God is good and worthy to be praised. My heart hurts for all you my viewer family as I know there are a lot of questions and concerns about why I am not on the air and when I will return. Ratings gradually improved in the 1980s with NBC's powerful prime time lineup, but not enough to get the station out of third place. She is a woman of above-average stature. The two have tasked themselves with sweeping the sidewalk daily to allow for foot traffic and to deter police from complaining about their belongings. [6], WLWI was one of four Crosley stations that made up the WLW Television Network. By signing up to the Blaze News newsletter you agree to receive electronic communications from Blaze Media that may sometimes include advertisements or sponsored content. I cant spend #Thanksgiving with my parents this year which breaks my heart, and I know a lot of you are in the same situation. She anchors the 5 p.m. hour with Anne Marie Tiernon and the 11 p.m. hour with Scott Swan. Brooks is a Georgia native who spent the past four years as a reporter and morning anchor for the Alabama News Network in Mongomery. 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, Hospitals spend millions in race to hire traveling nurses, Greenlight Guru celebrates new, larger downtown offices, Q&A: Feltman explains his desire to foster statewide connections, Lori Smith: Putting Indy on the cutting edge of health, science and tech, Demand for COVID testing skyrockets as delta surges, Republic sues flight school students over deal for reduced tuition, Investors wary as Elanco pins hopes on new products, Robotics curriculum initiative targets younger, nonwhite kids. In neighboring Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass has spent much of her first two months in office issuing emergency orders aimed at quelling the ongoing homeless crisis. Upon her contract termination, Felicia moved to Winston-Salem and landed a job at the WNAA-90.1 FM as the producer and co-host for ten months. And it's getting bigger and there's just a lot that's happening here, and I want it to be a part of it.". This is 50 years in the making.". The transition at NBC affiliate WTHR follows four notable Indianapolis TV departures in 2020: Contact IndyStar reporter David Lindquist at dave.lindquist@indystar.com or 317-444-6404. The event was restricted to 40% capacity to allow for social distancing. Originally from Chicago, she attended North Carolina A&T State University, an HBCU, where she studied journalism and mass communication. As of now, she is working as a weekday evening news anchor and host for WTHR since February 2022. In three decades with the station, Kopp held a variety of. WTHR General Manager Michael Brouder told IndyStar he cannot comment on pending litigation. [citation needed], Meanwhile, ABC gradually rose to first place during the decade and was seeking out stronger affiliates in many markets. Crosley also owned WLW radio in Cincinnati, WLWA (now WXIA-TV) in Atlanta, and WOAI-TV in San Antonio. As a result, Patrick Henry High School's principal, Michelle Irwin, "paused" the decision. It has long since left its ratings-challenged past behind, and is now one of the strongest NBC affiliates in the nation. [15][16], In February 2009, WTHR began affiliating its third sub-channel with Universal Sports. 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. Before his stint at WTHR, he worked at TV stations in Greenville, South Carolina; Tyler, Texas; and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images. Felicia Lawrence is an American Journalist and TV Personality. Andy Fales Anchor Zach Fisher Iowa Capitol Bureau Reporter Mark Freund Sports Anchor Elias Johnson Anchor . Jennie Runevitch. Those honors classes, which are no longer available, failed to enroll enough black and Latino students. 2022-23 Looking for Talent? Just prior to joining Channel 11, she spent three years as an anchor and reporter at WTHR in Indianapolis. I'm excited for this new experience," Lawrence said. "We really feel equity means offering opportunities to students of diverse backgrounds, not taking away opportunities for advanced education and study," Culver City parent Joanna Schaenman, who helped spearhead the effort, told the WSJ. According to his LinkedIn account, he worked at WTHR until December. When presented with these requests her bosses would ask for additional medical documentation from doctors and share the details of her cancer diagnosis with other employees, which was information she didn't intend to share, according to the complaint. "As a direct and proximate result of TEGNAs unlawful and discriminatory actions, Andrea Morehead suffered, and continues to suffer, damages including to but not limited to loss of income and benefits, embarrassment, humiliation, damage to her personal and professional reputation, and emotional distress," wrote Kinnard in the complaint. IE 11 is not supported. Combined, the two programs would add roughly 100 beds for unhoused people. WTHR and WRTV swapped networks on June 1, 1979, with channel 13 becoming the market's NBC affiliate and channel 6 becoming an ABC affiliate. Bass declared a state of emergency on homelessness on her first day as mayor and said she intends to move more than 17,000 homeless people into interim and permanent housing during her first year in office. I hope I do her proud! Emmy award-winning news anchor Andrea Morehead is suing the parent company of WTHR-TV Channel 13 after alleging that employees at the news station harassed and discriminated against her during her battle with breast cancer. [23] By May 26, 2017, WALV-CD began broadcasting MeTV, which stayed on WTHR 13.3, dropping Cozi TV programming. Hill and Diaz were hired at"Sunrise" in 2016, with Hill sharing the anchor desk with Julia Moffitt and Diaz working as an on-location reporter. [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. IndyStar has also reached out to Morehead and her lawyer requesting comment. "I was born in Cuba, and it doesnt sound good when people are trying to achieve equal outcomes for everyone," parent Pedro Frigola told the WSJ. Im not trying to be intentionally vague I just dont know what the next steps are.. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Please enable JavaScript to view this content. "I just kind of took a moment to step back and everything and really ask myself what I wanted, and leaned into my entrepreneurism," she said. According to the lawsuit, Tegna, Inc. fired Morehead after she submitted a formal complaint about the discriminatory behavior she was experiencing tothe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal agency. "I was like, thisis an opportunity not only at this legacy station, but also Indianapolis is a really cool city, a nice midsize city that's on its way. Tiernon was filling in for Scott Swan when this screenshot was taken on March 28, 2007. I am thankful for YOU, and for being alive after two years of cancer treatments. Here was a post on her Facebook from November 25: Felicia Lawrence loves "a good Oprah moment. 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. Lawrence will join 13News as a weekday evening anchor, alongside Scott Swan and Anne Marie Tiernon. 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For the next three years, the station waged a pitched battle with then-dominant WISH for first place. Editor's note: You can comment on IBJ stories by signing in to your IBJ account. Police released a photo of Margarita Sanchez . But opponents say the ordinance has been rushed and will criminalize already marginalized people, especially Black and Latino residents who are more likely to experience homelessness. McCutcheons new position is global external communications manager for Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, based in Indianapolis. "And they said, that's what we want. For three decades, she has been part of the Morning Show. Roscoe Billy Ray Bradley Jr. lives in a tent under the 405 Freeway bridge in Culver City. Freshmen and sophomores now all take the same level of English class, called "College Prep." WTHR has lost at least two other on-camera personalities in recent months. Alyssa Raymond, a weekend anchor and weekday reporter, left the station in October to take a job in her hometown of Pittsburgh. In 2018, she won a Lower Great Lakes Chapter Regional Emmy for a . ", "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. Kinnard addedthat Morehead'sreporting and story ideas were "put off or disregarded completely" by WTHR managementeven thoughher colleagues continued to see their story ideas approvedand broadcast. But as a Black woman in journalism, Lawrence said covering the events of the last few years, such as the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer and the COVID-19 pandemic, has been"taxing, to say the least.". 13News Anchor - @JennieWTHR. Under the circumstances, long-dominant WRTV was very receptive to an offer from ABC. He now lives behind a makeshift wall of plastic tarps and cardboard boxes near Bradleys encampment. In a complaint against WTHR-TV's parent company Tegna, Inc.filed in Indiana federal court on Jan. 13, Morehead's lawyerTerrance Kinnard alleges that her teammates bet money on whether or not she would be coming back to work after she wentthrough radiation and immunotherapy treatments. Shinn, who was born in Iowa and raised in Denver, most recently spend three years in multiple roles at the ABC affiliate in Norfolk, Virginia. However, speedway officials have stated they would allow a live broadcast on WTHR if the race sells out before race day. WTHR's Bruce Kopp After 33 years with WTHR, Kopp announced in January that he was leaving the station to pursue other opportunities. "But she creates those real human, huge emphasis on human, emotional moments, I mean, different different walks of life that I think everybody can relate to.". Nearby, Walter Lindsey cleared debris from his encampment under a busy freeway overpass. She attended Morgan Park High School where she graduated with her high school diploma. She is currently married to her husband Teddy Gilmore and they reside in Chicago with their pup Kongo. For the next three years, the station waged a pitched battle with then-dominant WISH for first place. Whether youre a broker, developer, or serve the real estate industry, youre invited to a night of mixing + mingling.