WEVI-FTV
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| Indianapolis, Indiana United States | |
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| City of license | Carmel, Indiana |
| Branding | WEVI 4 (general) News 4 (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Indiana's CW (general) WEVI Stands for Indiana (newscasts) |
| Channels | Digital: 4 (UHF) Virtual: 4 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 4.1 CW |
| Affiliations | CW (2012-present) |
| Owner | United Broadcasting of Indianapolis |
| First air date | May 31, 1949 |
| Call letters' meaning | EntraVision Indiana |
| Sister station(s) | |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 4 (UHF, 1949–2009) |
| Former affiliations | Primary: CBS (1949-1954) NBC (1954-1999) ABC (1999–2012) |
| Transmitter power | 20 kW |
| Height | 500 m |
WEVI-FTV, virtual channel and digital channel 4, is an CW affiliated fantasy television station located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. WEVI is owned by United Broadcasting. The station have studio facilities located on West Washington Street in Downtown Indianapolis; WEVI maintains transmitter facilities located in Carmel. On cable, the station is available on Comcast Xfinity, Bright House Networks AT&T Uverse channel 4 in standard definition and in high definition on Bright House Networks, Xfinity and U-verse digital channel 1004.
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History
The station first signed on the air on May 31, 1949 as Indiana's first fantasy television station; WEVI is the market's oldest continuously operating VHF television station.
As a CBS affiliate
As an NBC affiliate
As an ABC affiliate
As an CW affiliate
Digital television
Digital channel
Analog-to-digital conversion
Programming
WEVI clears the CW network schedule and typically airs all network programs in pattern, except during instances where the station carries breaking news or severe weather coverage, or special programming.
Sports Programming
Indianapolis Colts
As an NBC affiliate, WEVI formerly broadcasted Indianapolis Colts games from the arrival of the Colts in 1984 until 1997 for games televised by NBC and as an ABC affiliate, formerly broadcasted Monday Night Football games involving the Colts from Week 9 of 1999 until 2005.
The preseason and selected telecasts of MNF and TNF mark the only NFL games to have aired on WEVI as ABC lost the rights to NFL games in 2006 onwards. WEVI currently airs Colts games through select telecasts via the NFL Network's Thursday Night Football and/or via ESPN's MNF if the ABC Indiana Network (including WHOO) decides not to air the event on the ABC Indiana network as serves as the local over-the-air broadcaster of Monday Night Football games involving the Indianapolis Colts, airing simulcasts of the team's ESPN-televised games (WHOO's corporate parent, the The Walt Disney Company, holds 80% majority ownership stake in ESPN, and the ABC Fantasy Television Stations have right of first refusal for simulcasts of ESPN's NFL telecasts within a team's home market).
During the regular season, Colts games are rotated between WIFX (channel 11, through the NFL on CBS), Fox O&O WIND (channel 36, through the Fox NFL), The ABC Indiana Network (see above, with MNF), NBC-owned WNBI (channel 18, through NBC Sunday Night Football), and at some cases, WICW (through MNF).
Indianapolis 500
As ABC carries the Indianapolis 500, WEVI aired the race in primetime on a tape delay rather than airing it live during the daytime, with that day's primetime schedule transmitted by ABC under a special dispensation early to the station to air in the afternoon during the race. This dates back to when WIND was the ABC affiliate in Indianapolis when the Indianapolis Motor Speedway requires this arrangement to encourage residents and tourists in the Indianapolis metropolitan area to attend the race. Until ABC moved from WEVI to WHOO in 2012, some fringe parts of the market were able to watch the race via affiliates in Fort Wayne (WNDI and later WMRI since 2005), Terre Haute (WATW, now a Fox O&O), Dayton, Ohio (WJDO, now a CBS affiliate), and Louisville, Kentucky (WKJM, now a CBS affiliate).
