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Fort Wayne is a city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Allen County, United States. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is 18 miles (29 km) west of the Ohio border and 50 miles (80 km) south of the Michigan border. With a population of 253,691 in the 2010 census, it is the second-most populous city in Indiana after Indianapolis, and the 75th-most populous city in the United States. It is the principal city of the Fort Wayne metropolitan area, consisting of Allen, Wells, and Whitley counties, a combined population of 419,453 as of 2011. Fort Wayne is the cultural and economic center of northeastern Indiana. The city is within a 300-mile radius of major population centers, including Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, Louisville, Lexington, and Milwaukee. In addition to the three core counties, the combined statistical area (CSA) includes Adams, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, and Steuben counties, with an estimated population of 615,077.
Quincy Media, Inc., formerly known as Quincy Newspapers, Inc., is a family-owned media company that originated in the newspapers of Quincy, Illinois. The company's history can be traced back to 1835, when the Bounty Land Register was one of four newspapers in Illinois. Over the next century, a number of mergers followed. The company moved into radio in 1947 and began television broadcasts in 1953.
WSJV, virtual channel 28, is a primary Heroes & Icons-affiliated television station serving South Bend, Indiana, United States that is licensed to Elkhart. Owned by Quincy Media, it is the company's only television station that is not affiliated with any of the five major U.S. broadcast television networks. WSJV's studio facility is located on County Road 7 in Concord Township in Elkhart County, and its transmitter is located on Johnson Road in Penn Township in St. Joseph County, east of Gulivoire Park, though with the 2018 repeal of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s Main Studio Rule, the station's operations are now mostly automated out of Quincy Media's master control in Quincy, Illinois.
WNWO-TV, virtual channel 24, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Toledo, Ohio, United States, serving northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. WNWO-TV's transmitter is located on Cousino Road in Jerusalem Township. The station's studios are located on South Byrne Road in Toledo, although newscasts have originated from the facilities of sister station and CBS affiliate WSBT-TV in South Bend, Indiana since March 2017.
KXAS-TV, virtual channel 5, is an NBC owned-and-operated television station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, United States and serving the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. The station is owned by the NBC Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal, as part of a duopoly with Dallas-licensed Telemundo owned-and-operated station KXTX-TV. The two stations share studios at the CentrePort Business Park on Amon Carter Boulevard in eastern Fort Worth; KXAS-TV's transmitter is located south of Belt Line Road in Cedar Hill.
WOWO – branded News/Talk WOWO 1190 AM/107.5 FM – is a commercial news/talk radio station licensed to Fort Wayne, Indiana, serving primarily the Fort Wayne metropolitan area. Currently owned by Federated Media via licensee Pathfinder Communications, WOWO serves as the Fort Wayne affiliate for: Fox News Radio, The Glenn Beck Program, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Sean Hannity Show, The Buck Sexton Show, Coast to Coast AM, and the Indianapolis Colts; and the flagship station for the Fort Wayne Komets.
WTHR, virtual and VHF digital channel 13, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Owned by Tegna Inc., it is a sister station to low-powered, Class A MeTV affiliate WALV-CD, channel 46. The two stations share studios on North Meridian Street in downtown Indianapolis and transmitter facilities near Ditch Road and West 96th Street in Carmel. On cable, WTHR is available on Charter Spectrum channel 12, and Comcast Xfinity and AT&T U-verse channel 13.
WIPB, virtual channel 49, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Muncie, Indiana, United States. Owned by Ball State University, it is a sister station to National Public Radio (NPR) member WBST. The two stations share studios at the E. F. Ball Communication Building on the university's campus in northwestern Muncie; WIPB's transmitter is located on County Road 50 in rural southern Delaware County.
KVAL-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 13, is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Eugene, Oregon, United States. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which also operates dual NBC/CW+ affiliate KMTR under a shared services agreement (SSA) with owner Roberts Media, LLC. The two stations share studios and transmitter facilities on Blanton Road in Eugene. KMTR maintained separate facilities on International Court in Springfield, Oregon, until 2020 when the station relocated to KVAL's building; master control and some internal operations for KMTR were based at the KVAL studios.
WPTA, virtual channel 21, is a dual ABC/NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. The station is owned by Quincy Media, as part of a duopoly with CW affiliate WISE-TV. The two stations share studios and transmitter facilities on Butler Road in Northwest Fort Wayne.
WISE-TV, virtual channel 33, is a CW-affiliated television station licensed to Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. The station is owned by Quincy Media, as part of a duopoly with dual ABC/NBC affiliate WPTA. The two stations share studios and transmitter facilities on Butler Road in Northwest Fort Wayne.
WFFT-TV, virtual channel 55, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. The station is owned by Allen Media Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Los Angeles-based Entertainment Studios. WFFT's studios and transmitter are located on Hillegas Road in Fort Wayne.
WANE-TV, virtual channel 15, is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group. WANE's studios and transmitter are located on West State Boulevard in the Tower Heights section of the city.
WINM, virtual and VHF digital channel 12, is a TCT owned-and-operated television station serving Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States that is licensed to Angola. The station is owned by Marion, Illinois-based Tri-State Christian Television. WINM's transmitter is located in unincorporated Williams County, Ohio, midway between Butler, Indiana and Edgerton, Ohio. Though most of the city proper is adequately covered by the main signal, WINM's signal is relayed in Fort Wayne on digital translator WEIJ-LD.
Hilliard Gates was an American sportscaster who was widely regarded as the founding father of Indiana sports broadcasting and the leading sportscaster in Indiana for decades.
Edwin C. Metcalfe was a saxophonist and manager of WPTA, who lived in Roanoke, Indiana.
WKJG is a radio station located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The station, owned by Federated Media, is Fort Wayne's ESPN Radio affiliate.
WCLJ-TV, virtual channel 42, is an Ion Plus owned-and-operated television station serving Indianapolis, Indiana, United States that is licensed to Bloomington. The station is owned by West Palm Beach, Florida-based Ion Media Networks, as part of a duopoly with Ion Television owned-and-operated station WIPX-TV. The two stations share offices on Production Drive in southwestern Indianapolis and transmitter facilities on SR 252 in Trafalgar, Indiana.
Ann L. Colone was a pioneering female broadcaster in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, whose career as TV host spanned three decades. She was the first female radio disc jockey for WGL (AM) and was a regular contributor at WANE-TV, which is a CBS affiliate, since it went on air in 1958, and she became well known as the first local female TV host of her own afternoon program with residents, local news makers, and national celebrities as guests.
Lee Kelso is a former television news anchor. He is co-owner of a telecommunications consulting company, and freelance spokesman/host/actor seen in television commercials and corporate video productions. Since retiring from WANE-TV in Fort Wayne, he has worked as freelance anchor at WPTA-TV/WISE-TV, the ABC and NBC television affiliates in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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- ↑ "Florea's bio on NBC33.com". WKJG-TV (now WISE-TV). Archived from the original on 2000-05-24. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
- ↑ "Classic NBC 33 on YouNewsTV". WKJG-TV (now WISE-TV). 2007-06-07. Archived from the original (FLV) on 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2007-10-11.