ShopTalk Indianapolis Local Stations Respond to Stage Collapse By Merrill Knox on Aug. 18, 2011 - 3:36 PM Indianapolis stations have devoted large portions of their newscasts this week to the aftermath of a stage collapse at the State Fair Saturday night, which killed five people and injured 48 more. All four major stations — WX ...
ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk | TVBiz SJL Holdings Submits a Bid for McGraw-Hill’s WRTV By Merrill Knox on Aug. 5, 2011 - 2:26 PM George Lilly’s SJL Holdings has entered an undisclosed bid to buy WRTV, the ABC affiliate in Indianapolis, from McGraw-Hill, TVNewsCheck reported today. McGraw-Hill announced the sale of their four local television station ...
ShopTalk | TV Biz May Sweeps Scoreboard: Indianapolis By Andrew Gauthier on May. 31, 2011 - 4:39 PM While WTHR remained dominant across the board, the NBC-affiliate’s longtime supremacy was chipped away at in May, especially in the morning. Fox-affiliate WXIN saw a 26.4% household increase for the 6 a.m. hour, moving into ...
Anchors | ShopTalk | TV Biz WRTV Anchor Battles AFTRA Over Dues By Andrew Gauthier on May. 23, 2011 - 4:58 PM Trisha Shepherd, who anchors the 6, 7, and 11 p.m. newscasts for Indianapolis’s WRTV, has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against AFTRA claiming that the union is trying to collect dues that she doesn’t owe. A ...
News Directors | ShopTalk WRTV Taps Indianapolis Veteran Kevin Finch to Lead News Department By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 4, 2011 - 6:13 PM Indianapolis’s WRTV has chosen Kevin Finch as its new news director. Previously, Finch held the ND post at rival station WISH, where he worked for six years. “Kevin’s knowledge of the Indianapolis market, his journalisti ...