"I pray you couldnt see or feel the pain that was real and emotionally consuming and exhausting," she wrote in the open letter. Maybe she should go back to Kentucky if they will have her. Allison Carter is Facebook editor at IndyStar. Follow her on Twitter:@hollyvhays. She was first on the scene for a number of violent tornadoes, providing real-time, life-saving information to those in need. I switched to Jim O'Brien and Ron Smiley on Fox 59. TV anchors and reporters who left Indianapolis. She was a beloved face in Indy and described as "an absolutely sweet, kind, smart wonderful lady. The family tells 13News she died at home over the weekend, of natural causes. ("Chronology of call letters WTHR") . You'll make the big time someday Nicole. Co-hosting a four-and- a-half hour morning show, she interviewed a number of celebrities, sitting down with big names like Tyler Perry, Morris Chestnut, Kid N Play, Anthony Hamilton, CeeLo Green and many others. [6], After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion was completed on June 12, 2009 at 12:37 AM [7], WTHR moved its digital broadcasts back to channel 13.[8]. We always looked forward to the Nicole's on the weekend. Felicia Lawrence joins WTHR news as weekday evening anchor From 1957 to 1962, the station was tied up in one of the most heated licensing disputes in early television history. Before joining WRTV in early 2000, Flye was an anchor and reporter for the Ohio News Network. I hope everyone feels better now after throwing your opinions around on something they really know nothing about. They LOVED Nicole Pence in Lexington Ky.Loved herShe had the number 1 morning show there. Before joining WRTV in early 2000, Flye was an anchor and reporter for the Ohio News Network. Learning as she accepted the new challenge. In 2009, Flye founded a not-for-profit organization, Wings to Flye Inc., focused on youth empowerment. The Emmy Award-winning news anchor suing WTHR-TV Channel 13's parent company after alleging she suffered unlawful and discriminatory actions said Wednesday the allegations laid out in the. WTHR used to have a partnership agreement with then-UPN affiliate WNDY-TV (channel 23; now a MyNetworkTV affiliate). Digital: Sounds like someone was looking for a reason to get rid of her. Jill was one of Indy's biggest arts, food, and entertainment advocates for decades. Pearce, who grew up in Martinsville and is a1986 Butler University graduate,came to WTHR in 2002 as the Sunrise team traffic anchor. another viewerwrote on Facebook after WTHR's Naomi Pescovitz announced her departure. Radio-TV Broadcast History is a FANDOM TV Community. And nowhe's moving on. Additionally, when workplace adjustment or scheduling requests were made during her treatment, the lawsuit says, management would ask for additional information from doctors and share information Morehead had not intended to share about her treatment with co-workers. She has a voice that is like fingernails on a blackboard. I'm done with you. Nicole was great and I will miss her. TV anchors and reporters who left Indianapolis. Ive been doing this for 35 years, and its just kind of time, Milz, 60, told IBJ. Milz, who began working for WTHR in 2003 and distinguished herself with aggressive reporting on the city government beat, put in her notice at the end of last year but opted to stay through Wednesday. After 18 years as a reporter and news anchor at WRTV-TV Channel 6, Ericka Flye has flown the coup. Since her departure, Pence has been documenting her adventures in motherhood on social media both Facebook and Twitterand told IndyStar her boys have been keeping her busy. Heres how it got the story. (Television Host and Creator of the Preschool Television Series 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood') 44. Vote for Your Favourite TV Anchors. Longtime WTHR-TV Channel 13 news anchor Andrea Morehead claimed in a lawsuit filed last week that she was harassed and mistreated by colleagues and managers over several years as she waged a. "Really WTHR? and after the firing of Ann on national TV and not Matt, I will not watch it again until he is fired!!! Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Follow him on Twitter @lawrencegandrea. Felicia is a big supporter of HBCUs. His last day on the air with WTHR is Wednesday. I did not care for Nicole Pence from the beginning! "I really dont know. INDIANAPOLIS Former WTHR anchor and reporter Jill Ditmire has passed away at the age of 56. The change from weekend anchor Kris Kirshner was abrupt to viewers, and miss Nicole Misensik too! Stunned to hear this. One of the other competitors, Richard Fairbanks, owner of WIBC-AM 1070 sued the FCC. On Tuesday, IBJ reported that WISH-TV Channel 8 is losing two popular on-air personalities: morning anchor Lauren Lowrey and reporter Brittany Lewis. "I've enjoyed the past year spending quality time with family, pursuing new opportunities and best of all catching up on sleep," he said in an email. INDIANAPOLIS Former WTHR-13 news anchor Andrea Morehead has filed a civil lawsuit against the station and its owners. Kopp has served in a variety of roles at WTHR, including business reporter and weekend anchor. Here's a look at some of the anchors we had to say goodbye to in 2017. Sun Sign: Pisces. Here's what you need to know about Andrea Morehead's lawsuit: Morehead is a seven-time Emmy Award-winning news anchor, who most recently worked for the NBC affiliate at WTHR-TV Channel 13 in Indianapolis, according to her Twitter profile. Paul, WCPO-TV in Cincinnati, and sister station WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio). "Watching you early in the morning meant there was a chance the day was gonna be awesome. Indianapolis man might be biggest Batman fan in the world | wthr.com - WPMT As someone who has worked as a journalist, your integrity and ethics is everything. the anchors there today have zero charisma. In 1961, the FCC awarded Fairbanks the channel 13 license, but Crosley appealed. #BREAKINGNEWS I retired from TV today (for now!) Nice to look at but, since she is related to the IN governor, she should stay in Indiana somewhere. Viewers who want to keep up with Pescovitz can follow her on Facebook and Twitter,and they can stream her new show, which covers a mix of local and national news,online. She will be very successful. For many local television news viewers, the anchors arenearly members of the family. There's a reason they're called "personalities". 2023 www.indystar.com. She loves traveling internationally, dance, sci-fi movies, eating at new restaurants and learning new languages! Meet the WHAS11 Team | Louisville, KY | whas11.com Award Recipients 20 in their Twenties CFO of the Year 2022 Honorees Past Recipients Fast25 Health Care Heroes 2021 Honorees Nominations Past Recipients HR Impact Awards Michael A. Carroll Award. Sueing the station is not going to get her job offers in Indiana. Pearce's post received more than 500 comments with many viewers outraged -- not only that Pearce was being let go from the station, but that it happened duringan uncertain time in America with the coronavirus outbreak. To Anonymous: If you were a news anchor like you claim, it's obvious you have a green eyed monster rearing its ugly head, as both Nicole Pence and Teresa Tanoos were why I watched WTHR in the first place. I am grateful to RTV6 and I am blessed by the support of viewers who have watched me for many years, Flye said on WRTVs Facebook page. @WTHRcom has been a Rev media partner for coming up on years this May! Lawrence will anchor the 5 p.m. hour with Anne Marie Tiernon and the 11 p.m. hour with Scott Swan, Monday through Friday. After leaving Channel 13, Jill went on to own a wine shop on Mass Ave and later featured artist and musicians through a program called "Curious Mix" at WFYI. I would hope she follows her goals and keeps us informed wherever she goes on her career. "Hopefully in those 19 years I've kept you out of a traffic jam or I've just touched your heart.". Speedway Indianapolis police badly botched the original investigation by failing to treat . "In my mind I know I dont have to go back to work, but I still cant comprehend it," he said. She should sue so there would be an investigation into her filing. She also worked from 1993-97 at WTHR-TV Channel 13 as a production assistant, on the news assignment desk and as an anchor. Tiernon was filling in for Scott Swan when this screenshot was taken on March 28, 2007. Morehead announced she was cancer-free in March 2020. Credit: WTHR. Now you have neither what? She was a great reporter and I feel bad for her. Reporter Steve Jefferson told IBJ last week that he had been given a job offer he couldnt refuse from highly regarded WFAA-TV Channel 8 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Pence in March said she was leavingCBS4to spend more time with her three young children. "Dude you were in the background of every 2 hour delay and school closing for my entire life," one viewer wrote on Facebook about WISH-TV's Dave Barras' retirement. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. She said she hopes to do volunteer work in the Indianapolis area and is not considering a return to full-time employment, but who knows, anything is possible.. Meet the WTHR Team | wthr.com Morehead on Jan. 13 filed a lawsuitin Indiana federal court againstWTHR-TV's parent company Tegna, Inc. claiming employees at the station harassed and discriminated against her. He was even described as a "Renaissance Man" and his life seemed to play that out. I'm not sure where they found the weather reporter that is now on there, but she doesn't have the personality to be a weather anchor. https://t.co/dsc0odnlq7. This is very disappointing. That was riveting Wthr. Nicole Misencik (AMS Seal of Approval) - Meteorologist; weekend mornings, and weekends at 6 p.m. Jude Redfield (NWA Seal of Approval) - Meteorologist; weekdays at noon and weeknights at 5 p.m. David Calabro - Sports Director; weeknights at 6 and Sunday-Thursdays at 11 p.m. Eric Yutzy - Sports Anchor; weekends at 6 and 11 p.m., also sports reporter, Dick Rea - sports reporter and fill-in anchor, Cat Andersen - general assignment reporter, Jeremy Brilliant - general assignment reporter, Sandra Chapman - investigative reporter ("13 Investigates"), Lynsay Clutter - general assignment reporter, Richard Essex - general assignment reporter, Captain Paul Kasey - morning traffic reporter ("SkyWatch Traffic"), Emily Longnecker - general assignment reporter, David MacAnally - general assignment reporter, Mimi Pierce - morning traffic reporter ("SkyWatch Traffic"), Jennifer Reyes - general assignment reporter, Bob Segall - investigative reporter ("13 Investigates"), Tom Walker - Washington, DC correspondent, Rich Van Wyk - money and education reporter, Linda Allen (Reporter; now 5, 6 & 10 p.m. anchor at, Chris Bavender (Reporter; now Communications Director for the Indiana Attorney General), Phil Bremen (Weekend anchor/reporter; currently Telecommunications Professor at Ball State University), Brent Cameron (Weekend meteorologist; now at, Bob Campbell (Former News Director; now Realtor "Reliable Robert"; Bellingham, WA), Pat Carlini (Meteorologist in the late 1980s and weekday morning anchor until 2004), Tom Cochrun (Anchor from 19811996; former news director at WISH-TV), Ray Cortopassi (Freelance anchor/reporter 2008-2009, now morning anchor at rival, Mark Craft (5 p.m. & 6 p.m. producer; now Director, External Communications, Duke Energy), Lis Daily (19592002), (Community Affairs Director; died in 2002 from cancer), Linsey Davis (Now reporter for ABC NewsOne), Debbie Denmon (Weekend morning anchor in the late 1990s; now at, Jill Ditmire (Weekday anchor; now feature reporter at WISH-TV and WFYI-TV Indianapolis), Duane Dow (Sports anchor; resigned for personal reasons), Bill Donnella (Reporter; now owner of his own production company, Videos & Such, in Indianapolis), Bill Gephardt (Consumer Reporter in the 1980s; now at KUTV, Salt Lake City, UT), Bob Gregory Former Chief Meteorologist (semi-retired, occasionally appears on WTHR during his Coats For Kids campaign), Cameron Harper (Anchor in the 1980s; now at, Roger Harvey (Anchor/reporter; now Senior Vice President, Bose Public Affairs Group, Indianapolis), Kim Hood (Anchor/reporter; married to former US Congressman, Rhori Johnston (Weekend anchor from 19992005; now at, Glendal Jones (Weekend anchor/reporter; now a writer with Indianapolis Woman magazine), Theresa Joyce (Reporter from 19941997;now freelance Travel Editor/Writer), Parella Lewis (Weekend meteorologist from 20042007, now at, Pete Liebengood (Sports anchor; early-mid-80s), Anita Malichi (Anchor/reporter from mid-1990s to 2001), Bill Meck (Former meteorologist; now Chief Meteorologist at, Lynda Moore (Medical reporter/anchor from 19952004), Angie Moreschi (Anchor/investigative reporter; now freelance journalist & media consultant in, Cliff Nicholson - Weekend Nightbeat meteorologist, Peggy Nicholson (Former host of "Peggy and the Vantastics"), Lee Owens (Weekend sports anchor/reporter), Jean Palmer (Consumer reporter, late 1970s; resigned to work for Eli Lilly and Co.), Susan Parks (Weekend anchor in early 1990s, later of, Rich Pegram (VP and General Manager (19942007), now at WFTS-TV in Tampa, FL), Jeremy Rogalski (Investigative reporter; now at, Nancy Rogers (Weekend weathercaster/reporter), Betsy Ross (Anchor, now sports reporter at, Anne Ryder (Anchor/reporter; now community speaker), Stephanie Soviar (Feature Reporter 2006-07, now at, Randal Stanley (Former Weathercaster, Producer, Executive Producer; now GM of News 12 NJ), Teresa Tanoos (Medical reporter, now host of Healthy Living), Paul Udell (News anchor; recently retired from, Carrie Van Dyke (Anchor; now spokesperson for Indiana Special Education Administrators' Services (ISEAS)), Pam Vaught (Producer, Executive Producer; now News Director at, Erik Waxler (Sports anchor/reporter from 19982006; now at, Walt Zwirko (Reporter/photographer/producer 1975-1980; now Senior Web News Editor at.