WRTV
WRTV ,
"RTV6", is the
ABC television affiliate in
Indianapolis, Indiana. Its transmitter is located in Indianapolis.
The station, the first commercial station in Indiana that signed on the air on
May 30,
1949 under the call sign
WFBM-TV with a documentary entitled
Crucible of Speed covering the history of the
Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, thereafter followed by the first ever live television broadcast of the event.
It was originally a
CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. When
WTTV signed on a few months later, WFBM shared ABC programming until
1954, when
WISH-TV signed on and took over the CBS affiliation. WFBM then took the
NBC affiliation from WTTV.
The station changed to the
WRTV calls in
1972; four years after it came under the ownership of the
McGraw-Hill Companies. In
1979, it traded affiliations with
WTHR and became an ABC affiliate.
WRTV continues to be a pioneer in Indiana broadcasting. Some of WRTV's innovations have included the first station in the state to broadcast in color, the first use of videotape, the first news mini-cams, the first satellite truck for news ("NewStar 6"), the first cable news with its NewsChannel 64, the first entry into web publishing (TheIndyChannel.com), and the first into cellphone delivery of news and VODcasting.
Monday-Friday*Good Morning Indiana - 5:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.
*6 News Midday - 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
*6 News First at 5 - 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
*6 News at 6 - 6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
*6 News Nightcast - 11:00 p.m. - 11:35 p.m.
Weekends*Weekend News on RTV6 - 6 PM-6:30 PM
*RTV6 Nightcast - 11 PM-11:30 PM
*Sports Xtra - 11:30 PM-Midnight
*
TheIndyChannel.com *
WRTV History at TheIndyChannel.com
