This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. @WTHRcom has been a Rev media partner for coming up on years this May! Can't believe the wthr made that move. 13News Reporter - @JohnDoranTV. love Nicole Pence and I really miss her.read or download more about financial info from here Click here now :-). We need the truth. https://t.co/JUlSOLVufc pic.twitter.com/qruCFNZfkT. Broadcasting can be a very political. karma. About. Go watch Fox news if you want entertainment. Ben Hill, who has been a "Sunrise" co-anchor at WTHR-13 since 2016, is taking a TV job in Nashville. 2022-23 Looking for Talent? Nominate a company for IBJs exclusive ranking of fastest-growing privately held companies by March 1st. Kopp has served in a variety of roles at WTHR, including business reporter and weekend anchor. Editor's note: You can comment on IBJ stories by signing in to your IBJ account. Pearce, who grew up in Martinsville and is a1986 Butler University graduate,came to WTHR in 2002 as the Sunrise team traffic anchor. Pearce's post received more than 500 comments with many viewers outraged -- not only that Pearce was being let go from the station, but that it happened duringan uncertain time in America with the coronavirus outbreak. It is important to note the difference between widescreen and high definition, as these three elements are being shot in 1080i, but due to current editing, transmission and storage facilities they are converted to a lower resolution for broadcast. Boys - I am all yours! unethical is her middle name from friends to work. As a result, today is my last day on the station," she wrote, next to a photo of her with the quote: "She is clothed in strength and dignity and she laughs without fear of the future. She has a terrible TV voice and delivery. Doesn't even come close to enjoyable for me. IndyStar reporters Johnny Magdaleno and Chris Sims contributed to this report. Right, because they're not news anchors there to report, not to entertain. In three decades with the station, Kopp held a variety of. Morehead. She should sue so there would be an investigation into her filing. 2019-20 - Former Indy 500 Driver Crosses College Finish Line. I really enjoyed watching Nicole Pence on the weekends especially when it was Nicole and Nicole. TheEmmy Award-winningnews anchor suingWTHR-TV Channel 13's parent companyafter alleging she suffered unlawful and discriminatory actionssaid Wednesday the allegations laid out in the lawsuit are just a "small portion" of the treatment she received. Kevin Gregory (the chief meteorologist) is the son of former WTHR chief meteorologist Bob Gregory. Heres how it got the story. Dan O'Rourke, after news internship became WRTV's youngest reporter @ age 21 & youngest anchor @ 22. I'm done with you. Nicole was great and I will miss her. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisFSims. Kopp has served in a variety of roles at WTHR, including business reporter and weekend anchor. At one time, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, Kevin Silva had the biggest Batman collection you'd find anywhere in the entire world. For many local television news viewers, the anchors arenearly members of the family. Here's what you need to know about Andrea Morehead's lawsuit: Morehead is a seven-time Emmy Award-winning news anchor, who most recently worked for the NBC affiliate at WTHR-TV Channel 13 in Indianapolis, according to her Twitter profile. I watched the Today Show for many yrs. Please note our updated comment policy that will govern how comments are moderated. Im still figuring it out. Our former anchor and news director died in December of 2007. A local news anchor isoften the last face people see before going to bed and the first person they see when they wake up. 13News Anchor - @JennieWTHR. ", Search for accused Johnson County scammer ends in arrest, Boone County Deputy Jacob Pickett remembered on 5 year anniversary of line of duty death, Live Doppler 13 Weather Blog: Record-breaking rain raises ongoing flood concerns, Live Doppler 13 Weather Blog: Mild air returns with more rain, snow returning late week. The most challenging time in the history of modern human kind and you do this now?" So in 1979, WTHR swapped affiliations with WRTV and became an NBC affiliate. They capture insider Rev news leading up to and at Rev! They worked well together and made it enjoyable. SERVE OTHERS. She must be sleeping with a producer to keep that job. According to the Detroit Free Press he was a Marine, then a self-taught videographer who played bass on the side. Her TV career started as an anchor/reporter for the ABC and NBC affiliates in Joplin, Missouri. She described the "intentional roadblocks" she says she experienced from company management as the "antithesis of fairness, equality, and humanity.". "One thing thats been unusual is how many people have asked me what are you going to do now," he said. 13.2 SkyTrak WX Network She was the 1982 Morgan County Fair queen, the early morning voice for 30 years on 95.5-WFMS in between country songs and banter and, for the past 19years, she was the woman directing traffic in the mornings on WTHR Sunrise. Fred Rogers. Good for you Mary much success in anything you chose to do going forward life is not a dress rehearsal! I hope everyone feels better now after throwing your opinions around on something they really know nothing about. The Wolfe family, owners of the Columbus Dispatch and WBNS-TV in Columbus, bought the station from Avco in 1974 and changed the calls to WTHR two years later. She loves traveling internationally, dance, sci-fi movies, eating at new restaurants and learning new languages! Connie Chung turns 70 on August 20th. Felicia Lawrence, who has previously worked in Charlotte, Chicago and Wichita, joined WTHR as a weekday evening news anchor in early February. The new girl is awful.You really screwed up WTHR. She will be missed! Maybe, she should have played it safe and done stupid stories like Carrie Cline did at the toy store. Four! Join the thousands of business and community leaders and Indiana residents that choose IBJ as their primary local news source. . Sun Sign: Pisces. 13.3 Universal Sports, Channel 13 (1957-2009) Award Recipients 20 in their Twenties CFO of the Year 2022 Honorees Past Recipients Fast25 Health Care Heroes 2021 Honorees Nominations Past Recipients HR Impact Awards Michael A. Carroll Award. Example video title will go here for this video. One of the other competitors, Richard Fairbanks, owner of WIBC-AM 1070 sued the FCC. They were a great duo!And yes, politics are all over television, that is why she got her job, and I guess Karma made the last call. Shes been an anchor, reporter, TV Host, and radio commentator on ABC, NBC, CW, FOX affiliates, as well as nationally on FOX News Channel. . She covered news, politics, culture, hot topics and chatted with Hollywood celebs like Denzel Washington, Gabrielle Union, Giuliana Rancic and so many more! It was also dogged by a weaker network affiliation; ABC would not be on an equal footing with CBS and NBC until the 1970s. WISH-TV then assumed responsibility of the production of WNDY's 10 p.m. newscast. She will be very successful. 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. 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. He was moved from the early-morning "Sunrise"program in March 2016 to take on "other tasks." Truly painful to watch. Crosley/Avco poured a lot of money into WLWI, but eventually concluded that it was a third-rate operation and put it up for sale. In 2009, Flye founded a not-for-profit organization, Wings to Flye Inc., focused on youth empowerment. Biles credits IndyStar for revealing gymnastics abuse. Ratings were slow to improve until the mid-1990s, when WTHR hired former CBS News correspondent John Stehr to anchor its evening newscasts. You are a class act and we wish you nothing but the best! He and his wife, Kathy, who also retired this year, are planning a trip to Los Angeles and eventually plan to take a cruise through the Panama Canal. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals overturned the FCC's decision in 1958, but allowed Crosley to continue running the station pending further FCC action. Through a lawyer, Pearce responded to the IndyStar, saying she had no comment at this time other than "WTHR made changes to its traffic operations" and she can stillbe heard on WFMS. 1. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) originally awarded the license to a group headed by Union Federal Savings and Loan president George Sadlier. Anonymous Replier. Heres how it got the story. 2021-22 Hoosiers Talk About Why Indiana is a Great Place for Your Career, 2020-21 Todays College Students Older, Wiser, 2019-20 Former Indy 500 Driver Crosses College Finish Line, WRTV anchor Starrantino leaving station for new job in California, Fox59 adds Indianapolis-area native to meteorology team, Kurt Vonnegut Museum earns states first Literary Landmark designation. Beginning with the 10 p.m. Eyewitness News Nightbeat newscast on November 12, 2006, WTHR became the first station in Indiana to broadcast local news in High Definition, making it one of only seven TV stations in the Midwest broadcasting news in HD (the others being fellow Indianapolis station WISH-TV, WKYC-TV in Cleveland, KSDK in St. Louis, KARE-TV in Minneapolis/St. Look for her someday on the Today Show or GMA, if she chooses to continue a career in broadcasting. Here's a look at some of the changes. Please know that I will always be in your service.". 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His last day on the air with WTHR is Wednesday. Either way, the truth is liable to come out seeing how Pence is consulting with her attorney. 17. She and her husband welcomed twin boys in December 2015 and had a third son in January 2017. another viewerwrote on Facebook after WTHR's Naomi Pescovitz announced her departure. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Julia Moffitt. We always looked forward to the Nicole's on the weekend. In honor of her work, a conversation in memory of Jill will air Tuesday morning during "All Things Considered." WHAS11.com is the official website for WHAS-TV, your trusted source for breaking news, weather and sports in Louisville, KY. WHAS11.com. Follow IndyStar sports reporter Dana Benbow on Twitter: @DanaBenbow. Among the allegations, Morehead said co-workers had taken bets on her return to work after radiation and immunotherapy during her battle with cancer. Other material must be reorganized into appropriate categories of articles. And Ben Hill, who co-anchored WTHRs morning weekday news since 2016,departed last Septemberfor an anchor job in Nashville, Tennessee. Employers, Weve Got You Covered! "It's the hardest and most rewarding job ever," Pence said. ("Chronology of call letters WTHR") . Kris Kirshner was head over heels better than Nicole Pence on weekend sunrise. The study, which measured the popularity of 24 top news anchors, showed CBS' evening news host Pelley beating out CNN 's Anderson Cooper by . God Bless!". Malcom Maddox is less famous than the other people on this list, but in Detroit he was a respected anchor. I loved Nicole Pence and I really miss her and Nicole Misensik on the weekends. Shutterstock. All rights reserved. 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. Alyssa Raymond, a weekend anchor and weekday reporter,left the station in Octoberto take a job in her hometown of Pittsburgh. "Guess the old saying is right: Time flies when youre having fun," Barras said during his final broadcast on Dec. 1. For the next three years, the station waged a pitched battle with then-dominant WISH for first place. The one they should fire is Anne Marie Tiernon. ", "I am grateful to each and every one of you. "As the sun sets on this chapter, I will now take time to heal, forgive, and press forward. Many viewers took to Facebook to tellstories of how Pearce had helped them through the years. I hate to see you go.". "Really WTHR? To Anonymous: If you were a news anchor like you claim, it's obvious you have a green eyed monster rearing its ugly head, as both Nicole Pence and Teresa Tanoos were why I watched WTHR in the first place. Felicia Lawrence currently co-anchors the top rated 5pm news hour at WTHR-Channel 13 and contributes to the 11pm newscast. Whether youre a broker, developer, or serve the real estate industry, youre invited to a night of mixing + mingling. Viewers who want to keep up with Pescovitz can follow her on Facebook and Twitter,and they can stream her new show, which covers a mix of local and national news,online. I always enjoyed Nicole's reporting. Tiernon is currently the 5:30 and 6 PM anchor.====Current on-air staff (as of July 2010)====. Her voice was annoying and seemed contrived. WTHR quickly moved from third to second place after a botched relaunch at WRTV. The previous owner, Dispatch Broadcast Group, held the station for 44 years. A year later, Crosley and Fairbanks reached a deal in which Fairbanks bought WLWA in return for allowing Crosley to keep WLWI. In some cases, it even fell to fourth place behind WTTV. Also, work she pre-taped featuring Heartland Film will air this Thursday night on WFYI. No specific dollar amount is mentioned in the lawsuit. After leaving Channel 13, Jill went on to own a wine shop on Mass Ave and later featured artist and musicians through a program called "Curious Mix" at WFYI. Call IndyStar reporter Holly Hays at (317) 444-6156. On Tuesday, IBJ reported that WISH-TV Channel 8 is losing two popular on-air personalities: morning anchor Lauren Lowrey and reporter Brittany Lewis. 2023 www.indystar.com. Pence in March said she was leavingCBS4to spend more time with her three young children. 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. Very sad news to share. In my opinion you have lostyour best female broadcaster. Nicole was moving up the ladder at a rapid pace. Condolences to her friends and family. Kopp told IndyStar this monththat after a year away from the anchor desk, he was actively searching for a new full-time job. With new ownership in place, on-air quality began to improve, but WTHR was still rating third behind WISH and WRTV. INDIANAPOLIS Former WTHR-13 news anchor Andrea Morehead has filed a civil lawsuit against the station and its owners. As a health beat reporter, I've never seen anyone who can't pronounce medical terms or the products she's reporting on, like her. Here's a look at some of the anchors we had to say goodbye to in 2017. AnotherWTHR-13 fixture is leaving the local news team. "Channel 13 has made a change to traffic operations. Nicole Misencik (AMS Seal of Approval) - Meteorologist; weekend mornings, and weekends at 6 p.m. Jude Redfield (NWA Seal of Approval) - Meteorologist; weekdays at noon and weeknights at 5 p.m. David Calabro - Sports Director; weeknights at 6 and Sunday-Thursdays at 11 p.m. Eric Yutzy - Sports Anchor; weekends at 6 and 11 p.m., also sports reporter, Dick Rea - sports reporter and fill-in anchor, Cat Andersen - general assignment reporter, Jeremy Brilliant - general assignment reporter, Sandra Chapman - investigative reporter ("13 Investigates"), Lynsay Clutter - general assignment reporter, Richard Essex - general assignment reporter, Captain Paul Kasey - morning traffic reporter ("SkyWatch Traffic"), Emily Longnecker - general assignment reporter, David MacAnally - general assignment reporter, Mimi Pierce - morning traffic reporter ("SkyWatch Traffic"), Jennifer Reyes - general assignment reporter, Bob Segall - investigative reporter ("13 Investigates"), Tom Walker - Washington, DC correspondent, Rich Van Wyk - money and education reporter, Linda Allen (Reporter; now 5, 6 & 10 p.m. anchor at, Chris Bavender (Reporter; now Communications Director for the Indiana Attorney General), Phil Bremen (Weekend anchor/reporter; currently Telecommunications Professor at Ball State University), Brent Cameron (Weekend meteorologist; now at, Bob Campbell (Former News Director; now Realtor "Reliable Robert"; Bellingham, WA), Pat Carlini (Meteorologist in the late 1980s and weekday morning anchor until 2004), Tom Cochrun (Anchor from 19811996; former news director at WISH-TV), Ray Cortopassi (Freelance anchor/reporter 2008-2009, now morning anchor at rival, Mark Craft (5 p.m. & 6 p.m. producer; now Director, External Communications, Duke Energy), Lis Daily (19592002), (Community Affairs Director; died in 2002 from cancer), Linsey Davis (Now reporter for ABC NewsOne), Debbie Denmon (Weekend morning anchor in the late 1990s; now at, Jill Ditmire (Weekday anchor; now feature reporter at WISH-TV and WFYI-TV Indianapolis), Duane Dow (Sports anchor; resigned for personal reasons), Bill Donnella (Reporter; now owner of his own production company, Videos & Such, in Indianapolis), Bill Gephardt (Consumer Reporter in the 1980s; now at KUTV, Salt Lake City, UT), Bob Gregory Former Chief Meteorologist (semi-retired, occasionally appears on WTHR during his Coats For Kids campaign), Cameron Harper (Anchor in the 1980s; now at, Roger Harvey (Anchor/reporter; now Senior Vice President, Bose Public Affairs Group, Indianapolis), Kim Hood (Anchor/reporter; married to former US Congressman, Rhori Johnston (Weekend anchor from 19992005; now at, Glendal Jones (Weekend anchor/reporter; now a writer with Indianapolis Woman magazine), Theresa Joyce (Reporter from 19941997;now freelance Travel Editor/Writer), Parella Lewis (Weekend meteorologist from 20042007, now at, Pete Liebengood (Sports anchor; early-mid-80s), Anita Malichi (Anchor/reporter from mid-1990s to 2001), Bill Meck (Former meteorologist; now Chief Meteorologist at, Lynda Moore (Medical reporter/anchor from 19952004), Angie Moreschi (Anchor/investigative reporter; now freelance journalist & media consultant in, Cliff Nicholson - Weekend Nightbeat meteorologist, Peggy Nicholson (Former host of "Peggy and the Vantastics"), Lee Owens (Weekend sports anchor/reporter), Jean Palmer (Consumer reporter, late 1970s; resigned to work for Eli Lilly and Co.), Susan Parks (Weekend anchor in early 1990s, later of, Rich Pegram (VP and General Manager (19942007), now at WFTS-TV in Tampa, FL), Jeremy Rogalski (Investigative reporter; now at, Nancy Rogers (Weekend weathercaster/reporter), Betsy Ross (Anchor, now sports reporter at, Anne Ryder (Anchor/reporter; now community speaker), Stephanie Soviar (Feature Reporter 2006-07, now at, Randal Stanley (Former Weathercaster, Producer, Executive Producer; now GM of News 12 NJ), Teresa Tanoos (Medical reporter, now host of Healthy Living), Paul Udell (News anchor; recently retired from, Carrie Van Dyke (Anchor; now spokesperson for Indiana Special Education Administrators' Services (ISEAS)), Pam Vaught (Producer, Executive Producer; now News Director at, Erik Waxler (Sports anchor/reporter from 19982006; now at, Walt Zwirko (Reporter/photographer/producer 1975-1980; now Senior Web News Editor at. Dedicated to the advancement of the State of Indiana by re-affirming our state's constitutional principles that: all people are created equal; no religious test shall be imposed on our public officials and offices of trust; and no special privileges or immunities shall be granted to any class of citizens which are not granted on the same terms to all citizens. Since 1974, WTHR has been owned by the Dispatch Broadcast Group of Columbus, Ohio. The WISH-TV anchor announced in Augustthat he would retirebefore theend of the yearafterspending more than 37 years with the station. You can read about Hugh's career HERE . WTHR is owned by Virginia-based Tegna Inc., which acquired the station in 2019. Earlier in 2020, political reporterKevin Rader retiredand traffic reporterMimi Pierce leftas part of a change in the way the station covered commuting. "I really dont know. Amid this instability in ownership, WLWI found the going rather difficult. Fairbanks claimed that the FCC had erred in awarding the last VHF license in Indianapolis to a company based in Cincinnati when there were viable potential licensees in Indianapolis. 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WTHR's Bruce Kopp After 33 years with WTHR, Kopp announced in January that he was leaving the station to pursue other opportunities. Rich van Wyk also retired, Andrea Morehead was unfairly terminated, and others have left as well. BE A GIANT. I think that is ridiculous that Nicole would be fired for a similar story that another tv station had aired a few years ago! Wow! Now it seems as if Dave and Taylor are both part-time at best, and produce no in-studio content. Mimi Pearce, 55, was let go from the Tegna-owned television station Wednesday morning, according to a Facebook post on her Mimi Pearce WTHR page. WTHR News Director Jeff Rosetti said Milz has been part of a long line of outstanding journalists to cover the city for the station. "Its true that I am taking that crucial step toward opening my heart, my mind, and my soul to walk with the wind, and continue to be an agent of good change for others," Morehead wrote. He was even described as a "Renaissance Man" and his life seemed to play that out. Flye's departure is the third one in this market to make news this week. Chung came into the limelight as the first woman to co-anchor "CBS. Morehead on Jan. 13 filed a lawsuitin Indiana federal court againstWTHR-TV's parent company Tegna, Inc. claiming employees at the station harassed and discriminated against her.
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