Indiana Broadcast History Archive

Vicki Weger traveled with her dad’s “Harry Weger and the Big Ten Western Feature” shows that signed on in 1955 on WTHI-TV in Terre Haute, Indiana. She performed in many shows across the country. In 1978, she began freelancing as a newspaper, radio and TV journalist, and in 1982 was hired at WTHI-TV. There she worked the assignment desk and later became the station’s managing editor, taking her freelancing work to the network level with travels to many foreign countries and coverage of notable domestic stories. In 1998 she moved to Chicago as a full-time freelance producer for “The PBS NewsHour” and “Religion & Ethics” and similar work for NBC and ABC.

Weger was inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2013.

-Indiana Broadcast Pioneers