Indiana Broadcast History Archive

Jim Freeman's Hall of Fame Video Bio

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2009

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Video bio of Jim Freeman, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2009.

Produced by: Sally Brown;
Video Production: WSBT;

Jim Freeman had more than 40 years in broadcasting in his home town of South Bend, Indiana. After obtaining a marketing degree in 1957 from Indiana University, he began his broadcast career at WSBT-TV as a salesman. Freeman worked several different roles while at WSBT-TV until becoming its president and general manager in 1989. He then became the senior vice president of broadcast for Schurz Communications, Inc. Freeman died in 2008 at the age of 74.
--Information from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers and South Bend Tribune