WTHR
TV station in Indianapolis
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January 2025 | Indiana Pacers and FanDuel Sports Network Indiana announced an agreement to simulcast five games on WTHR. |
2024 | WTHR and WALV-CD became the local broadcast home of Indiana Fever women's basketball, with 10 of 17 games to be broadcast on WTHR. |
May 26 2024 | IMS lifted the local blackout for the Indianapolis 500 on WTHR due to inclement weather, marking the fourth time in race history that live flag-to-flag coverage was available in Indianapolis. |
February 2024 | The station's sixth digital subchannel returned to air with The Nest after being off-air for a month following Circle network's switch to streaming. |
May 27 2021 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway lifted the local blackout for WTHR's Indianapolis 500 broadcast as all 135,000 tickets were sold, with the event restricted to 40% capacity. |
August 23 2020 | Due to COVID-19 restrictions, WTHR aired the Indianapolis 500 on tape delay with no public admission to the event. |
March 25 2020 | Adopted Tegna's standardized news graphics and 'C Clarity' theme, rebranding as 13 News. |
2019 | WTHR became the local broadcaster of the Indianapolis 500 after NBC acquired broadcast rights, returning to the race for the first time since 1979. |
June 11 2019 | Dispatch announced the sale of WTHR and WALV-CD to Tegna Inc. for $535 million. |
February 24 2014 | Expanded weekday morning newscast by a half-hour to 4 a.m. |
2013 | WTHR became an official sponsor of the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever, displaying on-court advertisements during home games at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. |
November 14 2013 | WTHR acquired local broadcast rights to a Colts game against the Tennessee Titans, which aired on NFL Network's Thursday Night Football. |
October 14 2013 | WTHR acquired local broadcast rights to a Colts game against the San Diego Chargers, which aired on ESPN's Monday Night Football. |
June 2011 | Began offering newscast segments for free streaming on Roku digital video player. |
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