Bill McCleery

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Both well-known and new names are among the lineup of TV journalists who will anchor the news for WTTV-4 starting in January, Tribune Broadcasting announced Wednesday.

Debby Knox, Bob Donaldson and meteorologist Chris Wright will anchor WTTV's 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. weekday newscasts, according to a release. Marianne Lyles, Tim Doty and meteorologist Lindsay Riley will anchor the station's 5 a.m. and noon weekday newscasts.

The decision to create a fifth local TV news operation came after CBS announced Aug. 11 that it will switch its Indianapolis affiliation Jan. 1 to WTTV, owned by Chicago-based Tribune Broadcasting, from WISH-8, owned by Austin-based LIN Media. (A sale of LIN Media to Virginia-based Media General is in its final stages.)

Tribune Broadcasting also operates WXIN-59, the area's Fox affiliate.

Knox, who has worked in TV news for more than 33 years, recently left the anchor position at WISH. Donaldson has worked at Fox59 since 1991. Wright was most recently at WTHR-13, the Indianapolis NBC affiliate.

Lyles, Doty and Riley are newcomers to the area. Lyles is moving from a Milwaukee ABC affiliate. Doty comes from a Fox affiliate in Grand Rapids, Mich. And Riley joins WTTV from an NBC affiliate in the Dallas/Fort Worth, according to the Tribune release.

"We listened to what local viewers told us they wanted in a news team and a newscast," Paul Rennie, vice president and general manager of WXIN and WTTV, said in a prepared statement. "The team we've built for WTTV will bring a high level of local knowledge and experience."

Indiana's second-ever TV station, WTTV broadcast its first show 65 years ago this week from Bloomington, according to the archives of The Herald-Times.

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