Video bio of Tom Cochrun, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2009.
Co-Producers: Kevin Finch & Eric Halvorson;
Narration: Eric Halvorson;
File Footage: WISH & WTHR;
Tom Cochrun worked in radio — WFMS-FM, WERK-FM, WIBC-FM and WNAP-FM — from 1963 to 1979, then joined WISH-TV from 1979 to 1981 in Indianapolis as a co-host of PM Magazine. He moved to WTHR-TV in 1981 as a documentary producer and investigative reporter, winning a national Emmy for the documentary “Klan.” He was the main news anchor at WTHR-TV from 1986 to 1995, then CEO of a television and content production company where documentaries were produced for The Discovery Channel, TLC, Carlton in the UK, NHK in Japan and PBS. Cochrun returned to WISH-TV as news director in 2003 until retiring in 2007. During this time, his department won numerous awards including a Peabody.
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers