WTHI-TV

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WTHI-TV
Terre Haute, Indiana
Branding	News 10
Slogan	Leading the way.
Channels	10 (VHF) analog, 24 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	LIN TV
Founded	July 22, 1954
Call letters meaning	Theatre Hulman, Incorporated; sometimes interpreted as Terre Haute, Indiana
Former affiliations	NBC (secondary, 1954-65), ABC (secondary, 1954-73), DuMont (secondary, 1954-56)
Website	www.wthitv.com/

WTHI-TV is a CBS affiliate in Terre Haute, Indiana. It operates on analog channel 10. Its transmitter is located in Farmersburg, Indiana.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Logos 2 Syndicated programming on WTHI 3 Newscasts 4 Notable WTHI Alumni 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] History

Signing on July 22, 1954, the station served as the market's only TV station until 1965, when WTWO signed on. The station has always been a CBS affiliate. However, on various occasions, it has also carried selected programs from ABC, NBC and until its demise, DuMont.

The station was founded by local businessman and Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony Hulman. His family owned the station until 1999, when it was sold to Emmis Communications.

Emmis sold the station to LIN TV in August of 2005. LIN also owns 3 other CBS affiliates in Indiana (including WISH-TV in Indianapolis).

Local news had been in existence since sign-on. The newscast was known since the mid '70s as "NewsCenter 10". The title changed to "Action 10 News" in 1985, and modified to "Action 10 News-WTHI" in 2001. On September 18th, 2006, the branding changed to "News 10". A new logo and graphics package also premiered.

Local programs of the past featured Jerry Van Dyke of Coach and My Mother the Car fame, and "Captain Jack" Hanes, whose most famous guest was an Indiana State University student named Larry Bird.

Cheryl Lemke, now an on-air personality at The Weather Channel, served as the station's chief meteorologist in the 1980s. Before his days on CNN Headline News, David Goodnow was also an anchor for WTHI.

Before switching to the new logo in 2006, Channel 10 had been mocked by rival station WTWO in an ad aired on the latter channel regarding their (WTHI's) weather coverage, which Channel 2 referred to as being dismal compared to their own. The controversial commercial later aired two shows in a row on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and clips from the episode appeared on YouTube, but they were taken down quickly. iFilms did show the ad immediately after YouTube got rid of them.

[edit] Logos

WTHI's old Action 10 News logo, used until 2006

WTHI's current News 10 logo, used since September 2006

[edit] Syndicated programming on WTHI

• Dr. Phil
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show
• Entertainment Tonight
• Everybody Loves Raymond
• Extra
• Family Feud
• Home Improvement
• Live with Regis and Kelly
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

[edit] Newscasts

• News 10 This Morning (Weekdays 5:00-7:00 AM)
• News 10 Midday (Weekday 12:00 PM)
• News 10 at 6 (Everyday 6:00 PM)
• News 10 at 11 (Everyday at 11:00 PM

[edit] Notable WTHI Alumni

• Cheryl Lempke, meteorologist (now at The Weather Channel)
• David Goodnow, anchor/reporter (later of CNN Headline News, retired)
• Anne Ryder, anchor/reporter (later at WTHR Indianapolis, retired)
• Howard Caldwell, anchor/reporter (late at WRTV Indianapolis, retired)
• Mike King, sports anchor (now at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network)
• Jerry Van Dyke, talk show host (later co-star of 1990s sitcom "Coach", brother of Dick Van Dyke)

[edit] See also

• WLFI-TV in Lafayette, WANE-TV in Fort Wayne, WISH-TV in Indianapolis-sister CBS affiliates in Indiana
• Concentration of media ownership

[edit] External links

• WTHI-TV home page
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WTHI-TV

CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Indiana
WISH 8 (Indianapolis) - WTHI 10 (Terre Haute) - WANE 15 (Fort Wayne) - WLFI 18 (Lafayette) - WSBT 22 (South Bend) - WEVV 44 (Evansville)
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Religious and Other stations in the state of Indiana