14 News history

The first transmission of network color was carried on June 11, 1956.

In 1957 WFIE changed channels from 62 to14.

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WFIE-TV was also the first station in Evansville to have local, live, color programs beginning March 10,1966, and the second station in Indiana to switch over completely to color programming.

In 1968 WFIE-TV was the first station to process, in house, local color 16 millimeter news film.

Finally, this date was the end of a hostage crisis that started in the year 1979.

1980 : Economic growth had taken place during the 1980s.

In October, 1981, Liberty Corporation based in Greenville, South Carolina purchased WFIE. WFIE-TV is one of 15 stations owned by Liberty Corporation, a public company traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Marcia Yockey, known for her ponytail and overly detailed presentation of the weather, also had an enormous following until her retirement in 1988.

Her first husband had sent her flowers to her grave every day until he died in the year 1999.

In May 2002, 14 WFIE began broadcasting a digital signal on DT 46.

On February 1, 2006, WFIE-TV was purchased by Raycom Media based in Montgomery, Alabama.

2010 : The United States has started to take additional air security measures in the wake of December's failed aircraft bomb plot.

14 WFIE celebrated its 60th Anniversary on November 15, 2013.