Indiana Broadcast History Archive

Jack Rinehart's Hall of Fame Video Bio

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2017

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Video bio of Jack Rinehart, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2017;

Jack Rinehart was born and grew up in South Bend, Indiana. He graduated from Bradley University in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree in speech. While still in college, Rinehart started working as a reporter at WRAU-TV (now WHOI-TV) in Peoria, Illinois. He later became an investigative reporter and weekend anchor at WRAU-TV before coming to WRTV-TV on Nov. 10, 1975. For more than 40 years Rinehart worked as a senior reporter at WRTV-TV. During his four decades on-air he broke thousands of stories, covered hundreds of exclusives and established himself as one of the most trusted reporters in the market. His career highlights include an Emmy Award, Associated Press awards, a CASPER Award, and he was named a “Sagamore of the Wabash” by Indiana Governor Robert Orr.
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers