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 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 studios are 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.
WOWO is a commercial AM radio station in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It is airs a news/talk radio format. The call letters are usually pronounced as "Wo-Wo," rhyming with "go-go." WOWO is licensed to Pathfinder Communications Corporation, a subsidiary of Federated Media, a company that owns about a dozen radio stations in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. The studios and offices are located along Maples Road in Fort Wayne, while its transmitter is found along Hoosier-Heartland Highway in Roanoke, midway between Fort Wayne and Huntington.
WLKY, virtual channel 32, is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The station is owned by the Hearst Television subsidiary of Hearst Communications. WLKY's studios are located on Mellwood Avenue on Louisville's east side, and its transmitter is located in rural northeastern Floyd County, Indiana. On cable, the station is available on Spectrum channel 5 and in high definition on digital channel 912.
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 Heartland Media. 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.
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.
Malara Broadcast Group of Sarasota, Florida, a Delaware corporation, also known as Malara Broadcasting, was a broadcasting holding company. Malara Broadcasting was founded in 2004 by Tony Malara, former president of affiliate relations for CBS. Malara owned two television stations: KDLH in Duluth, Minnesota and WPTA in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Janette N. Luu is a Vietnamese-American broadcaster. Until October 2009, she hosted CANOE Live, a local TV program on Sun TV in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as Toronto's first-ever Vietnamese TV news anchor.
WAJI is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary format. Licensed to Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, the station is currently owned by Sarkes Tarzian, Inc.
WBOI is an FM radio station located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The station operates on the FM radio frequency of 89.1 MHz. It is a National Public Radio member station, owned and operated by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, a non-profit organization. The station has studios and a 604-foot transmitter tower in Fort Wayne's Centennial Park. Effective radiated power is 34,000 watts, covering northeast Indiana, northwest Ohio and extreme southern Michigan.
Marti Wright was a news anchorwoman for WPTA-TV, the ABC television affiliate in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA, from 1981 to 2000.
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.
Keith Edwards is a retired television journalist who spent most of his career anchoring the evening newscasts on WPTA-TV, the ABC television affiliate in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Frost Illustrated is an independent weekly newspaper, featuring “News & Views of African Americans” in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Established in 1968, it is Fort Wayne's oldest weekly newspaper. Frost is a member of the National Newspaper Association, The National Newspaper Publishers Association, and The Hoosier State Publishers Association, and the Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce.
The following television stations in the United States brand as channel 7 :
The following television stations in the United States brand as channel 33 :
