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Discover local shows Journey Indiana, Flyover Culture and Indiana Newsdesk!

PBS member station serving central-Indiana since 1969.
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More than 30 years after his death, the work of Bob Ross continues to engage viewers. https://to.pbs.org/49Hzu96
Auction of Bob Ross paintings aims to fill funding gaps for public broadcasting
More than 30 years after his death, the work of artist and public television icon Bob Ross continues to engage audiences across the world. When Congress rescinded $1.1 billion allocated for public bro...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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After an extensive search, WFIU & @wtiu.bsky.social are proud to welcome a new executive director this fall!
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August 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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This past week, our community raised nearly $32,000 to support local news and educational programming.

As we face new challenges and uncertain funding, your support truly is priceless. We couldn't do it without viewers like you. THANK YOU for standing with WTIU!
June 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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"Archiving Airwaves: The Miley Collection" takes home the prize! ✨ The documentary by @wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social won Best of Competition in the Short-Form Documentary Category for Adjunct Faculty and Staff at this year's Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts. 🎉
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March 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Behind the scenes of Journey Indiana: Underground, WTIU's most recent documentary. This one-hour program takes viewers inside some of Indiana's most fascinating yet little-known places!
Underground the Big Wyandotte cave in southern Indiana. Tour groups are gathered, wearing hard hats with head lamps. The cave room is just tall enough to stand in—around 6-8 feet high. Inside of a cave in Corydon, IN. Pre-historic bones are uncovered in a shallow, square dig site, roughly 1 by 2 feet in size. Dig tools are neatly arranged in a row above the square cut out. The bones are very small, mostly animal teeth. A 7-person caving group congregates outside the entrance to a river cave during Cave Capers, an annual gathering in Southern Indiana hosted by the Central Indiana Grotto. Their gear includes waist and chest-high waders, some bright red, some purple; hard hats; boots and head lamps. A short waterfall flows out of the cave entrance, surrounded by lush green plant life. A Spring Mill tour guide stands tall in a rectangular boat, pointing to rock inside of Twin Caves. A small group of 4-5 people watch and listen intently. All are wearing bright orange life vests. The entrance to the cave is covered in moss and fern plants.
March 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Black Hoosier history you should know: Marshall "Major" Taylor (1878 - 1932)
La Vie au Grand Air (The Life in the Open Air) French magazine cover from 11 May, 1907 featuring Marshall "Major" Taylor. The black and white photo shows Taylor staring confidently just past the camera. His face is slightly furrowed from the direct sunlight. Underneath his portrait, a line of text reads: "Major Taylor, qui vient de faire jeudi sa rentrée en piste." English translation: "Major Taylor, who just made his return to the track on Thursday."
February 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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"Janusz Korczak—the leader of an orphanage who went with his orphans to Treblinka—he was offered the opportunity to survive.

Korczak was the equivalent of Mr. Rogers.

Non-Jews flocked to hear his radio broadcast.

Are we going to say that he went 'like sheep to the slaughter?'"
A large, jagged tone with a bouquet of 1 dozen red roses and 1 dozen white roses. The stone is engraved in Polish. It reads: "Janusz Korczak. Henryk Goldszmit. I Dzieci." English translation: "Janusz Korczak. Henryk Goldszmit. And children."
January 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Hey folks! Do you live in south-central Indiana? (Bloomington, Martinsville, Columbus, Jasper, Greencastle...)

Follow our newsroom for local coverage! ⤵️
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All of our accounts and reporters, all in one place. Check it out! go.bsky.app/L5vnakM
January 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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As the city council considers changes to Bloomington’s outdoor dining program, one downtown restaurant owner believes the program has room to improve.

City council will discuss plans tomorrow night.

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Kirkwood merchant talks Outdoor Dining Program ahead of city council meeting
As the city council considers changes to Bloomington’s outdoor dining program, one downtown Bloomington restaurant owner believes the program has room to improve.
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January 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Seymour immigrants, Kinsey Institute, Braun’s executive orders: New Indiana Newsdesk out now!

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January 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Canadian authorities have detained a former Bloomington resident and IU alumnus convicted for his role in the capitol insurrection. He could soon be sent back to the U.S. to serve his sentence.

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Bloomington insurrectionist detained in Canada
Antony Vo applied for political asylum in Canada at the end of last year.
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January 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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A bittersweet day as WTIU staff pose for the last time on the original INDIANA NEWSDESK set. 🎥

Don't worry—the show isn't going anywhere! While Studio 6 receives a much-deserved renovation, we are grateful to our crew (present and past) for maintaining this exact set for the last decade. 🛠
A photo of WTIU staff posing next to the INDIANA NEWSDESK set inside of TV Studio 6. Lighting hangs from metal beams in the ceiling. In the background, blue walls with the faint outline of the Indiana map create a backdrop for the set. Two tables - one round and one large desk - sit in front. Around 20 staff members surround the tables and smile at the camera.
January 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Convicted murderer Joseph Corcoran was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 12:44 a.m. Wednesday morning, marking the first Indiana execution since 2009.

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Death row inmate Joseph Corcoran executed for quadruple murder
The Capital Chronicle was the only media present for the execution inside the Indiana State Prison.
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December 18, 2024 at 2:34 PM
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ISP Sup. Doug Carter is leaving in January. He made headlines this year for his role in the Delphi murder case and IU protests, but his career in law enforcement goes back four decades.
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State Police Superintendent to retire
Former Gov. Mike Pence appointed Doug Carter in 2013, making him the department’s longest serving chief.
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December 4, 2024 at 8:25 PM
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🎄 Here are our favorite places to see Christmas lights this year. 🎅

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Where to see holiday lights this year
We’ve made the list and checked it twice. Here’s a map of the holiday light displays this year.
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December 4, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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This weekend! The documentary "Major Taylor: Champion of the Race" airs Friday and Saturday on public TV across US, incl. Oregon, Idaho, Austin TX, Chicago. Check your local listings @opb.bsky.social @wttw.bsky.social @austinpbs.bsky.social.
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Documentary on Major Taylor, bicycling champion
November 25, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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Our reporter Sophie is at the Monroe County Fairgrounds today while Pantry 279 delivers some of its 2,500 meals to families for Thanksgiving.
November 22, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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The first real ❄️ flurries are falling in southern Indiana! Are you grouchy or grateful?

Reply with your first snowy pics of the year!
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Alt: Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street is covered in foam
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November 21, 2024 at 8:37 PM
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We are still a-glow from last week's open house. 😄 There's no greater joy than bringing viewers inside the world of public broadcasting!
The WTIU TV studio is lit with blue lights. In the background, there is a yellow PBS KIDS tent. In the foreground, groups of people chat around standing tables. Inside the WTIU TV studio. A WTIU employee has one hand on a large camera. A young woman holds the other side of the camera. He is showing her how it functions, while two friends observe with curiosity. All of them are cast in a light, pink glow from colored lights overhead.
November 19, 2024 at 7:02 PM
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This is a popular one among station employees, too! Did you get a chance to watch part one?
eshawver.bsky.social Eric Shawver @eshawver.bsky.social · Nov 18
Very much looking forward to this! @kenlburns.bsky.social @pbs1.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 6:59 PM