At the end of the first quarter of 2026, firebrand television station owner DuJuan McCoy and his Circle City Broadcasting closed on his purchase of the ABC affiliate serving Indianapolis. This made WRTV-6 a sibling to two full-power stations McCoy acquired exactly seven years ago from Nexstar Media Group.
Creating a three-station cluster, with the FCC granting a waiver to make it happen, didn’t come without detractors who lamented a consolidation of the WRTV and WISH-8 newsrooms. Now, McCoy is making it clear that he’s expanding the local programming on WRTV — a stated benefit for those advocating for FCC rule reform.
