Articles: Indianapolis Monthly Founded in 1977 by John and Sally Mayhill and Jim and Nancy Cottrell, the magazine’s original name was Indianapolis Home & Garden. It underwent changes in 1980 and was renamed… Read More »Indianapolis Monthly WBRI In October 1963, Radio One Five Hundred Inc., a subsidiary of New York City-based brokerage firm Edwin Tornberg and Co., chose Indianapolis for its first radio station because it was… Read More »WBRI WFMS Cambridge City native Martin R. Williams, formerly chief engineer for WFBM, began broadcasting Indianapolis’ first permanent commercial FM station on March 17, 1957. Choosing the call letters WFMS, Williams broadcast… Read More »WFMS WICR An operation of the University Of Indianapolis (formerly Indiana Central University), WICR began broadcasting at 88.7 FM in August 1962, featuring a variety of musical and educational programs. WICR initially… Read More »WICR WOH Noble B. Watson began WOH—Indianapolis’ second radio station—on March 29, 1922. Sponsored by the Hatfield Electronics Company, local dealers in radios and radio components, WOH shared air time with the… Read More »WOH WXLW On August 18, 1948, Radio Indianapolis Inc., led by Conrad Ruckelshaus and Frederic M. Ayres Jr., put WXLW on the air, occupying 1590 AM during daylight hours. The station, headquartered… Read More »WXLW WXNT Founded by radio pioneers Carl and Noble B. Watson, radio station WKBF began broadcasting on November 29, 1926, from a Ford automobile showroom on East Washington Street. In December, the… Read More »WXNT
Indianapolis Monthly Founded in 1977 by John and Sally Mayhill and Jim and Nancy Cottrell, the magazine’s original name was Indianapolis Home & Garden. It underwent changes in 1980 and was renamed… Read More »Indianapolis Monthly
WBRI In October 1963, Radio One Five Hundred Inc., a subsidiary of New York City-based brokerage firm Edwin Tornberg and Co., chose Indianapolis for its first radio station because it was… Read More »WBRI
WFMS Cambridge City native Martin R. Williams, formerly chief engineer for WFBM, began broadcasting Indianapolis’ first permanent commercial FM station on March 17, 1957. Choosing the call letters WFMS, Williams broadcast… Read More »WFMS
WICR An operation of the University Of Indianapolis (formerly Indiana Central University), WICR began broadcasting at 88.7 FM in August 1962, featuring a variety of musical and educational programs. WICR initially… Read More »WICR
WOH Noble B. Watson began WOH—Indianapolis’ second radio station—on March 29, 1922. Sponsored by the Hatfield Electronics Company, local dealers in radios and radio components, WOH shared air time with the… Read More »WOH
WXLW On August 18, 1948, Radio Indianapolis Inc., led by Conrad Ruckelshaus and Frederic M. Ayres Jr., put WXLW on the air, occupying 1590 AM during daylight hours. The station, headquartered… Read More »WXLW
WXNT Founded by radio pioneers Carl and Noble B. Watson, radio station WKBF began broadcasting on November 29, 1926, from a Ford automobile showroom on East Washington Street. In December, the… Read More »WXNT