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Video bio of Jim Wilson, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2013;
Jim Wilson began his career in 1949 as part of the broadcasting staff of WBAA-AM/FM at Purdue University. In 1954, after his military service, he joined WSBT-AM/FM/TV in South Bend, Indiana, as staff announcer. He began to host daily sports programs and became sports director in 1960. In 1964 he moved to WISH-TV in Indianapolis as sports director. He was a pit reporter for nationwide Indy Car racing for ABC, CBS and TVS, and for Theater TV of the Indianapolis 500. Wilson was named Sportscaster of the Year in Indiana five times and served as president of the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association and the Indianapolis 500 Old-timers. Wilson left WISH-TV in the early ‘70s to start his own video production company. He died June 2, 2012, at age 83.
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers
Video bio of Bob Gamble, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2006.
Producer: Reid Duffy;
Narrator: Barbara Boyd;
Post-Production: DreamVision Media Partners;
Archive Footage: WRTV 6;
After heading news operations in Minnesota, Nebraska and Oklahoma, Bob Gamble came to Indianapolis in 1959 to serve as News Director for Channel 6, WFBM-FM/TV (now WRTV-TV). The station won many RTNDA (Radio-TV News Directors Association) awards for its editorials, which Gamble aired. He later became president of RTNDA. He has been credited with creating innovative techniques and a strong staff to raise the level of local TV news in the Indianapolis market. Gamble retired from WRTV-TV and broadcasting in 1986. He died March 7, 2015, at age 89.
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers
Video bio of Lloyd Wright, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2013.
Writer/Producer: Jim Simmons;
Editor: Pete Saetre;
Videographers: Chris Elberfield & Frank Konermann;
Art Director: Judi Border;
Special Thanks to: Jennifer Golden, Renard T. Jenkins & Phil Meyer;
Lloyd Wright has more than three decades of service in public media. Since 1989, he has been president and CEO of WFYI-FM/TV in Indianapolis. Earlier he was a producer/director/writer for the Indiana University News Bureau, followed by six years as broadcast operations manager at WTTW-TV in Chicago. Wright has served multiple terms on the PBS Board of Directors. During his tenure at WFYI-FM/TV the station has been honored with three PBS Development Awards including the “Award of Excellence for Overall Membership.”
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers
