WXIN
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| Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Branding | Fox 59 |
| Slogan | News That Works for You |
| Channels | Analog: 59 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | Tribune Company (Tribune Television Company) |
| First air date | February 1, 1984 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Across (X) Indiana (IN) |
| Sister station(s) | WTTV |
| Former callsigns | WPDS-TV (1984-1985) |
| Former affiliations | independent (1984-1986) |
| Transmitter Power | 4470 kW (analog) 700 kW (digital) |
| Height | 304 m (analog) 285 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 146 |
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| Website | www.fox59.com |
- For the Rhode Island College radio station, see WXIN (radio)
WXIN, "Fox 59", is the Fox affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana. The station broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 59, and its digital signal on UHF channel 45. It is owned by the Tribune Company, and shares its studios in northwest Indianapolis with sister station WTTV, the area's CW affiliate.
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[edit] History
The station signed on as independent WPDS-TV on February 1, 1984. The station was originally locally owned, with a programming lineup featuring cartoons, movies, old sitcoms, drama shows and, briefly, an hour-long newscast. It was sold to Outlet Broadcasting in 1985, and changed its call letters to WXIN at that time. Fox affiliated with WXIN in October 9, 1986, and their affiliation has remained intact since, making it the only Indianapolis television station to never have changed its affiliation.
By the late 1980s, the station was known as "Fox 59", and had added more sitcoms to its schedule. It began to overtake WTTV in the ratings.
WXIN was bought by Chase in 1989, and was later purchased by Renaissance Broadcasting in 1993 when Renaissance merged with Chase along with WTIC-TV, KDVR & WATL a former Fox affiliate to The WB and now My Network TV. The station came under the ownership of the Tribune Company in 1997 following its merger with Renaissance. Under Tribune, the station gradually added more talk, reality, and court shows.
WXIN and WTTV became sister stations in 2002, following the sale of WTTV from Sinclair Broadcast Group to Tribune. However, Tribune did not switch affiliations between the two because even though WXIN is on the UHF dial, it has been one of Fox's strongest affiliates, and as WTTV has a city of license of Bloomington, does not cover the full Indianapolis market without its Kokomo satellite station (WTTK).
[edit] Newscasts
The station began to produce a primetime newscast in 1991, and launched a morning newscast in 1999. WXIN currently runs 26 hours of local news a week. The weeknight primetime newscast expanded from 35 to 60 minutes on April 17, 2006 and the morning newscast expanded from three to four hours on January 2, 2008.
As of January 2, 2008, the morning newscast is simulcasted on sister station WTTV. However, that station does not have a separate news opening. Whenever Fox programming or sports delays the news on WXIN, it is shown on WTTV but under the name of News at Ten, in addition to another live newscast on WXIN immediately following the conclusion of Fox prgramming. There is no "News at Ten" logo in place of "Fox 59 News"
Meteorologist Jim O'Brien is the only meteorologist on the WXIN staff with an AMS Certified Broadcasting Meteorologist Seal (CBM), which he acquired in July 2007. He is the 3rd meteorologist in Indianapolis (the first two are WTHR meteorologists Chris Wright and Jude Redfield) with this prestigious seal.
[edit] News team
[edit] Morning News
- Angela Ganote, co-anchor (6-9 AM)
- Scott Jones, co-anchor (5-9 AM)
- Jim O'Brien (AMS-CBM), meteorologist
- Bill Remieka, traffic reporter
- Zach Myers, news reporter
- Jenna Maloney, co-anchor (5-6 AM), feature reporter
- Kyla Williamson, feature reporter, one day a week
- Heather Muha, reporter, "How Cool is your School" segment
[edit] News at 10
- Bob Donaldson, co-anchor
- Cheryl Parker, co-anchor
- Brian Wilkes, meteorologist
- Chris Hagan, sports director/anchor
- Gene Cox, weekend co-anchor/reporter
- Kate Williams, weekend co-anchor/reporter
- Kimberly King, reporter/fill-in meteorologist
- Todd Klaassen, weekend meteorologist
[edit] Reporters
- Julie Loncich, reporter
- Kara Brooks, reporter
- Russ McQuaid, reporter
- Derrick Wilkerson, reporter
- Heather MacWilliams, reporter
- Jeremiah Johnson, sports reporter/anchor
- Larry Hawley, sports reporter/anchor
- Wes Woodward, sports reporter
[edit] Notable WXIN Alumni
- Justin Allen (morning sports anchor, now at WTSP Tampa)
- Casey Curry (weather, now at KTRK Houston)
- Ray D'Alessio (Sports anchor, now at CNN Headline News)
- Jessica D'Onofrio (now in Orlando)
- Rob Desir (Sports anchor, now at Fox in St. Louis)
- Chris Denari (Sports anchor, now TV voice of Indiana Pacers)
- Lourdes Duarte (now at WGN in Chicago)
- Tracy Forner (morning news anchor 2003-2008)
- Jordana Green (morning news anchor 1999-2002)
- Heidi Hemmat (news reporter, now Good Day Colorado Morning Anchor at Fox in Denver)
- Joni Michels (traffic reporter 1999-2007, now traffic reporter at WRTV in Indianapolis)
- Darren Miller (meteorologist)
- Michael Moely (weekend news anchor 2005-2006, now at WLWT Cincinnati)
- Clarence Reynolds (morning news anchor 1999-2003, now at WXIA Atlanta)
- Eric Richey (Sports anchor, now at Fox in New Orleans)
- Catt Sadler (entertainment reporter and co-host of Hoosier Millionaire, now host of The Daily 10 at E!)
- Shireen Sandoval
- Adam Shapiro (weekend co-anchor, now at Fox Business Network)
- Sara Snow (now host of Get Fresh With Sara Snow on Discovery Health)
- Cody Stark (morning news meteorologist 1999-2003 and host of Hoosier Millionaire, now at KOVR/KMAX Sacramento)
- Jessica Taff (sports reporter, now at WABC-TV in New York City)
- Caroline Thau (weekday co-anchor)
- Tracie Wells (weekend anchor 1998-2007)
- Chris Wright (weekday meteorologist, moved to WISH-TV, now at WTHR)
- Debra Zahler (weekend co-anchor)
[edit] External links
- Fox59.com
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WXIN
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WXIN-TV
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