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, a former engineer at RCA in Bloomington, Indiana, who started his own company manufacturing television tuners and other electronic… Read More »WTTV

WXIN began broadcasting as WPDS on February 1, 1984, four years after Melvin and Fred Simon and Gerald Kraft, then… Read More »WXIN

On August 18, 1948, Radio Indianapolis Inc., led by Conrad Ruckelshaus and Frederic M. Ayres Jr., put WXLW on the… Read More »WXLW

Founded by radio pioneers Carl and , radio station WKBF began broadcasting on November 29, 1926, from a Ford automobile… Read More »WXNT

YMCA Of Greater Indianapolis

YMCA Of Greater Indianapolis

The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) began in London in 1844. A small group of evangelical Protestants opened the Indianapolis… Read More »YMCA Of Greater Indianapolis

Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA)

Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA)

The YWCA incorporated in 1892 to promote the “physical, intellectual, social, and spiritual advancement of young women,” especially young working… Read More »Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA)

Zig-Zag Cycling Club

Zig-Zag Cycling Club

founded the Zig-Zag Cycling Club, originally called the Indianapolis Cycling Club, in 1890. The club started with a dozen members,… Read More »Zig-Zag Cycling Club

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