The station first signed on the air on October 30, 1957, as WLWI. Founded by the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation, it originally operated as an ABC affiliate, taking the affiliation from Bloomington-licensed WTTV (channel 4, formerly a CW affiliate, now a CBS affiliate), which had affiliated with the network one year earlier.
1962–1965[]
1965–1967[]
Station ID from 1966
1967–1969[]
1969–1971[]
1971–1973[]
1973–1975[]
1975–1976[]
WTHR[]
1976-1983[]
In 1976, WLWI became WTHR, as the station was acquired by Columbus, Ohio-based Dispatch Broadcast Group. The typeface for this 13 is Helvetica Black.
1976–1979[]
1979–1983[]
1979[]
On June 1, 1979, WTHR switched affiliations with WRTV; the station kept its 1976 Helvetica Black 13; which matched the font used by a number of NBC affiliates during this era.
Station ID (1979)
Monochrome version
1979–1984?[]
1983–1995[]
The typeface used for this logo is Serpentine Bold; which was used for the logo of NBC News between 1982 and 1985.
1983-1986[]
Monochrome variant
Monochrome variant with NBC logo
Variant with NBC logo
Variant with NBC logo
Variant with NBC logo
1986–1988[]
Monochrome variant
1988–1995[]
Variant with NBC logo
1990's variant
1990's monochrome variant shown in "TV Guide"
1995–present[]
1995–2014[]
Night ID used in news open (1997-2000)
Channel 13 Eyewitness News logo (2002–2014)
2014–present[]
On June 11, 2019, Dispatch announced it would sell its broadcasting assets, including WTHR, to Tegna Inc. for $535 million in cash. The sale was approved by the FCC on July 29 and was completed on August 8. It makes WTHR sister stations to WHAS-TV in adjacent Louisville and also result in Tegna owning its first station in Indiana since Gannett (its predecessor company) sold off Fort Wayne's WPTA to the now-defunct Pulitzer, Inc. in May 1983.
Alternate logo with call letters and NBC logo (2014–present)
Horizontal variant
Flat version (2020–present)
Station ID seen in daytime newscast opens (2014–2020)
Station ID seen in early-evening newscast opens (2014–2020)