WRTV

*What We Watched On Television
==WFBM-TV==
===1949–1954===
Originally signed on the air on May 30, 1949 as WFBM-TV, a primary CBS affiliate on VHF channel 6. The first TV station of Indiana was founded by the Consolidated Television and Radio Broadcasters subsidiary of the Bitner Group, owners of radio station WFBM (1260 AM, now WNDE),
===1954–1956===
===1956–1961===
In 1956 WFBM-TV became an NBC affiliate, And WISH-TV switched to CBS.
===1961–1965===
===1966–1972===
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In late October 1970, WFBM-AM-FM-TV were sold to McGraw-Hill in a group deal that also involved Time-Life's other radio and television combinations in Denver, San Diego and Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Bakersfield, California.
==WRTV==
===1972-1978===
====1972–1974====
McGraw-Hill changed the callsign to the current WRTV on June 2, 1972, shortly after their purchase of channel 6 was complete.
====1974–1978====
===1978–1989===
===1979-1989===
On June 1, 1979, WRTV swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate from WTHR (VHF channel 13) to NBC, as the high-rated network was looking for stronger stations to affiliate with.
This "Circle 6" is similar to what would Viasat 6 (Hungary) later use since 2008.
===1989–2012===
This "6" logo is similar to the one used by CBS affiliate WCPX-TV (now WKMG-TV) in Orlando, Florida.
====1989–1998====
====1998–2012====
=====1998–2007=====
=====2007–2012=====
On October 3, 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies announced that it would sell its seven-station broadcasting division, including WRTV, to The E.W. Scripps Company for $212 million. The sale received FCC approval on November 29, 2011, and was formally consummated on December 30.
===2012–2020===
===2020–present===
On August 13, 2020, WRTV dropped its longtime "RTV6" moniker, and began branding itself as simply "WRTV: Working for You". Concurrent with the move, the station introduced a new logo; for the first time in WRTV's 71-year history, the station's analog/virtual channel number was not shown. The station's newscast was rebranded from RTV6 News to WRTV News. That same day, WRTV adopted the 2020 Scripps graphics.
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