Indiana Broadcast History Archive

Mark Allen

Mark Allen started his TV career in 1967, spending 41 years in Terre Haute, Indiana. Allen worked as an anchor and in upper management with WTWO-TV and WTHI-TV in the Terre Haute market. He was syndicated as “Mark Allen” on 38 stations for three years, and he did 18 years hosting the Jerry Lewis Telethon and the United Cerebral Palsy fund efforts. In the mid-80s he was named one of the top 100 journalists in the country by the Washington Journalism Review.

Mark Allen was inducted into the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2012.

Indiana Broadcast Pioneers

Related Items

Title Station Date Aired Description
Conway Library Tape 36
Mike Conway Collection
1989

Conway Library Tape 36
December, 1988 – February 1989
Tape log from 4/23

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00:05 Hutchinson Community College vs. Barton County...

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Title
Conway Library Tape 36
Collection
Mike Conway Collection
Stations
Date Aired
1989
Description

Conway Library Tape 36
December, 1988 – February 1989
Tape log from 4/23

----------PART ONE ---------------

00:05 Hutchinson Community College vs. Barton County...

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Conway Library Tape 23
Mike Conway Collection
1985

Conway Library Tape Twenty-Three
April 1985
Log Sheet/metadata
Tape log from 1/23

00:10 First Day of Spring at Ceasar’s Creek State Park 4/20/85 (1:48)
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Title
Conway Library Tape 23
Collection
Mike Conway Collection
Stations
Date Aired
1985
Description

Conway Library Tape Twenty-Three
April 1985
Log Sheet/metadata
Tape log from 1/23

00:10 First Day of Spring at Ceasar’s Creek State Park 4/20/85 (1:48)
WKEF-TV 22...

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Mark Allen's Hall of Fame Video Bio
Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Collection
2012

Video bio of Mark Allen, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2012.

Producer: Sue Dinkel, WTHI;
Production: DreamVision Media Partners;

Mark Allen started his...

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Title
Mark Allen's Hall of Fame Video Bio
Collection
Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Collection
Stations
Date Aired
2012
Description

Video bio of Mark Allen, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2012.

Producer: Sue Dinkel, WTHI;
Production: DreamVision Media Partners;

Mark Allen started his...

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