Edwin C. Metcalfe
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Edwin C. Metcalfe was a saxophonist and manager of WPTA, who lived in Roanoke, Indiana.
Prior to entering the television broadcasting business, Metcalfe was a professional musician. In the 1940s, Metcalfe sang and played woodwinds with the legendary Spike Jones band.
Upon his 1974 arrival in Fort Wayne, Metcalfe brought showmanship and sparkle to a tired WPTA news operation, and that, combined with a generous budget, catapulted the station from third place behind the older WANE-TV and WKJG-TV statopms, to first place for local news in the Fort Wayne, Indiana market.
Metcalfe attended the University of Pittsburgh and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Indiana Tech.
His curriculum vitae lists many professional and civic experiences:
- Indiana Tech, Trustee Emeritus
- Boy Scouts of America - Anthony Wayne Council, President of the Board
- Fort Wayne Public Television, Board Member
- Junior Achievement of Northeast Indiana, Chairman of the Board
- Three Rivers Ambulance Authority, Board Member
- ABC Television Affiliates (Board Member, Government Relations Committee, Board of Governors, Treasurer, Viewer Information and Education Committee Board Advisor)
- Allen County Judicial Court Appointment Commission
- American Legion Musicians Post, commander and Head of Los Angeles Area Hospital Commission
- Better Business Bureau, Board of Directors
- Convention and Visitors Bureau, Board of Directors
- Downtown Fort Wayne Association, Board Member
- Embassy Theatre Foundation, Advisory Council
- Fort Wayne Mental Health Association, Board Member
- Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Board Member
- Fort Wayne Press Clubs 1975 Gridiron, General Chairman
- Fort Wayne Urban League, Board Member
- Girl Scouts of America (Limberlost Council, Board member)
- Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce (Chairman, Area Development Committee Member, Board of Directors, President)
- Headwaters Park Alliance, Board Member
- Indiana Broadcasters Association, President
- Indiana Supreme Court Appointment Commission
- Harold W. McMillen Health Education Center, Board Member
- Mason, Liberal Arts Lodge of Los Angeles
- National Association of Broadcasters
- St. Joseph Health Foundation, Board Member
- Save the Embassy Foundation, Board Member
- United Way Cabinet
His wife of more than 50 years, Margaret Tootie Metcalfe, died in December 2000. They had two children, Judith Metcalfe Hampton and R. Duane Metcalfe. Metcalfe is retired and lives in Arizona.
