystar.comor follow her on Twitter at @Rachel_Fradette. Story Continues Below Meanwhile, WRTV-TV Channel 6 has hired Megan Shinn as a morning. Please enable JavaScript to view this content. His last day on the air with WTHR is Wednesday. The correct order should be #15: Bill O'Reilly, #16: Piers Morgan, #17: Nancy Grace and #18: Sean Hannity. Here are 8 other big tours skipping Indianapolis. Get the Android app from Google Play. When "The Jam" wrapped last April, Lawrence decided to take a leap in a different direction. Bruce Kopp, who has been with WTHR since 1983, announced in a Facebook post that he will "wrap things up" at the NBC affiliate.. 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. The station first signed on the air on October 30, 1957, as WLWI. February 13, 2017. From 1985 to 1989, she worked at KTPX-TV Channel 9 in Midland, Texas, as an anchor, reporter and producer. TV anchors and reporters who left Indianapolis. I feel like those experiences have just made me a better person overall.". WIVB-TV (Channel 4) meteorologist Andrew Baglini will leave the station next week after seven years. Here's a look at some of the anchors we had to say goodbye to in 2017. Follow her on Twitter @AllisonLCarter. 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. Founded in 1957 WTHR is owned by Dispatch Broadcast Group ofColumbus, Ohio. Rich van Wyk also retired, Andrea Morehead was unfairly terminated, and others have left as well. [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. WTHR is owned by Virginia-based Tegna Inc., which acquired the station in 2019. 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[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. Bruce Kopp, who has been with WTHR since 1983, announced in a Facebook post that he will "wrap things up" at the NBC affiliate. Earlier in 2020, political reporterKevin Rader retiredand traffic reporterMimi Pierce leftas part of a change in the way the station covered commuting. [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. Ben Hill, who has been a "Sunrise" co-anchor at WTHR-13 since 2016, is taking a TV job in Nashville. Matt McCutcheon, a reporter and anchor for WTHR since 2013, also departed in January, sayingthat he had retired from the news industry and was taking a corporate communications gig with a local life sciences firm. According to the Detroit Free Press he was a Marine, then a self-taught videographer who played bass on the side. 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. Ex-WTHR meteorologist Nicole Misencik joins Indy marketing firm, When TV meteorologist Randy Ollis won that culture war, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Channel 13 called itself "WLW-I" to highlight its association with WLW radio, a 50,000-watt clear channel station whose daytime signal reached portions of the Indianapolis area. In March 2016, he was moved from the station's early-morning program to focus on "other tasks.". If you have not registered, please sign up for a free account now. "With so many established and blossoming local ventures underway," Kopp wrote, "I am extremely excited about the opportunities ahead.". 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. In 1961, the FCC awarded Fairbanks the channel 13 license, but Crosley appealed. 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. ", Related:When TV meteorologist Randy Ollis won that culture war. We cannot thank John enough for his contributions as a journalist, storyteller, and ambassador of WTHR.. WHAS11.com is the official website for WHAS-TV, your trusted source for breaking news, weather and sports in Louisville, KY. WHAS11.com. INDIANAPOLIS Former WTHR anchor and reporter Jill Ditmire has passed away at the age of 56. ", "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. Good for you Mary much success in anything you chose to do going forward life is not a dress rehearsal! "Once I came and I [visited] for the interview, I was sold," she said. "I really dont know. After five years, Glaros announced her decision to leave WDRB news. Hill grew up just north of Nashville, in Owensboro, KY, and is . I have to think some of this is due to the change in ownership and the Tegnafication of the news broadcasts. The Most And Least Liked News Anchors Revealed. At KNTV-TV Channel 11 in the San Francisco Bay Area from 2002 to 2003, she covered the disappearance of Laci Peterson, who was eight months pregnant when last seen alive. The lawsuit comes after a recent battle with breast cancer. He was removed from the Sunrise program in the early morning of March 2016 to perform other tasks. Again it goes on. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) originally awarded the construction permit to build a television station on channel 13 to a group headed by Union Federal Savings and Loan president George Sadlier. With the transition of broadcast television rights to the Indianapolis 500 to NBC in 2019, WTHR replaced WRTV (which had carried the race since 1980) as the local broadcaster of the race, returning the race to WTHR for the first time since 1979 (when it was an ABC station). Skip Navigation. Here's a look at some of the changes. Get News App. anchor (1982-1989; left for CNBC and CBS News; now primary anchor at WTHR in Indianapolis), Ruth Todd - news brief anchor/fill-in anchor/reporter (now semi-retired). On his Facebook page, Kopp said he would look for other job opportunities in the Indianapolis area. It has long since left its ratings-challenged past behind, and is now one of the strongest NBC affiliates in the nation. That connection is something that Lawrence is hoping to bring to her new role as a weekday evening news anchor for WTHR. Mimi Pearce, 55, was released on Tegna television on Wednesday morning, according to a Facebook post by Mimi Pearce WWHR. The lawsuit comes after a recent battle with breast cancer. On September 18 each year she celebrates her birthday. Starting Friday, Channel 4 will add a fifth weather forecast: Kasey Reigner, a 23-year-old Franklin native and graduate of Penn State University. "I was very straightforward with who I am," she said. 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. Investigative reporter Sandra Chapman resigned in January after 17 years at the station and 34 years in local news. Heres how it got the story. The station also acquired the local rights to two Colts regular season games during the 2013 season between the San Diego Chargers (on October 14, which aired on ESPN's Monday Night Footballwhose Colts broadcasts are normally carried over-the-air by WNDY-TV (channel 23)) and the Tennessee Titans (on November 14, which aired on NFL Network's Thursday Night Football). Stehr has traveled the world covering events and stories, including Cuba, South Africa, Russia, Italy, Australia, and Afghanistan. "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. Please note our updated comment policy that will govern how comments are moderated. Longtime WTHR-TV Channel 13 anchor Bruce Kopp on Tuesday morning announced his departure from the station. 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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