Better known by his air name Jay Carpenter, Dave White was born in Indianapolis. He attended Mooresville High School where he helped with the school’s weekly radio program and the student produced news programs which were seen in classrooms---that was cutting edge technology for the late 19 sixties.
Dave attended Franklin College where he became manager of WFCI radio. While attending Franklin, he also began working for the local commercial station WIFN. He was there five years, during which he married the love of his life Roberta.
His radio connections led to working at Gateway a county wide rehabilitation agency. He progressed to Executive Director while having side jobs producing public affairs programs on WIFE radio and WISH TV. Children Jennifer and Josh grew up to follow in their dad’s footsteps-Jennifer in rehabilitation and Josh in media.
Dave’s heart was still in broadcasting and after five years at Gateway he worked brief stints at WATI, WNTS, and WFMS. He moved on to become Operations Manager and Program Director at radio stations WXIR FM and WBRI AM. As morning drive host he helped the stations raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for Compassion International and other charities. At WXIR, he produced and co-hosted the radio station’s TV program “Power Source” for 10 years on WHMB TV while continuing with his program on WISH TV.
He was at WXIR and WBRI for 20 years. He was a host and producer at WISH TV for a total of 28 years.
His work took his to China, Thailand, Isreal, former Soviet countries and Haiti.
In 1993 he received a commendation from Governor Evan Buy for his community service. He also has been recognized for his theatre work and serving the Church Federation.
In 2002, with son Josh graduating from Franklin College, they formed DreamVision Media Partners. DreamVision primarily does production for not-for-profit groups. Over the last 20 years Dave has helped create over 200 video biographies for the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame at the Indiana State Museum.
After over 50 years of radio and TV production, Dave is enjoying retirement while serving as President of the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers. He and Roberta have traveled to the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Mediterranean. And enjoy outtings with Josh, Mara (Mare-uh) and grandson Sebastian.
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers