WIIN

WIIN
Location	Indianapolis, IN
Branding	ABC 9 ABC 9 News
Slogan	Coverage You Can Trust.
Channel(s)	Digital: 46 (UHF) Virtual: 9 (PSIP)
subchannel(s)	WIIN-HD 9.1 Univision 9.2
Affiliation	ABC (Secondary: 1949-1954, Primary: 1954-1958, 2015-present)
First air date	December 21, 1940 (as 2FC) September 15, 1949
Former call letters	2FC (1940-1949) WIND (1949-1977)
Former channel number	Analog: 1 (VHF, 1940-1944) 9 (VHF, 1944-2009)
Former Affiliation	Primary: Experimental (1940-1949) CBS (1995-2014) NBC (1949-1954, 1958-1995) Secondary: CBS (1949-1955) DuMont: (1949-1956)
Owner:	Journal Media Group

 WIIN is the ABC affiliate that serves the Indianapolis, IN area. It broadcasts on channel 9 via analog, 46 via digital though through the use of PSIP its virtual channel is 9.1 and 9.2 respectively. The station was owned by Krueger Broadcasting as part of a duopoly with Fox affiliate WIND. On Oct. 29, 2015, Krueger Broadcasting sold WIIN to Journal Media Group, and the sale became final the next day. Because of the sale, WIIN and WIND are no longer sister stations.

News

Newscast Titles

• The 11th Hour (1949-1964)
• News Nine (1964-1971)
• TV-9 Eyewitness News (1971-1980)
• TV-9 News (1980-1991)
• NBC 9 News (1991-1995)
• 9 News (1995)
• WIIN Eyewitness News (1995-2001, 2014-2016)
• WIIN News 9 (2001-2003)
• WIIN News (2003-2006)
• WIIN 9 News (2006-2014)
• ABC 9 News (2016-present)

News Themes

• Ticker (-1972)
• Move Closer To Your World - Al Ham (1972-1981)
• Part of Your Life - Mayoham Music (1981-1984)
• And You - Telesound (1984-1989)
• Image IV - Newsmusic Central (1989-1993)
• Counterpoint - Stephen Arnold Music (1993-1995)
• Palmer News Package - Shelly Palmer (1995-1998)
• Signature - Stephen Arnold Music - (1998-2001)
• CBS Enforcer - Gari Media (2001-2014)
• News In Focus - John Hegner Music (2011-2014)
• CBS Local - Stephen Arnold Music (2014)
• News In Focus - John Hegner Music (2015-present)

Programming Schedule

	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat	Sun
7 AM	Good Morning, America					Good Morning America Weekend
7:30 AM
8 AM						ABC 9 News Weekend
8:30 AM
9 AM	Live with Kelly					Legends of the Hidden Temple	ABC's This Week
9:30 AM						Blue's Clues
10 AM	Judge Mathis					Litton's Weekend Adventure	Various Religious Programming
10:30 AM
11 AM	The View
11:30 AM
12 PM	ABC 9 News @ Noon
12:30 PM
1 PM	The Chew					ABC Sports Programming (Varies by Season)
1:30 PM
2 PM	General Hospital
2:30 PM
3 PM	Whew!
3:30 PM	Dealer's Cut
4 PM	Double Dare
4:30 PM	Click
5 PM	ABC 9 News Live @ 5
5:30 PM
6 PM	ABC 9 News @ 6
6:30 PM	ABC World News Tonight with David Muir					ABC World News Tonight
7 PM	Jeopardy!						ABC Programming
7:30 PM	Wheel of Fortune
8 PM	ABC Programming
8:30 PM
9 PM
9:30 PM
10 PM
10:30 PM
11 PM	ABC 9 News @ 11
11:30/11:35 PM	Jimmy Kimmel Live					Castle	Sports Xtra
12 AM							Scandal
12:30/12:35 AM	Nightline					Castle
1/1:05 AM	Friends						How to Get Away with Murder
1:30/1:35 AM	Friends					Major Crimes
2 AM	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit						The Closer
2:30 AM						Paid Programming
3 AM	ABC World News Now				Paid Programming		ABC World News Now
3:30 AM
4 AM
4:30 AM	America This Morning						America This Morning
5 AM	ABC 9 Morning News						ABC 9 Morning News
5:30 AM
6 AM	Good Morning, Indy!
6:30 AM

Slogans

• "TV-9 Proud as a Peacock" (1979-1981)
• "TV-9 Our Pride is Showing" (1981-1982)
• "We're TV-9, Just Watch Us Now" (1982-1983)
• "TV-9 There, Be There" (1983-1984)
• "TV-9 Let's All Be There" (1984-1986)
• "Come Home to TV-9" (1986-1987)
• "Come on Home to TV-9" (1987-1988)
• "Come Home to the Best, Only on TV-9" (1988-1990)
• "TV-9, The Place to Be" (1990-1991)
• "WIIN-TV, The Place to Be" (1991-1992)
• Your #1 Choice for News" (1992-2004)
• "Welcome Home to WIIN 9" (1996-1997) The first localized network slogan since the switch to CBS.
• "The Address is WIIN 9... Welcome Home" (1997-1999)
• Coverage you can Trust (2004-Present)
• An Indy Tradition (Secondary, 2014-Present)

Logos

WIIN Logo 1979-1980

WIIN Logo 1980-1981

WIIN Logo 1981-1982

WIIN Logo 1982-1983

WIIN Logo 1983-1984

WIIN logo from 1986-1987

WIIN ID bumper from 1989 taken from The Golden Girls

WIIN Logo 1991-1995

WIIN logo from 1992 promoting NBC's It's a Whole New NBC campaign

WIIN logo 1993 promoting NBC's The Stars are Back campaign

WIIN ID bumper from 1993 taken from Nurses

WIIN logo from 1994 promoting NBC's It's NBC campaign; this was the last logo before switching to CBS in 1995

WIIN Logo 1995-2005

WIIN Logo 2005-2012

WIIN Logo 2012-2014

Current WIIN Logo (2015-Present)

WIIN's Promo for ABC's The Bachelorette from 2015