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[]
SVG NEEDED
1965–1967[]
SVG NEEDED
1967–1969[]
1969–1971[]
SVG NEEDED
1971–1973[]
SVG NEEDED
1973–1975[]
SVG NEEDED
1975–1976[]
SVG NEEDED
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.
1979–1983[]
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[]
1986–1988[]
1988–1995[]
1995–present[]
1995–2014[]
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.
