Media in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Following is the complete list of mainstream and commercial media serving Fort Wayne, Indiana and its immediate suburbs.
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[edit] Media
[edit] Newspapers
| COMMERCIAL NEWSPAPERS | |||||
| Frequency | Name | Format | Coverage | Circulation | Owner |
| Daily | The Journal Gazette | morning broadsheet | regional | 73,058 (126,988 Sunday) |
Journal Gazette Company |
| The News-Sentinel | evening broadsheet | regional | 31,209 | Ogden Newspapers Inc. | |
| Weekly | Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly Business Weekly |
tabloid | regional business | KPC Media Group, Inc. | |
| whatzup | free tabloid alternative weekly |
regional entertainment | Ad Media | ||
| Ink | tabloid alternative weekly |
African American regional | unknown | Diversity Media Group | |
| Frost Illustrated | tabloid alternative weekly |
African American regional | 10,300 | Frost, Inc. | |
| Bi-weekly | Fort Wayne Reader | free tabloid | regional | 5,000 | Diversity Media Group |
| Waynedale News | free broadsheet | Waynedale | 12,000 | Waynedaler, LLC | |
| Monthly | Macedonian Tribune | tabloid | national (Macedonian) |
Macedonian Patriotic Organization | |
| Aboite & About | free tabloid | neighborhood | KPC Media Group, Inc. | ||
| Dupont Valley Times | free tabloid | neighborhood | KPC Media Group, Inc. | ||
| St. Joe Times | free tabloid | neighborhood | KPC Media Group, Inc. | ||
| Georgetown Times | free tabloid | neighborhood | KPC Media Group, Inc. | ||
| East Allen County Times | free tabloid | neighborhood | KPC Media Group, Inc. | ||
| NON-COMMERCIAL NEWSPAPERS | |||||
| Name | Frequency | Type | Coverage | Circulation | Owner |
| The Communicator | weekly | student newspaper | IPFW campus | 5,000 | Indiana-Purdue Student Newspapers, Inc. |
[edit] Television
Fort Wayne is the 107th-largest television market in the United States according to Nielsen Media Research.
| Callsign | Channel | Network Affiliation |
Callsign Meaning |
Branding | Owner[1] | City | |
| NTSC | DTV[2] | ||||||
| W07CL | 7 | 26.1 | 3ABN | 3ABN 7 | Raymond S. and Dorothy N. Moore Foundation | Auburn | |
| WANE | 15 | 31.1 | CBS | Fort WAyNE | NewsChannel 15 | LIN TV | Fort Wayne |
| 31.2 | Local Weather Station (LWS) | ||||||
| 31.4 | weather radar | ||||||
| WPTA | 21 | 24.1 | ABC | 21 Alive (Indiana's NewsCenter) | Malara Broadcast Group | Fort Wayne | |
| 24.2 | The CW Television Network | Fort Wayne The CW | |||||
| 24.3 | weather radar | Supercell Live Radar | |||||
| WISE | 33 | 18.1 | NBC | NBC33 (Indiana's NewsCenter) | Granite Broadcasting Corporation | Fort Wayne | |
| 18.2 | Fox/MyNetworkTV | MyFox Fort Wayne | |||||
| WFWA | 39 | 40.1 | PBS | W Fort WAyne (also Fort Wayne's airport code) | PBS39 | Fort Wayne Public Broadcasting | Fort Wayne |
| 40.2 | PBS KIDS | ||||||
| 40.3 | Create | ||||||
| 40.4 | 4You News and Documentaries | ||||||
| WFWC | 45 | 10.1 | 3ABN | W Fort Wayne Channel | Tran Star | Fort Wayne | |
| WFFT | 55 | 36.1 | Independent | W Fifty Five Television backronym: W Fox FT. Wayne |
WFFT Local | Nexstar Broadcasting Group | Fort Wayne |
| WINM | 63 | 12.1 | TCT/TBN | W INdiana Michigan | TCT O&O | Angola | |
| Comcast Cable/Verizon FiOS | AFW/Public-access television Programming | Access Fort Wayne | Access1 / Access2 | ACPL | Fort Wayne | ||
| Comcast Cable/Verizon FiOS | CATV5/College Produced Programming | College Access TV ch5 | IPFW | Fort Wayne | |||
[edit] Radio
The Fort Wayne radio market is the 107th-largest in the United States according to Arbitron.[1] It includes radio stations licensed to Fort Wayne and its surrounding communities in Indiana and Ohio.
| Callsign | Channel | Branding | Format | Owner | City |
| WMRI | 860 | The Greatest Music Ever Made | Adult Standards | Mid-America Radio Group, Inc. | Marion |
| WFCV | 1090 | Fort Wayne Christian Voice | Religious | [2] | Fort Wayne |
| WOWO | 1190 | News-Talk 1190 | Talk radio | Federated Media | Fort Wayne |
| WGL | 1250 | The River | MOR/Adult Standards | The Summit City Radio Group | Fort Wayne |
| WBZQ | 1300 | Huntington's Very Own | Soft AC | Larko Communications, Inc. | Huntington |
| WKJG | 1380 | ESPN Radio | Sports | Federated Media | Fort Wayne |
| WLYV | 1450 | Redeemer Radio | Religious/Catholic | Catholic Radio | Fort Wayne |
| WADM | 1540 | Classic Country 1540 | Classic Country | Lewis Broadcasting, LLC | Decatur |
| WGLL | 1570 | Religious | Raymond S. and Dorothy N. Moore Foundation | Auburn | |
| WLAB-FM | 88.3 | Star | Religious | Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod | Fort Wayne |
| W204BF | 88.7 | NPR | Classical (Relay of WCKZ) | Northeast Indiana Public Radio | Fort Wayne |
| WBOI-FM | 89.1 | NPR | News & Jazz | Northeast Indiana Public Radio | Fort Wayne |
| WBKE-FM | 89.5 | NPR | News & Jazz (Relay of WBOI) | Manchester College | North Manchester |
| WBCL-FM | 90.3 | Contemporary Christian Music | Religious | Taylor University | Fort Wayne |
| WCYT-FM | 91.1 | The Point | Rock/Alternative | Homestead High School | Fort Wayne |
| WBNI | 91.3 | NPR | Classical | Northeast Indiana Public Radio | Orland (Second tower, see 88.7) |
| WJHS | 91.5 | The Eagle | Adult Alternative | Columbia City High School | Columbia City |
| WVSH-FM | 91.9 | Viking Radio | Variety | Huntington North High School | Huntington |
| WFWI-FM | 92.3 | 92.3 The Fort | Classic Rock | Federated Media | Fort Wayne |
| WZBD-FM | 92.7 | Z92.7 FM | Adult Contemporary | Adams County Radio, INC. | Berne, Indiana |
| WBTU-FM | 93.3 | US 93.3 | Country | Oasis Radio Group | Fort Wayne |
| WCKZ | 94.1 | NPR | Classical (Simulcast on 91.3 and 88.7) | Northeast Indiana Public Radio | Roanoke |
| WAJI-FM | 95.1 | Majic | Adult Contemporary | Sarkes-Tarzian | Fort Wayne |
| WNHT | 96.3 | Wild 96.3 | Hip-Hop/R&B | The Summit City Radio Group | Fort Wayne |
| WMEE-FM | 97.3 | WMEE | Hot Adult Contemporary | Federated Media | Fort Wayne |
| WDFM | 98.1 | Mix 98-1 | Hot Adult Contemporary | Clear Channel Communications | Defiance, Ohio |
| WBYR-FM | 98.9 | The Bear | Rock | Federated Media | Fort Wayne |
| WFCV-FM | 100.1 | FM 100 Talks | Talk | Independence Media | Fort Wayne |
| WMYQ-FM | 101.1 | My Q-101 | Hot AC | Larko Communications, Inc. | South Whitley |
| WLDE-FM | 101.7 | Super Hits | Oldies/Classic Hits | Sarkes Tarzian | Fort Wayne |
| WGBJ | 102.3 | La Mega | Spanish | Three Amigos Broadcasting | Fort Wayne |
| WGL-FM | 102.9 | The River | WGL-AM Simulcast | The Summit City Radio Group | Fort Wayne |
| WXKE-FM | 103.9 | Rock 104 | Classic Rock/Southern Rock/Backtracks & Rock Hits | The Summit City Radio Group | Fort Wayne |
| WQHK-FM | 105.1 | K105 | Country | Federated Media | Fort Wayne |
| WHPP | 106.3 | The Truth | Talk | Oasis Radio Group | Columbia City |
| WFGA-FM | 106.7 | Froggy | Adult Contemporary | Fallen Timbers Communications, Inc. | Auburn (COL Hicksville, Ohio) |
| WXXC-FM | 106.9 | Double X C | Classic Hits | Mid-America Radio Group, Inc. | Marion |
| WJFX-FM | 107.9 | Hot 107.9 | Top 40 Rhythmic | Oasis Radio Group | Fort Wayne |
[edit] Internet
Below is a list of websites based in Fort Wayne along with genre, ownership, maintenance contact, and Alexa[3] Traffic Rank. Alexa Traffic Rank is calculated using a combination of average daily visitors and page views over the past three months. The more visitors and page views a site gets the lower ranking number it receives. The site with the highest combination of visitors and page views is ranked #1.
| INTERNET BASED MEDIA | |||||||
| Type | URL | Audience | Coverage | Date Established | Owner | Maintained By | Global Alexa Page ranking |
| Social Networking Websites | JammerDirect.com | All-Inclusive Entertainment | global | 2007 | Jammer Direct | Ryan Martin | 296,848[4] |
| Entertainment Websites | FortWayneHipHop.com | Hip hop | regional | 2004 | Polaris | Solaris | 7,672,139[5] |
| FortWayneMusic.com | Local Music, Entertainment & Editorials | regional | 1999 | Chris Wallace | Alan Quandt | 9,885,411[6] | |
| Internet Radio Websites | StageBanter.com | Rock | regional | 2006 | n/a | n/a | 20,499,942[7] |
| Remedy.fm | Positive Music - Secular and Sacred | national | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2,745,913[8] | |
[edit] References
- ^ Arbitron. Retrieved on 2008-04-25.
- ^ Bott Radio Network. Retrieved on 2008-04-25.
- ^ Alexa Top 500 Sites
- ^ Alexa Traffic Details for JammerDirect.com 14 September, 2010
- ^ Alexa Traffic Details for Fortwaynehiphop.com 14 September, 2010
- ^ Alexa Traffic Details for Fortwaynemusic.com 14 September, 2010
- ^ Alexa Traffic Details for stagebanter.com 14 September, 2010
- ^ Alexa Traffic Details for remedy.fm 14 September, 2010