WXIN

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WXIN
Indianapolis, Indiana
Branding	FOX59 Indianapolis
Slogan	News That Works for You
Channels	59 (UHF) analog, 45 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	FOX
Owner	Tribune Company
Founded	February 1, 1984
Call letters meaning	Across (X) Indiana (IN)
Former callsigns	WPDS (1984-1985)
Former affiliations	Independent
Website	www.fox59.com

WXIN ("FOX59 Indianapolis") 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.

Contents 1 History 2 Newscasts 3 News team 3.1 Morning News 3.2 News at 10 3.3 Reporters 4 Notable WXIN Alumni 5 External links

[edit] History

The station signed on as independent WPDS 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 "FOX59", 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.

The station began to produce a primetime newscast in 1991, and launched a morning newscast in 1999. Today, WXIN runs 21 hours of local news a week. The weeknight primetime newscast expanded from 35 to 60 minutes on April 17, 2006.

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 at all because even though WXIN is on the UHF dial, it has been one of Fox's strongest affiliates. Also, WTTV broadcasts on simulcast because it is hard to pick up by antenna in some parts of Indianapolis. With that distinction, WXIN is the second station in the market (after WISH-TV) to keep the same network affiliation.

[edit] Newscasts

Weekdays

• FOX59 Morning News - 6:00-9:00AM
• FOX59 News at 10 - 10:00-11:00PM

Saturday

• FOX59 News at 10 - 10:00-10:35PM

Sunday

• FOX59 News at 10 - 10:00-10:35PM
• FOX59 Sports Sunday - 10:35-11:05PM

[edit] News team

[edit] Morning News

• Tracy Forner, co-anchor
• Angela Ganote, co-anchor
• Jim O'Brien (AMS), meteorologist
• Mel McMahon, traffic reporter
• Zach Myers, news reporter

[edit] News at 10

• Bob Donaldson, co-anchor
• Cheryl Parker, co-anchor
• Brian Wilkes (NWA), meteorologist
• Chris Hagan, sports director/anchor
• Gene Cox, weekend co-anchor/reporter
• Kimberly King (NWA), reporter/weekend meteorologist

[edit] Reporters

• Julie Loncich, reporter
• Jenna Maloney, reporter
• Kara Brooks, reporter
• Russ McQuaid, reporter
• Derrick Wilkerson, reporter
• Kate Williams, reporter
• Jeremiah Johnson, sports reporter/anchor
• Jessica Taff, sports reporter/anchor

[edit] Notable WXIN Alumni

• Justin Allen (morning sports anchor, now at WTSP Tampa)
• Jessica D'Onofrio (now in Miami)
• Lourdes Duarte (now in Detroit)
• Jordana Green (morning news anchor 1999-2002)
• Michael Moely (weekend news anchor 2005-2006, now at WLWT Cincinnati)
• Clarence Reynolds (morning news anchor 1999-2003, now at WXIA Atlanta)
• Catt Sadler (entertainment reporter and co-host of Hoosier Millioaire, now at E!)
• Shireen Sandoval
• Joni Michels
• Sara Snow
• Cody Stark (morning news meteorologist 1999-2003 and host of Hoosier Millionaire, now at KOVR/KMAX Sacramento)
• Caroline Thau (weekday co-anchor)
• Tracie Wells (weekend anchor 1998-2007)
• Chris Wright (weekday meteorologist, moved to WISH-TV, now at WTHR)

[edit] External links

• FOX59.com
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WXIN

Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Indiana
WTVW 7 (Evansville) - WSJV 28 (South Bend) - WFXW 38 (Terre Haute) - WFFT 55 (Fort Wayne) - WXIN 59 (Indianapolis)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, UPN, WB, Religious and Other stations in the state of Indiana