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− | '''Karly Ryder''' (born March 12, 1951) is a television news anchorwoman popular in Indianapolis, currently anchoring at ABC affiliate [[WHOO-FTV]]. From 1984 to 2015, she co-anchored WHOO-FTV's 6:00 p.m. newscast with [[Ted Shields]], until his retirement on May 20, 2015. Ryder also currently anchors the 5:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. editions of ''24abc Eyewitness News''. | + | '''Karly Ryder''' (born March 12, 1951) is a television news anchorwoman popular in Indianapolis, currently anchoring at ABC affiliate [[WHOO-FTV]]. From 1984 to 2015, she co-anchored WHOO-FTV's 6:00 p.m. newscast with [[Ted Shields]], until his retirement on May 20, 2015. Ryder also currently co-anchors the 5:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. editions of ''24abc Eyewitness News'' with Kristina Chow. |
==Early years== | ==Early years== | ||
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− | Patrice Rafferty recalls in a 1996 interview she personally decided to make major changes at WHOO's news department. Rafferty felt the news team did not have enough female anchors. Rafferty realized that, since there was only a weekday half-hour morning news broadcasts were anchored by Ellen Evans (currently co-anchors with Ryder at , the noon broadcast was anchored by meteorologist Bryan Moore, and the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. nightly newscasts were anchored by Ted Shields and Mike Aikins on weeknights and the weekends anchored by Rick Cortos (now at WIFX) and Hugh Allen (retired in 1989). Rafftery decided upon becoming the owner of WHOO, she decided to pair Shields with an up-and-coming anchor from WTHL Terre Haute named Karly Ryder. | + | Patrice Rafferty recalls in a 1996 interview she personally decided to make major changes at WHOO's news department. Rafferty felt the news team did not have enough female anchors. Rafferty realized that, since there was only a weekday half-hour morning news broadcasts were anchored by Ellen Evans (currently co-anchors with Ryder at , the noon broadcast was anchored by meteorologist Bryan Moore, and the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. nightly newscasts were anchored by Ted Shields and Mike Aikins on weeknights and the weekends anchored by Rick Cortos (now at WIFX) and Hugh Allen (retired in 1989). Rafftery decided upon becoming the owner of WHOO, she decided to pair Shields with an up-and-coming anchor from WTHL Terre Haute named [[Karly Ryder]]. |
Rafferty recalls the market have had female anchors teamed already, but in the then male-dominated world of Indianapolis television news, this was a first at WHOO while WMRI already had a male-female anchor team. Rafferty recelled, "In some sort of symbolic synchronicity, I remember when I paired Karly and [[Ted Shields|Ted]] in Indy and [[Marshall Davidson|Marshall]] and Patricia (Edwards) in Fort Wayne, I knew I'd be sending someone to the noon news and a commentary gig, the ultimate case of new gender diversity dislodging the old boys' network." Rafferty then moved Mike Aikins from the weeknight newscasts to the noon newscast with Ellen Evans to make room for the Shileds-Ryder anchor team effective beginning July 2, 1984. | Rafferty recalls the market have had female anchors teamed already, but in the then male-dominated world of Indianapolis television news, this was a first at WHOO while WMRI already had a male-female anchor team. Rafferty recelled, "In some sort of symbolic synchronicity, I remember when I paired Karly and [[Ted Shields|Ted]] in Indy and [[Marshall Davidson|Marshall]] and Patricia (Edwards) in Fort Wayne, I knew I'd be sending someone to the noon news and a commentary gig, the ultimate case of new gender diversity dislodging the old boys' network." Rafferty then moved Mike Aikins from the weeknight newscasts to the noon newscast with Ellen Evans to make room for the Shileds-Ryder anchor team effective beginning July 2, 1984. | ||
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− | In 2016, Ryder became the unofficial "dean" of Indianapolis-area television news anchorwomen when longtime WHOO morning and noon anchorwoman Ellen Evans retired after 40 years. In 2021, Ryder | + | In 2016, Ryder became the unofficial "dean" of Indianapolis-area television news anchorwomen when longtime WHOO morning and noon anchorwoman Ellen Evans retired after 40 years. In 2021, Ryder will surpass Evans as the station's longest-serving news anchorwoman in Indianapolis television history. Ryder's uninterrupted run behind the anchor desk (except for being on maternity leave on two occasions) surpassed WEVI's Debbie Simpson, who started with her station in 1979 until her retirement in 2014. For most of her tenure with WHOO, Ryder occasionally appeared on ATE Media's sister stations and currently anchors the statewide newscast ''Indiana News Tonight'' under ATE Media and ABC ownership. |
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==Personal life== | ==Personal life== |