WLFI-TV
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| WLFI-TV | |
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| Lafayette, Indiana | |
| Branding | WLFI 18 (general) NewsChannel 18 (newscasts) |
| Slogan | News From Where You Live |
| Channels | Analog: 18 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner | LIN TV Corporation (Primeland Television, Inc.) |
| First air date | June 15, 1953 |
| Call letters’ meaning | LaFayette, Indiana |
| Former callsigns | WFAM-TV (1953-1960s) |
| Former channel number(s) | 59 (1953-1957) |
| Transmitter Power | 1480 kW (analog) 30 kW (digital) |
| Height | 238 m (analog) 214 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 73204 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.wlfi.com |
WLFI-TV News Channel 18 is the CBS television affiliate in Lafayette, Indiana. It operates on analog channel 18. Its transmitter is located in Rossville, Indiana. It is owned by LIN Television, who also owns WISH-TV in Indianapolis.
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[edit] History
WLFI began broadcasting on June 15, 1953[1] on channel 59, as WFAM-TV. It was owned by Sarkes Tarzian, a radio manufacturer in Bloomington, and was a sister station to WTTV in Indianapolis and WPTA in Fort Wayne. It moved to Channel 18 in 1957 and changed its call letters to WLFI-TV around 1967. Formerly, the news division of WLFI was known as "News Service 18" and then for many years as "Lafayette Live TV-18." Jeff Smith, Chris Morisse, Larry Clisby, and Steve Scherer have been associated with the station for more than twenty years.
The station was owned by Block Communications from the mid-1990s until 2000, when current owner LIN Television acquired WLFI in exchange for 67 percent of then-ABC (now NBC) affiliate WAND in Decatur, Illinois. LIN TV has since sold off the remainder of WAND to Block Communications.
On May 18, 2007, LIN TV announced that it was exploring strategic alternatives that could result in the sale of the company.[2]
[edit] Personalities
[edit] Current
- Seth Conley - Morning Anchor
- Alyssa Rossomme - Morning Anchor
- Kelly Greene - Morning Meteorologist
- Sue Scott - Noon, 5pm Anchor; executive producer
- Jeff Smith - Noon, 5pm, & 6pm Anchor; assistant news director
- Mike Prangley - 5pm, 6pm & 11pm Meteorologist
- Niccole Caan - 6pm & 11pm Anchor
- Laura Kirtley - Weekend Anchor/Reporter
- Jessica Payne -
- Julie Krizen - Reporter/Producer
- Mike Cleff - Sports Director
- Gage Butterbrodt - Sports Reporter
- Kelly Crull - Sports Reporter
- Renetta DuBose - Reporter
- Steve Scherer - Weather Anchor [3]
[edit] Notable WLFI Alumni
- Joel Allen, News Anchor; now at WPDE-TV in Myrtle Beach, SC
- Jill Bauer, host of QVC's At Home With Jill [4]
- Angela Buchman, Meteorologist, WISH-TV, Indianapolis
- Kevin Gregory, Chief Meteorologist, WRTV, Indianapolis [5]
- Jane King, CNN New York correspondent [6]
- Paul Poteet, Meteorologist, WRTV, Indianapolis
- Dan Ablan, Author, 3D Animator, Photographer; now at AGA Digital Studios, Inc in Chicago, IL [7]
[edit] Logo Gallery
 WLFI 1980s logo. |
 WLFI 1991-2000 Logo |
 WLFI Logo after LIN TV Acquisition. Used since 2000. |
[edit] External links
- Station website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WLFI
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WLFI-TV
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