WRTV
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WRTV , "RTV6", is the ABC television affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana. Its transmitter is located in Indianapolis.
First In Indiana!!
The station, the first commercial station in Indiana that signed on the air on May 30, 1949 under the call sign WFBM-TV with a documentary entitled Crucible of Speed covering the history of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, thereafter followed by the first ever live television broadcast of the event.Affiliations
It was originally a CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. When WTTV signed on a few months later, WFBM shared ABC programming until 1954, when WISH-TV signed on and took over the CBS affiliation. WFBM then took the NBC affiliation from WTTV.The station changed to the WRTV calls in 1972; four years after it came under the ownership of the McGraw-Hill Companies. In 1979, it traded affiliations with WTHR and became an ABC affiliate.
WRTV today
Despite being in third place in the ratings behind WISH and ratings leader WTHR, WRTV has continued to be a pioneer in Indiana broadcasting. Some of WRTV's innovations have included the first station in the state to broadcast in color, the first use of videotape, the first news mini-cams, the first satellite truck for news ("NewStar 6"), the first entry into web publishing (TheIndyChannel.com), and the first into cellphone delivery of news and VODcasting.Newscasts
Monday-Friday- RTV6 The Morning Show - 5 AM-7 AM
- News at Midday on RTV6 - Noon-1 PM
- RTV6 First at Five - 5 PM-6 PM
- News at Six on RTV6 - 6 PM-6:30 PM
- RTV6 Nightcast - 11 PM-11:35 PM
- Weekend News on RTV6 - 6 PM-6:30 PM
- RTV6 Nightcast - 11 PM-11:30 PM
- Sports Xtra - 11:30 PM-Midnight
External links
- [TheIndyChannel.com]
- [WRTV History at TheIndyChannel.com]
- [Query the FCC's TV station database for WRTV]
| Broadcast television in the Indianapolis/Bloomington market [(Nielsen DMA #25)] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| WTTV 4 / WTTK 29 (The WB/The CW) - WRTV 6 (ABC) - WISH 8 (CBS) - WTHR 13 (NBC) - WREP-LP 15 (A1) - WIIH-CA 17 (UNI) - WFYI 20 (PBS) - WNDY 23 (UPN/My Network TV) - WSOT-LP 25 (REL) - WMUN-LP 26 (TBN) - WTIU 30 (PBS) - WKOG-LP 31 (Religious) - WHMB 40 (LeSEA) - WCLJ 42 (TBN) - WBXI-CA 47 (MTV2) - WIPB 49 (PBS) - WALV-CA 50 (SkyTrak Weather Network) - WIWU 51 (Religious) - WXIN 59 (Fox) - WIPX 63 (i) - WDNI-LP 65 (IMC) - WDTI 69 (DS) | |||
| Broadcast television in the Terre Haute market [(Nielsen DMA #150)] | ||
|---|---|---|
| WTWO 2 (NBC) - WTHI 10 (CBS) - WUSI 16 (PBS) - WHFE 18 / WVGO 54 (A1) - WVUT 22 (PBS) - WFXW 38 (Fox) - W43BV 43 (TBN) | ||
| Significantly-viewed out-of-market stations | ||
| WTTV 4 (WB) - WRTV 6 (ABC) - WTHR 13 (NBC) - WPXS 13 (RTN) - WEIU 51 (PBS) | ||
| ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Indiana | |
|---|---|
| WRTV 6 () - WPTA 21 () - WEHT 25 () - WBND-LP 57 () | |
| See also: , , , , , , and stations in the state of Indiana | |
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