INDIANA
- newschannel15
- Jun 27
- 8 min read
Updated: Oct 28
-INDIANAPOLIS-
CBS 4 NEWS
WTTV/Channel 4.1 (CBS)
Ownership: Nexstar Media Group
(Sister station of WXIN)
WRTV NEWS
WRTV/Channel 6.1 (ABC)
Ownership: Scripps; pending to Circle City Broadcasting
NEWS 8
WISH-TV/Channel 8.1 (The CW)
Ownership: Circle City Broadcasting
13 NEWS
WTHR/Channel 13.1 (NBC)
Ownership: Tegna; pending to Nexstar Media Group
NOTICIERO TELEMUNDO INDY
WDNI-CD/Channel 19.1 (Telemundo)
Ownership: Radio One
NEWS 8 WNDY-TV/Channel 23.1 (My Network TV)
Ownership: Circle City Broadcasting
(Sister station of WISH-TV; simulcast of WISH-TV morning and late newscasts)
CBS 4 NEWS
WTTK/Channel 29.1 (WTTV/CBS simulcast)
Ownership: Nexstar Media Group
(Satellite of WTTV)
FOX 59 NEWS
WXIN/Channel 59.1 (Fox)
Ownership: Nexstar Media Group
(Sister station of WTTV)
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-SOUTH BEND/ELKHART-
16 NEWS NOW
WNDU-TV/Channel 16.1 (NBC)
Ownership: Gray Media
WSBT 22 NEWS
WSBT-TV/Channel 22.1 (CBS)
WSBT 22 NEWS
WSBT-TV/Channel 22.2 (Fox)
Ownership: Sinclair Broadcast Group
ABC 57 NEWS
WCWW-LD/Channel 25.1 (The CW)
Ownership: Weigel Broadcasting
(Sister station of WBND-LD; newscasts produced by WBND-LD)
ABC 57 NEWS
WBND-LD/Channel 57.1 (ABC)
Ownership: Weigel Broadcasting
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-FORT WAYNE-
WANE 15 NEWS
WANE-TV/Channel 15.1 (CBS)
Ownership: Nexstar Media Group
21 ALIVE NEWS
WPTA/Channel 21.1 (ABC)
21 ALIVE NEWS
WPTA/Channel 21.2 (NBC)
Ownership: Gray Media
FOX 55 NEWS
INDIANA NEWS NOW
WFFT-TV/Channel 55.1 (Fox)
Ownership: Allen Media Group, pending to Gray Media
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-EVANSVILLE/HENDERSON, KY/OWENSBORO, KY-
EYEWITNESS NEWS
WTVW/Channel 7.1 (The CW)
Ownership: Mission Broadcasting
(SSA with WEHT; newscasts produced by WEHT)
14 NEWS
WFIE-TV/Channel 14.1 (NBC)
Ownership: Gray Media
EYEWITNESS NEWS
WEHT/Channel 25.1 (ABC)
Ownership: Nexstar Media Group
(SSA with WTVW)
44 NEWS
WEVV-TV/Channel 44.1 (CBS)
44 NEWS
WEVV-TV/Channel 44.2 (Fox)
Ownership: Allen Media Group, pending to Gray Media
44 NEWS
WEEV-LD/Channel 44.1 (WEVV-TV/44.2/Fox simulcast)
Ownership: Allen Media Group, pending to Gray Media
(Satellite of WEVV-TV 44.2)
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-TERRE HAUTE-
WTWO NEWS
WTWO/Channel 2.1 (NBC)
Ownership: Nexstar Media Group
NEWS 10
INDIANA NEWS NOW
WTHI-TV/Channel 10.1 (CBS)
NEWS 10
WTHI-TV/Channel 10.2 (Fox/My Network TV)
Ownership: Allen Media Group, pending to Gray Media
WAWV LIVE AT FIVE
WTWO NEWS
WAWV/Channel 38.1 (ABC)
Ownership: Mission Broadcasting
(SSA with WTWO; simulcast of WTWO 12pm news; 5pm news produced by WTWO)
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-LAFAYETTE-
STAR CITY NEWS
WPBI-LD/Channel 16.1 (Fox)
STAR CITY NEWS
WPBI-LD/Channel 16.2 (NBC)
Ownership: Waypoint Media
(Produced by NewsHub)
NEWS 18
INDIANA NEWS NOW
WLFI-TV/Channel 18.1 (CBS)
NEWS 18
WLFI-TV/Channel 18.2 (The CW)
Ownership: Allen Media Group, pending to Gray Media
STAR CITY NEWS
WPBY-LD/Channel 35.1 (ABC)
Ownership: Waypoint Media
(Produced by NewsHub)
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Past News Branding:
WTWO/Channel 2
Terre Haute
"W-2 News" (9/65-68)
"Total News" (1968-1/72)
"TV-2 News" (1971-73)
"TV-2 Eyewitness News" (1973-8/94)
"NewsChannel 2" (1994-2003)
"WTWO NewsChannel 2" (2003-2/06)
"WTWO NewsChannel" (2/06-10/17/10)
"NBC 2 News" (10/17/10-9/28/16)
Past Affiliation: ABC (Secondary, 1965-73)
Past Ownership: Illiana Telecasting (1965-68), Booth Newspapers (1968-75), Fabri Development Corp. (1975-90), TCS Television Partners/RP Companies (1990-97)
WTTV/Channel 4
Bloomington/Indianapolis
"Tonight in Indiana"
"Channel 4 News"
"News 4 Indiana" (1970s)
"The Nine O'Clock News/The Ten O'Clock News" (1980s)
"The Indiana Nightly News" (1980s)
"The Ten O'Clock News" (-11/1/90)
DEFUNCT
"6 News at Ten" (1991-98)
"6 News 10 @ 10" (1998)
"6 News at Ten" (1998-2001)
"The News at Ten" (2001-12/2002)
DEFUNCT; produced by WRTV
"Fox 59 Morning News" (2008-9/09)
DEFUNCT; former simulcast of WXIN morning news
Past Channel Number: 10 (1949-54)
Past Affiliation: NBC/DuMont (1949-56), ABC (1949-57), Independent (1957-1995), UPN (1995-1998), WB (1998-9/17/06), The CW (9/18/06-12/31/14)
Past Ownership: Sarkes Tarzian (1949-78), Teleco (1978-84), Tel-Am Corp. (1984-88), Capitol Broadcasting (1988-91), River City Broadcasting (1991-96), Sinclair (1996-2002), Tribune (2002-2019)
WRTV/Channel 6
Indianapolis
"WFBM TeleNews" (1950s)
"George Morrison and the News"
"TV-6 News" (1960s)
"Channel 6 News" (1960s-70s)
"The News" (1970s-80s)
"Channel 6 News" (1980s)
"WRTV 6 News" (1990s)
"6 News" (1990s-2001)
"The News on RTV 6" (2001-2006)
"6 News" (2006-2012)
"RTV 6 News" (2012-2020)
Past Call Letters: WFBM (1949-72)
Past Affiliation: CBS (1949-52), NBC (1952-79)
Past Ownership: Bitner Group (1949-57), Time-Life (1957-72), McGraw-Hill (1972-2012)
WTVW/Channel 7
Evansville
"The Tri-State Report"
"Don Shoultz and the News"
"News 7"
"Channel 7 Eyewitness News" (1970s-90s)
"Fox 7 News" (1996-98)
"Fox 7 First News" (1998-2000)
"Fox 7 News" (2000-2004)
"WTVW NewsChannel 7" (2004-2005)
"Fox 7 News" (2005-2007)
"Fox 7 WTVW News" (2007-2007)
"Fox 7 News" (2007-6/11)
"News 7" (6/11-7/1/11)
"Local 7 News" (7/2/11-11/30/11)
Past Affiliation: ABC (1956-95), Fox (1995-6/30/11), Independent (7/1/11-1/2013)
Past Ownership: Evansville Television, Inc. (1956-62), Polaris Corp. (1962-79), Woods Communications (1980-93), Banham Broadcasting (1993-95), Petracom (1995-97), Quorum Broadcasting (1997-2003), Nexstar (2003-2011)
WISH/Channel 8
Indianapolis
"The World at One"/"The World at Seven"
"Movietone News"
"WISH-TV News"
"Channel 8 News"
"The Big News" (1970s)
"Channel 8 News On The Scene" (1970s-80s)
"8 On the Scene News" (1980s)
"WISH-TV News 8" (1980s-)
"24 Hour News 8"
"News 8"
"24 Hour News 8" (-2018)
Past Affiliation: ABC (1954-56), DuMont (1954-55), CBS (1956-12/31/14)
Past Ownership: C. Bruce McConnell (1954-56), Corinthian Broadcasting (1956-84), LIN Media (1984-2014), Media General (2014-2016), Nexstar Media Group (2016-2019)
WWJS-CD/Channel 9
Jeffersonville
"NewsCenter 9"
"WNDA News"
DEFUNCT; produced by Independent News Network
Past Call Letters: W26AS (1989-96), WJYL-LP (1996-2002), WKQT-CA (2002), WJYL-CA (2002-2009), WNDA-CA (2009-2010)
Past Channel Number: 26 (1989-96), 9 (1996-2012)
DARK (2012)
WTHI/Channel 10
Terre Haute
"Video Views of the News"
"News Picture" (1950s)
"Channel 10 News" (-1974)
"NewsCenter 10" (1974-85)
"Action 10 News" (1985-2001)
"Action 10 News-WTHI" (2001-9/06)
Past Affiliation: CBS/ABC/NBC/DuMont (1954-)
Past Ownership: Hulman & Company (Wabash Valley Broadcasting Corp.), Emmis Broadcasting (1998-2005), LIN Media (2005-2014), Media General (2014-2016), USA TV Holdings, LLC (2016-2019), Allen Media Group (2019-2025)
WTHR/Channel 13
Indianapolis
"WLWI News"
"Tom Atkins and the 6:15 News"/"The World Tonight"
"Tom Atkins News"
"TV-13 News"
"Eyewitness To News"
"Eyewitness News" (1970s-76)
"Eyewitness NewsCenter 13" (1976-81)
"NewsCenter 13" (1981-94)
"NewsChannel 13" (1994-96)
"Eyewitness News" (1996-2020)
Past Call Letters: WLWI (1957-76)
Past Affiliation: ABC (1975-79)
Past Ownership: Crosley Broadcasting/Avco Broadcasting (1957-75), Dispatch Broadcast Group (1975-2019), Tegna (2019-)
WFIE/Channel 14
Evansville
"Channel 14 News" (1960s-70s)
"The Runyan/Edsel Report" (1960s-70s)
"Newslens" (1970s)
"Newswatch"/"Newswatch 14" (1970s-2006)
Past Channel Number: 62
Past Ownership: Orion Broadcasting, Liberty Corp[Cosmos Broadcasting] (-2005)
WANE/Channel 15
Fort Wayne
"Richard Hickox Reporting The News"
"This Day 195x"
"Big News" (1970s)
"Kurtz News" (1970s)
"News 15"
"NewsChannel 15" (-2018)
Past Ownership: Corinthian Broadcasting, LIN Media (-2014), Media General (2014-2016)
WNDU/Channel 16
South Bend
"Deadline 10:15"
"Deadline News"
"WNDU Priority News"
"NewsCenter 16" (-2019)
Past Channel Number: 46 (1955-57)
Past Ownership: Notre Dame University (1955-2006)
WIIH-LD/Channel 17.1
Indianapolis
"WIIH Noticias" (2003-2008)
DEFUNCT
Past Call Letters: W11BV (1988-), WIIH-LP
Past Channel Number: 11 (1988-)
Past Affiliation: Independent, Univision (2003-2008)
Past Ownership: LIN Media (-2014), Media General (2014-2016), Nexstar Media Group (2016-2019)
WAZE-LP/Channel 17
Evansville
"News 25 at Nine" (1999-2000)
DEFUNCT; 9pm newscast produced by WEHT
Past Call Letters: W52AZ, WWAZ-LP
Past Channel Number: 52, 17
Past Affiliation: UPN, The WB (-2006), The CW (2006-1/2013)
(DARK; Satellite of WAZE/Hopkinsville, KY)
WJTS-CD/Channel 18.1
Jasper
"27 Minutes"
Past Call Letters: W27BL
Past Channel Number: 27
WLFI/Channel 18
Lafayette
"Clete Roberts Report" (1953)
"WFAM-TV News"
"News Service 18" (1970s-80s)
"Lafayette Live: TV-18 News" (1980s-2000)
"NewsChannel 18" (2000-2012)
Past Call Letters: WFAM
Past Channel Number: 59
Past Ownership: Sarkes Tarzian, Blade Communications, LIN Media (-2014), Media General (2014-2016), USA TV Holdings, LLC (2016-2019), Allen Media Group (2019-2025)
WPTA/Channel 21
Fort Wayne
"Tom Atkins Reporting"
"21 Evening Report"
"21 Eyewitness News"
"21-Alive Newsroom" (1970s-90s)
"21-Alive News" (1990s-11/29/05)
"Indiana's NewsCenter (11/30/05-2012)
"21-Alive News" (2012-2016)
"ABC 21 News" (2016-2022)
Past Ownership: Sarkes Tarzian (1957-73), Combined Communications Corp (1973-79), Gannett (1979-83), Pulitzer Broadcasting (1983-89), Granite Broadcasting (1989-2005), Malara Broadcasting (2005-2015), Quincy Media Group (2015-2021)
WSBT/Channel 22
South Bend
"TV-22 News"/"The Early Report"/"The Late Report"
"Eyewitness News"
"WSBT-TV News"
"Eyewitness News"
"News 22" (-2006)
"WSBT News" (2006-2013)
"WSBT Channel 22 News" (2013-2015)
Past Ownership: Schurz Communications (1952-2015)
WVUT/Channel 22
Vincennes
"22 Report" (1970s-82)
DEFUNCT
"Evening Edition" (1984-90)
"NewsCenter 22" (1990-)
"NewsCenter"
Past Call Letters/Channel Number: WRAY/Channel 52 (licensed to Princeton, IN)
Past Affiliation: Independent (1967-68), NET (1968-1971)
WNDY/Channel 23
Marion/Indianapolis
"Channel 13 Eyewitness News at Ten on Indy-TV"
"Channel 13 Eyewitness News at Ten on UPN 23"
"Channel 13 Eyewitness News at Ten on UPN Indiana" (2003-2/14/05)
DEFUNCT; produced by WTHR
"24 Hour News 8" (2/15/05-2015)
DEFUNCT; morning and 10pm newscasts produced by WISH
Past Call Letters: WMCC
Past Affiliation: Independent (1984-95), WB (1995-98), UPN (1998-9/4/06)
Past Ownership: Kenko, Inc. (1984-94), Hulman & Company (1994-97), Viacom (1997-2005), LIN Media (2005-2014), Media General (2014-2016), Nexstar Media Group (2016-2019)
WEHT/Channel 25
Evansville/Henderson, KY/Owensboro, KY
"Total News"
"TV 25 NewsCenter"
"NewsFirst 25" (-1994)
"News 25" (1994-11/30/11)
Past Channel Number: 50 (1953-66)
Past Affiliation: CBS (1953-1995), ABC (Secondary, 1953-56)
Past Ownership: Malco Theater Corp. (1953-57), Hilberg Packing (1957-64), Gilmore Broadcasting (1964-2011)
WSJV/Channel 28
Elkhart/South Bend
"28 Newswatch" (1970s)
"Newswatch 28" (1980s-94)
"News 28" (1994-95)
”Fox 28 News” (1995-2016)
DEFUNCT
Past Channel Number: 52 (1954-58)
Past Affiliation: NBC (1954-55), ABC (1954-95), Fox (1995-2016)
Past ownership: Truth Publishing Company (1954-74), Quincy Media Group (1974-2021)
WTTK/Channel 29
Kokomo
"The Ten O'Clock News" (-11/1/90)
DEFUNCT
"6 News at Ten" (1991-98)
"6 News 10 @ 10" (1998)
"6 News at Ten" (1998-2001)
"The News at Ten" (2001-12/2002)
DEFUNCT; produced by WRTV
"Fox 59 Morning News (2008-9/09)
DEFUNCT; former simulcast of WXIN morning news
Past Call Letters: WWKI (1983-87)
Past Affiliation: Independent (1983-87), Independent (Satellite of WTTV; 1987-95), UPN (1995-98), WB (1998-9/17/06), The CW (9/18/06-12/31/14)
Past Ownership: Tel-Am Corp. (1987-88), Capitol Broadcasting (1988-91), River City Broadcasting (1991-96), Sinclair (1996-2002), Tribune (2002-2019)
WTAF/Channel 31
Marion
"Panorama"
DEFUNCT; DARK (1969)
Past Affiliation: Independent (1962-69)
Past Ownership: Geneco Broadcasting, Inc.
WISE/Channel 33
Fort Wayne
"WKJG News" (1970s)
"WKJG-TV 33 News" (1970s)
"NewsCenter 33" (1970s-80s)
"33 News" (1990s)
"NBC 33 News" (1990s-2003)
"WISE 33 News" (2003-3/2005)
DEFUNCT; newscast shut down after JSA entered into with WPTA.
"21-Alive News on WISE-33" (3/2005-11/29/05)
"Indiana's NewsCenter" (11/30/05-2012)
"NBC 33 News"/"21-Alive News" (2012-3/2013)
(Simulcast of WPTA newscasts; replaced with stand-alone newscasts)
”NBC 33 News” (2013-2016)
(Newscasts, network affiliation and syndicated programming moved to subchannel of WPTA)
Past Call Letters: WKJG (1953-2003)
Past Affiliation: NBC (1953-2016)
Past Ownership: William Kunkle (1953-71), Thirty-Three, Inc. (-1977), Corporation for General Trade (1977-2003), New Vision (2003-2005), Granite (2005-2015), SagamoreHill Broadcasting (2015-2018)
WISE/Channel 33.2
Fort Wayne
"Indiana's NewsCenter at 10" (-2012)
"My Fox News at Ten" (2012-2013)
DEFUNCT
Past Affiliation: My Network TV (-2011 primary); Fox (2011-2/28/13), My Network TV (2/29/13-2016)
WAWV/Channel 38
Terre Haute
"WIIL-TV Evening News" (1973-)
"TV-38 Evening News" (-3/74)
DEFUNCT
"News 38" (1977-81)
DEFUNCT
"Action 10 News Nightwatch on Fox 38" (1995-99)
"Fox 38 News at Ten" (1999-2004)
DEFUNCT; produced by WTHI, unrelated to current newscast
"NewsChannel 2 Prime Edition" (7/2004-5/31/05)
"Fox 38 News at Ten" (6/1/05-8/8/05)
"WFXW Prime Edition" (8/9/05-7/7/07)
"WTWO Prime Edition on WFXW" (7/07-7/09)
"Fox 38 News: First at Ten" (7/09-8/31/11)
"NBC 2 News Today" (-8/31/11)
(10pm newscast produced by WTWO; rebroadcast of WTWO 6am news)
"WAWV News" (9/1/11-4/11/25)
Past Call Letters: WIIL (1973-77), WBAK (1977-6/1/05), WFXW (6/1/05-8/31/11)
Past Affiliation: ABC (1973-95), Fox (1995-8/31/11)
Past Ownership: Alpha Broadcasting (1973-76), Bahakel Communications (1976-2003)
WHMB/Channel 40
Indianapolis
"UNKNOWN"
DEFUNCT
Past Call Letters: WURD
WEVV/Channel 44
Evansville
"Fox 44 News at Nine" (1992-94)
"News at Nine" (1994-95)
"44 NewsNow!" (1995-99)
"CBS 44 News" (1999-11/17/2001)
DEFUNCT; unrelated to current newscast
Past Affiliation: Independent (1983-86), Fox (1986-1995)
Past Ownership: Ralph C. Wilson Industries, Communications Corp. of America
WIPB/Channel 49
Muncie
"Hinshaw Edits The News" (1960s)
"Channel 49 News" (1960s)
"The Eighteenth Hour"/"Muncie Tonight" (1960s)
DEFUNCT
"On-Line 49" (1980s)
DEFUNCT
Past Call Letters: WLBC
Past Affiliation: NBC/ABC/CBS
Past Ownership: Don Burton (1953-71), Eastern Indiana Community Television (1971)
WCAE/Channel 50
St. John/Gary
"Channel 50 News"
DEFUNCT, DARK (1984)
Past Affiliation: NET (1967-70), PBS (1970-84)
Past Ownership: Lake Central School Corp. (1967-84)
WFFT/Channel 55
Fort Wayne
"The Ten O'Clock Report" (1980-81)
DEFUNCT
"Fox Fort Wayne News" (2009-2011)
"WFFT Local News" (2011-2018)
Past Affiliation: Independent (1977-1986), Fox (1986-7/31/11); Independent (8/1/11-2/28/13)
Past Ownership: Great Trails Broadcasting, Quorum Broadcasting, Nexstar Media Group (-2016), USA TV Holdings, LLC (2016-2019), Allen Media Group (2019-2025)
WYIN/Channel 56
Gary
"Indiana Nightly Report" (1990-)
"56 News"
"56 Nightly News" (-2006)
"Lakeshore News Tonight' (2006-1/14)
DEFUNCT
Past Call Letters: WCAE (-1984), DARK (1984-87)
Past Channel Number: 50
Past Ownership: Lake Central School Corp. (-1984)
WBKI/Channel 58
Salem/Louisvile, KY
"Fox News" DEFUNCT, rebroadcast of WDRB-TV news
Past Call Letters: WFTE (1994-2006), WMYO (2006-2018)
Past Affiliation: Independent, UPN (-9/4/06)
WXIN/Channel 59
Indianapolis
"59 Headline News" (1984)
DEFUNCT, unrelated to current newscast
"WXIN News Extra" (1980s)
DEFUNCT; news briefs unrelated to current newscast
"Fox 59 Nightcast" (1991-95)
"Fox News at Ten" (1995-98)
Past Call Letters: WPDS (1984-85)
Past Affiliation: Independent (1984-86)
Past Ownership: USA Communications (1984-85) Outlet Broadcasting (1985-89), Chase Broadcasting (1989-93), Renaissance Broadcasting (1993-96), Tribune (1996-2019)
WIPX/Channel 63
Bloomington/Indianapolis
"Channel 13 Eyewitness News at Ten" (2005-2005)
DEFUNCT, canceled with rebranding of Pax network to "i"
Past Call Letters: WIIB
Past Affiliation: Home Shopping Network

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