WCAE
- American Oil Company
- Calumet Region
- Chicago
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting
- Department of Health, Education and Welfare
- Early 1980s recession in the United States
- East Chicago
- Federal Communications Commission
- Gary, Indiana
- Hammond, Indiana
- Indiana Hoosiers
- Indiana University
- Inland Steel
- Lake Central School Corporation
- Lake County, Indiana
- Merrillville
- National Educational Television
- Northwest Indiana
- PBS
- Park Forest, Illinois
- Purdue University
- Sears Tower
- Sesame Street
- St. John, Indiana
- WPWR-TV
- WTTW
- WYIN
- Whiting, Indiana