System/Policy
Purdue University approves WFYI owner to operate WBAA
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The Indianapolis-based public broadcaster said that it “intends to maintain several staff positions” at the station in West Lafayette, Ind.
Exit Interviews
Lloyd Wright: ‘In order to lead, you must serve’
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“I give a lot of credit to those around me who have helped make WFYI and me successful,” says Wright, who recently retired as president of the Indianapolis stations.
People
Greg Petrowich picked as WFYI’s new leader
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Petrowich now leads WSIU Public Broadcasting in Carbondale, Ill.
Programs/Content
Indiana stations work out system for sharing ‘ATC’ host
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The arrangement between WFYI and WBAA is expected to free other newsroom staff to report and produce more feature stories.
Programs/Content
Indianapolis station expands health reporting
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WFYI’s newsroom will grow from 11 staff to 15.
System/Policy
Eleven stations partner for Indiana news network
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CPB is supporting the Indiana-based Regional Journalism Center with a $609,000 grant.
System/Policy
WFYI expands to Terre Haute with rebroadcast deal
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Indianapolis-based WFYI Public Media will expand to the Terre Haute, Ind., market next month through a rebroadcast deal with Indiana State University. Terre Haute–based Indiana State University owns a pair of signals in the city, WISU-FM 89.7 and WZIS-FM 90.7. Under the noncash deal announced Wednesday, the university will move the student station from WISU to WZIS, with the 13,500-watt WISU rebroadcasting WFYI’s news/talk programming starting in mid-September. WZIS, formerly WMHD-FM, was previously owned by the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute and aired music programmed by students. Indiana State bought the 1,400-watt station in June for $16,465, according to FCC records.
People
WFYI chief honored for leadership in public TV
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Lloyd Wright received the 2012 William Kobin Public Television Leadership Award from public TV’s Major Market Group. Wright has served as president of WFYI Public Media in Indianapolis for more than 23 years and was recently re-elected to his fourth term on the PBS Board of Directors. For the past two years he’s also served as chair of the MMG’s Board of Directors. The award was established in 2010 in honor of Bill Kobin, among the first producers of national programs for National Educational Television (NET), the forerunner of PBS. Kobin also headed stations in Minneapolis and Los Angeles, and led the MMG for 14 years until retiring in 2011.