Media in Fort Wayne, Indiana

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Following is the complete list of mainstream and commercial media serving Fort Wayne, Indiana and its immediate suburbs.

Media[]

Newspapers[]

Commercial newspapers
Frequency Name Format Coverage Circulation Owner
Daily The Journal Gazette morning broadsheet regional 73,058
(126,988 Sunday)		 Journal Gazette Company
Weekly Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly
 Paid tabloid regional business KPC Media Group, Inc.
The Aboite News Paid tabloid Community/Regional News KPC Media Group, Inc.
The Dupont Valley News Paid tabloid Community/Regional News KPC Media Group, Inc.
The New Haven News Paid tabloid Community/Regional News KPC Media Group, Inc.
The Northwest News Paid tabloid Community/Regional News KPC Media Group, Inc.
The Leo-Cedarville News Paid tabloid Community/Regional News KPC Media Group, Inc.
whatzup free tabloid
alternative weekly		 regional entertainment Ad Media
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
free broadsheet Waynedale 12,000 Waynedaler, LLC
Monthly Macedonian Tribune tabloid national
(Macedonian)		 Macedonian Patriotic Organization
Non-commercial newspapers
Name Frequency Type Coverage Circulation Owner
The Communicator weekly student newspaper IPFW campus 5,000 Indiana-Purdue Student Newspapers, Inc.

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]
WANE 15 31.1 CBS Fort WAyNE WANE 15 Nexstar Media Group Fort Wayne
31.2 ION Television ION
31.3 LAFF LAFF
31.4 Escape Escape
WPTA 21 24.1 ABC ABC21 Gray Television Fort Wayne
33 24.2 NBC Fort Wayne's NBC
24.3 MyNetworkTV My Network TV Fort Wayne
WISE 34 34.1 The CW

WISE as in wisdom

Fort Wayne CW Gray Television Fort Wayne
34.2 Justice Network Justice
34.3 Grit (TV network) Grit
34.4 CourtTV CourtTV
34.5 Start TV StartTV
34.6 MeTV MeTV
WFWA 39 18.1 PBS W Fort WAyne (also Fort Wayne's airport code) PBS Fort Wayne Fort Wayne Public Broadcasting Fort Wayne
18.2 PBS Kids
18.3 Create
18.4 39Explore News and Documentaries
18.5 weather radar PBS39wx
WFWC-CD 45 45.1 Cozi TV W Fort Wayne Channel CoziTV Tran Star Fort Wayne
45.2 getTV getTV
45.3 HSN HSN
45.4 SonLife Broadcasting Network SBN
45.5 3ABN 3ABN
WFFT 55 36.1 Fox W Fifty Five Television
backronym: W Fox FT. Wayne 		WFFT Local Heartland Media Fort Wayne
36.2 Bounce TV Bounce
36.3 Antenna TV Antenna
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 /College Produced Programming College Access TV ch5 Purdue University Fort Wayne Fort Wayne

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 Sports Talk| 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 (Note: Also Transmits on 107.5)
WGL 1250 WGL Newsradio 1250 News Adams Radio Group Fort Wayne
WBZQ 1300 Huntington's Very Own Soft AC Larko Communications, Inc. Huntington
WKJG 1380 1380 The Fan Sports Federated Media Fort Wayne
WIOE 1450 Oldies WIOE Oldies Adams Radio Group Fort Wayne
WGLL 1570 Religious Auburn
WLAB-FM 88.3 Star Religious Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Note: Also transmits as 88.7
W204BF 88.7 Star Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Fort Wayne Note: Also transmits as 88.3
WBOI-FM 89.1 89.1 WBOI NPR News & Jazz Northeast Indiana Public Radio Fort Wayne
WBCL-FM 90.3 Contemporary Christian Music Religious Taylor University Fort Wayne
WCYT-FM 91.1 The Point Alternative/Indie Homestead High School Fort Wayne
WCKZ 91.3 NPR Classical Star Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Orland (Second tower, see 88.7 and 88.3)
WJHS 91.5 The Eagle Adult Alternative Columbia City High School Columbia City
-FM 91.9 Viking Radio Variety Huntington North High School Huntington
WFWI 92.3 BIG 92.3 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 Adams Radio Group Fort Wayne
WBNI 94.1 NPR Classical Northeast Indiana Public Radio Roanoke
WAJI-FM 95.1 Best FM Adult Contemporary Sarkes-Tarzian Fort Wayne
WXKE 96.3 96.3XKE Classic Rock Adams Radio Group Fort Wayne
96.9 B96.9 R&B & Old School Adams 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 Bott Radio Religious Fort Wayne
100.5 Quasi Inc. Gospel Fort Wayne
WIOE-FM 101.1 Oldies 101 Oldies/Classic Hits/Classic Top 40 Brian R. Walsh South Whitley
WLDE-FM 101.7 FUN 101 Oldies/Classic Hits Sarkes Tarzian Fort Wayne
WGBJ 102.3 La Mega Spanish Three Amigos Broadcasting Fort Wayne
WJCI 102.9 The River WGL-AM Simulcast The Summit City Radio Group Fort Wayne
103.3 LOUD 103.3 Rhythmic Top 40 Adams Radio Group Fort Wayne
WWFW 103.9 Soft Rock 103.9 Soft Rock Adams Radio Group Fort Wayne
WQHK-FM 105.1 K105 Country Federated Media Huntertown
WRDF 106.3 Redeemer Radio Catholic Radio Columbia City
WFGA-FM 106.7 Real Country Classic Country Swick Auburn (COL Hicksville, Ohio)
WXXC-FM 106.9 Star 106.9 Classic Hits Mid-America Radio Group, Inc. Marion
WOWO 107.5 News/Talk Federated Media Fort Wayne (Note: FM version of WOWO)
WJFX-FM 107.9 Hot 107.9 Top 40 Adams Radio Group Fort Wayne

Internet[]

Below is a list of websites based in Fort Wayne along with genre, ownership, maintenance contact, and Alexa[3] Traffic Rank. This rank is calculated using a combination of average daily visitors and page views over the past three months. The more visitors and 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 All-Inclusive Entertainment global 2007 Jammer Direct Ryan Martin 296,848[4]
Entertainment Websites Hip hop regional 2004 Polaris Solaris 7,672,139[5]
Local Music, Entertainment & Editorials regional 1999 Chris Wallace Alan Quandt 9,885,411[6]
Internet Radio Websites Rock regional 2006 n/a n/a 20,499,942[7]
Positive Music - Secular and Sacred national n/a n/a n/a 2,745,913[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Arbitron. Retrieved on 2008-04-25.
  2. ^ Bott Radio Network. Retrieved on 2008-04-25.
  3. ^ Alexa Top 500 Sites Archived 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Alexa Traffic Details for JammerDirect.com 14 September, 2010
  5. ^ Alexa Traffic Details for Fortwaynehiphop.com 14 September, 2010
  6. ^ Alexa Traffic Details for Fortwaynemusic.com 14 September, 2010
  7. ^ Alexa Traffic Details for stagebanter.com 14 September, 2010
  8. ^ Alexa Traffic Details for remedy.fm 14 September, 2010
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