Indiana Broadcast History Archive

Title Station Date Aired Description
Opening Day at the Track
Kurt Swadener Collection
1983

Produced and Directed by: Kurt Swadener;
Writers: Kurt Swadener, Ken Double & Tom Carnegie;
Photographers: Greg Williams & Lance Yoder;
Editors: Greg Williams, Dave Schmiedel,...

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Title
Opening Day at the Track
Collection
Kurt Swadener Collection
Stations
Date Aired
1983
Description

Produced and Directed by: Kurt Swadener;
Writers: Kurt Swadener, Ken Double & Tom Carnegie;
Photographers: Greg Williams & Lance Yoder;
Editors: Greg Williams, Dave Schmiedel,...

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Opening Day at the Track (Indianapolis 500)
Ken Owen Collection
1987-05-02

Synopsis:​​ This segment is a preview made by Kevin Madden from WRTV Channel 6 in Indianapolis, and it discusses a preview before the 1987 Indianapolis 500. He takes viewers through the...

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Title
Opening Day at the Track (Indianapolis 500)
Collection
Ken Owen Collection
Stations
Date Aired
1987-05-02
Description

Synopsis:​​ This segment is a preview made by Kevin Madden from WRTV Channel 6 in Indianapolis, and it discusses a preview before the 1987 Indianapolis 500. He takes viewers through the...

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Opening Day Doubleheader for White Sox vs. Yankees
Ken Owen Collection
1982-04-11

Dick Rea has highlights from his Indianapolis sports report. Ron Leflore, Steve Kemp and Bill Almon are among the stars. (Ken Owen)

Title
Opening Day Doubleheader for White Sox vs. Yankees
Collection
Ken Owen Collection
Stations
Date Aired
1982-04-11
Description

Dick Rea has highlights from his Indianapolis sports report. Ron Leflore, Steve Kemp and Bill Almon are among the stars. (Ken Owen)

Operation Basketball (bumper)
Ken Owen Collection
1995-01-25
Title
Operation Basketball (bumper)
Collection
Ken Owen Collection
Stations
Date Aired
1995-01-25
Optimizing Life Trailer
Clayton Taylor Collection
2020

"Optimizing Life is a new WFYI documentary with emotionally powerful stories of Hoosiers who find themselves in the midst of life-threatening health crises, faced also with the opportunity to...

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Title
Optimizing Life Trailer
Collection
Clayton Taylor Collection
Stations
Date Aired
2020
Description

"Optimizing Life is a new WFYI documentary with emotionally powerful stories of Hoosiers who find themselves in the midst of life-threatening health crises, faced also with the opportunity to...

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Oral Biography of Howard Caldwell
Howard Caldwell Collection
199x

Oral Biography of Howard Caldwell and his wife Lynn Caldwell

(Notes by Ally Melnik, J450 History of Journalism, Fall 2021 )

00:00-:05 title screen 

00:09 video starts with...

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Title
Oral Biography of Howard Caldwell
Collection
Howard Caldwell Collection
Date Aired
199x
Description

Oral Biography of Howard Caldwell and his wife Lynn Caldwell

(Notes by Ally Melnik, J450 History of Journalism, Fall 2021 )

00:00-:05 title screen 

00:09 video starts with...

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Oscar Robertson at the NBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis
Ken Owen Collection
1985-02-10

From the Hoosier Dome with Pat O'Brien. (Ken Owen)

Title
Oscar Robertson at the NBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis
Collection
Ken Owen Collection
Stations
Date Aired
1985-02-10
Description

From the Hoosier Dome with Pat O'Brien. (Ken Owen)

Osgood T336 Samples
Telecommunications
unknown/unknown
Title
Osgood T336 Samples
Collection
Telecommunications
Date Aired
unknown/unknown
Our Fair Beatles: Marking 60 Years Since The Beatles Came to Indianapolis
Ken Owen Collection
2024-09-03

WISH-TV was able to get a film camera and audio recording device into the Indiana State Fairgrounds and aired a special, 'Our Fair Beatles', which was replayed -- sixty years to the day the Fab...

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Title
Our Fair Beatles: Marking 60 Years Since The Beatles Came to Indianapolis
Collection
Ken Owen Collection
Stations
Date Aired
2024-09-03
Description

WISH-TV was able to get a film camera and audio recording device into the Indiana State Fairgrounds and aired a special, 'Our Fair Beatles', which was replayed -- sixty years to the day the Fab...

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Out of the Fire Series
Anne Ryder Collection
2004-03-02

A docuseries following three painters, Joe Gallagher, Danny Maple, and Joe Miller, who suffered severe burns after the flick of a lighter ignited a box truck with painters and their supplies. The...

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Title
Out of the Fire Series
Collection
Anne Ryder Collection
Stations
Date Aired
2004-03-02
Description

A docuseries following three painters, Joe Gallagher, Danny Maple, and Joe Miller, who suffered severe burns after the flick of a lighter ignited a box truck with painters and their supplies. The...

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Outtakes
Ken Beckley Collection
198x

H.H. Gregg commercial outtakes

Title
Outtakes
Collection
Ken Beckley Collection
Stations
Date Aired
198x
Description

H.H. Gregg commercial outtakes

P. S. Dump Your Boyfriend "This Ride"
Kurt Swadener Collection
1988-03-14
Title
P. S. Dump Your Boyfriend "This Ride"
Collection
Kurt Swadener Collection
Stations
Date Aired
1988-03-14
P. S. Dump Your Boyfriend "This RIde"
Kurt Swadener Collection
unknown/unknown
Title
P. S. Dump Your Boyfriend "This RIde"
Collection
Kurt Swadener Collection
Date Aired
unknown/unknown
Pacers and Celtics Starting Lineups are Introduced
Ken Owen Collection
1986-02-23

From the Hartford Civic Center. Eddie Doucette and Dick Vitale are on the call. Players include Larry Bird, Danny Ainge and Wayman Tisdale. (Ken Owen)

Title
Pacers and Celtics Starting Lineups are Introduced
Collection
Ken Owen Collection
Date Aired
1986-02-23
Description

From the Hartford Civic Center. Eddie Doucette and Dick Vitale are on the call. Players include Larry Bird, Danny Ainge and Wayman Tisdale. (Ken Owen)

Pacers Full Court (promo)
Ken Owen Collection
1998

Seen in Indianapolis. (Ken Owen)

Title
Pacers Full Court (promo)
Collection
Ken Owen Collection
Stations
Date Aired
1998
Description

Seen in Indianapolis. (Ken Owen)

Pacers Prep for Cavaliers
Ken Owen Collection
1989-01-19

TV news coverage includes sound from Reggie Miller. (Ken Owen)

Title
Pacers Prep for Cavaliers
Collection
Ken Owen Collection
Stations
Date Aired
1989-01-19
Description

TV news coverage includes sound from Reggie Miller. (Ken Owen)

Pacers Win Thriller Over Portland
Ken Owen Collection
1984-02-26

Steve Stipanovich & Pacers Win Thriller Over Portland; Jim Barbar has highlights and sound from Market Square Arena. Interviewed are Clark Kellogg and Jack McKinney. Aired in Indianapolis and...

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Title
Pacers Win Thriller Over Portland
Collection
Ken Owen Collection
Stations
Date Aired
1984-02-26
Description

Steve Stipanovich & Pacers Win Thriller Over Portland; Jim Barbar has highlights and sound from Market Square Arena. Interviewed are Clark Kellogg and Jack McKinney. Aired in Indianapolis and...

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Paiges Music of Indiana
Ken Owen Collection
1987

Seen in Bloomington - Indianapolis. (Ken Owen)

Title
Paiges Music of Indiana
Collection
Ken Owen Collection
Date Aired
1987
Description

Seen in Bloomington - Indianapolis. (Ken Owen)

Pam Kramer Indianapolis News Update (Partial)
Ken Owen Collection
1993-04-18

The first part of this was not recorded. (Ken Owen)

Title
Pam Kramer Indianapolis News Update (Partial)
Collection
Ken Owen Collection
Stations
Date Aired
1993-04-18
Description

The first part of this was not recorded. (Ken Owen)

Pan Am Games News Team Bumper & Promo for The International
Ken Owen Collection
1987-08-08

Stan Wood, Ed Harding, Mike Ahern and Debby Knox are seen. From Indianapolis. (Ken Owen)

Title
Pan Am Games News Team Bumper & Promo for The International
Collection
Ken Owen Collection
Stations
Date Aired
1987-08-08
Description

Stan Wood, Ed Harding, Mike Ahern and Debby Knox are seen. From Indianapolis. (Ken Owen)

Pan Am Games Preview
Ken Owen Collection
1987-08-04

From Indianapolis. (Ken Owen)

Title
Pan Am Games Preview
Collection
Ken Owen Collection
Stations
Date Aired
1987-08-04
Description

From Indianapolis. (Ken Owen)

Paper Tiger Television Compilation
Telecommunications
unknown/unknown
Title
Paper Tiger Television Compilation
Collection
Telecommunications
Date Aired
unknown/unknown
Parke Co. Covered Bridge Festival
Mike Conway Collection
1982-10-09

WTHI-TV, Mike Conway, reporter/photographer
26th year for the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival, started in 1957 to help raise money to save the covered bridges.
Parke Co. has 34,...

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Title
Parke Co. Covered Bridge Festival
Collection
Mike Conway Collection
Stations
Date Aired
1982-10-09
Description

WTHI-TV, Mike Conway, reporter/photographer
26th year for the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival, started in 1957 to help raise money to save the covered bridges.
Parke Co. has 34,...

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Parody Newscast Promotion
Mike Conway Collection
1982-07

Parody newscast promotional spot
WTHI Sunday weekend team of George Eisele & Bob Sabo

Title
Parody Newscast Promotion
Collection
Mike Conway Collection
Stations
Date Aired
1982-07
Description

Parody newscast promotional spot
WTHI Sunday weekend team of George Eisele & Bob Sabo

Pat Carlini Goes Behind the Scenes of Frasier
Ken Owen Collection
1995
Title
Pat Carlini Goes Behind the Scenes of Frasier
Collection
Ken Owen Collection
Stations
Date Aired
1995