Source: Janie Hodge from WTTV’s “Popeye and Janie” / Janie Hodge from WTTV’s “Popeye and Janie”INDIANAPOLIS — Janie Hodge, the longtime Indianapolis television personality who introduced generations of Hoosier children to music and learning on WTTV’s “Popeye and Janie,” has died. A graduate of Shortridge High School, Hodge earned a bachelor’s degree in music from Indiana University and a master’s degree from Butler University. She began her career teaching music in Indianapolis Public Schools before moving to television. Hodge hosted “Popeye and Janie” on WTTV from 1963 to 1986. After leaving television, Hodge returned to Indianapolis Public Schools, where she continued teaching music until retiring in 1998.