WXIN is a television station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, affiliated with the Fox network.
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14 Facts About WXIN
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WXIN became a charter affiliate of the Fox Broadcasting Company when the network launched on October 9,1986, after WTTV—despite its status as one of the strongest independent stations in the country—turned down an offer to become an affiliate.
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Under Tribune ownership, WXIN gradually added more talk shows, reality series and court shows to its schedule.
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In 2004, WXIN relocated its operations from its Meridian Street studio to a new facility at 6910 Network Place at the Intech Park office development on the city's northwest side.
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On January 1,2015, WXIN became the second largest Fox affiliate owned in a duopoly with a "Big Three" station when WTTV switched from The CW to CBS; it is the only station in Indianapolis to have never changed its network affiliation.
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Additionally, both stations carried the Super Bowl from 2019 to 2021, with WTTV carrying CBS coverage of Super Bowl LIII, WXIN airing Fox's coverage of Super Bowl LIV and CBS airing Super Bowl LV.
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Currently WXIN itself has the second largest local newscast output in Indianapolis and the state of Indiana.
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In May 2007, WXIN entered into a content partnership with the Indianapolis Business Journal to provide news and weather content for the newspaper.
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Under the direction of now-former general manager Jerry Martin and his successor Larry Delia, and former news director Lee Rosenthal, WXIN spearheaded a major expansion of its news programming.
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On November 1,2009, WXIN became the fourth television station in the Indianapolis market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition; with the change, WXIN adopted the logo and graphic scheme used by Fox's owned-and-operated stations and certain affiliates.
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On June 15,2013, WXIN implemented a standardized graphics package for Tribune's Fox affiliates that originated on Grand Rapids sister station WXMI in November 2012.
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On June 23,2014, WXIN entered into a multi-year content partnership with The Indianapolis Star – which began on August 1, replacing WTHR – to collaborate on coverage of news reports and investigative reports, with WXIN providing weather forecasts for the newspaper.
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On May 3,2015, WXIN debuted IN Focus, a half-hour Sunday morning program focusing on political and civic issues.
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WXIN shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 59, on June 12,2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate.
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