Super Bowl Update

Recently, both WTHI-TV 10 and WTHI-Hi99 FM (99.9 FM) moved to new homes ― in different locations ― in downtown Terre Haute, and the stations' old home at 918 Ohio Street is now in the process of being torn down.

WTHI-TV has a gallery of photos of the teardown in progress, and you can see the pictures by clicking here.

The 918 Ohio Street building was built in 1906 and was originally a garment factory.  It was renovated and repurposed for WTHI's TV and radio operations in 1954.  Emmis Communications moved WTHI-FM and WWVR-FM to a newly-constructed building at 925 Wabash Avenue back in August, and WTHI-TV moved to its own brand-new building at 800 Ohio Street in late October.

When demolition is completed, it's expected that the site will become a parking lot for the new 925 Wabash Avenue building which is located immediately behind 918 Ohio.

The Indiana Broadcasters Association is set to meet for its annual Hall of Fame and Lifetime Achievement Award banquet in Indianapolis this evening, and two men with Terre Haute ties - one of them being longtime WTHI-TV anchor Mark Allen - will be honored.

Allen, who has been in broadcasting for nearly half a century, will be inducted into the IBA's Hall of Fame.

Also being honored tonight is LIN Television vice-president Scott Blumenthal, who will receive the Association's Lifetime Achievement Award.

A former VP and GM at Indianapolis CBS affiliate WISH-TV, Blumenthal began his broadcasting career at WTWO in 1970, and has been with LIN since 1983.  He's been executive VP of LIN's television operation for the past seven years.

Congratulations, gentlemen!