WANE-TV
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| Fort Wayne, Indiana | |
| Branding | WANE-TV 15 (general) NewsChannel 15 (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On |
| Channels | Analog: 15 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner | LIN TV Corporation (Indiana Broadcasting, LLC) |
| First air date | September 26, 1954 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Fort WAyNE |
| Former callsigns | WINT-TV (1954-195?) |
| Former affiliations | UPN (DT2) |
| Transmitter Power | 2450 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital) |
| Height | 252 m (analog) 242 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 39270 |
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| Website | www.wane.com |
WANE-TV is a television station in Fort Wayne, Indiana, broadcasting as a CBS affiliate under the name NewsChannel 15. WANE-TV also broadcasts in high-definition on digital channel 31. Its transmitter is located in Fort Wayne. The station is currently owned by LIN TV, which owns three other CBS affiliates in Indiana: WISH-TV in Indianapolis, WLFI-TV in Lafayette, and WTHI-TV in Terre Haute. WANE-TV studios are located at 2915 West State Boulevard in Fort Wayne.
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[edit] History
Originally located in Waterloo, Indiana, with the call letters WINT-TV and with a transmitter near Auburn, Indiana, the station signed on September 26, 1954, as a CBS affiliate, which it remains today. Licensed to serve Angola, Indiana, the station's owners took advantage of peculiarities in FCC rules to direct the signal to Fort Wayne, a circumstance that attracted the attention of Congress and led to changes in how licenses were assigned. The station was purchased by Indiana Broadcasting Company in 1956 and operations were moved to Fort Wayne. The transmitter, with its 910-foot spire, remained at its rural Auburn location until 1957. Indiana Broadcasting became Corinthian Broadcasting Company in 1957. In 1983, LIN TV purchased WANE-TV along with its sister-station WISH-TV in Indianapolis from Belo Corporation. WANE-TV has also won several awards for their news reporting; The Jack R. Howard award in 1998 (report on drug abuse), the Peabody award in 1999 (report on organ donation), and the Edward R. Murrow award in 2003 (for flooding and sports coverage).
On May 18, 2007, LIN TV announced that it was exploring strategic alternatives that could result in the sale of the company.[1]
[edit] Programming
Like most CBS affiliates, WANE-TV carries CBS programming along with local news and syndicated programming. WANE-TV's digital signal features two feeds: the main WANE-TV channel in high definition and Local Weather Station (LWS), which airs live doppler radar, current conditions, and severe weather updates. Prior to the formation of The CW, WANE aired UPN programming as well as syndicated programs, newscast repeats, and IPFW basketball games on the digital subchannel that LWS occupies.
From September 1990 to September 1999, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune aired on WKJG-TV (now WISE-TV). Since then, WANE now carries both shows. However, WANE aired Wheel of Fortune from its debut until 1990.
[edit] Newscasts
WANE-TV produces five newscasts using three different "news teams" under news director Ted Linn. Since May of 2005, WANE has taken over as the leader in all newscast categories in the Fort Wayne market according to Nielsen Media Research.
[edit] Current News Team
[edit] Anchors
- Heather Herron, NewsChannel 15 5, 6, and 11
- Pat Hoffmann, NewsChannel 15 First News, Noon
- Mark Mellinger, NewsChannel 15 5, 6, and 11
- Terra Brantley, NewsChannel 15 First News, Noon
- Alyssa Ivanson, NewsChannel 15 Weekend Report
[edit] Weather
- Sandy Thomson, NewsChannel 15 5, 6, and 11 Chief Weather Specialist
- Greg Shoup, NewsChannel 15 First News and Noon meteorologist
- Doug Moats, NewsChannel 15 Weekend Report meteorologist
- Drew Blair, Fill-in weather reporter (also general assignment reporter)
[edit] Sports
- Ross Kinsey, NewsChannel 15 Weekend Report
[edit] General Assignment Reporters
- Janice Allen
- Drew Blair
- Lindsay DeWitte
- Chris Hopper
- Matt McCutcheon
- Megan Stembol[2]
[edit] Notable WANE-TV Alumni
- Paul Barys, meteorologist in the 1970s, (now the chief meteorologist at WRCB in Chattanooga, Tennessee)
- Brad Brown, former sports reporter, (now at WRTV in Indianapolis)
- Jennifer Cross, former Weekend Report anchor, (now in Providence, Rhode Island)
- Katherine Dorsett, morning news producer from 1995-1996, (has been a news producer at CNN since 2000)
- Larry Ell, sports anchor/reporter (??-1999?), current status unkonwn
- Joe Gregory (n/k/a Joe Pagonakis), former main anchor, (now at WEWS in Cleveland)
- Karen Hensel, National Peabody Award winner and former main anchor, (now at sister-station WISH-TV in Indianapolis)
- Lee Kelso, former main anchor from 1978-1996, (now a free-lance anchor for competitor WPTA-TV/WISE-TV)
- Scott Kline (n/k/a Scott Jones), former midday and 5pm anchor, (now at WXIN in Indianapolis)
- Kelly Koh, former reporter, fill-in anchor, and meteorologist (now out of the TV business)
- Nicole Manske, former reporter, (now co-host of NASCAR Now on ESPN)
- Julia Moffit, former anchor for Noon and First at 5 newscasts, (now morning anchor at WTHR in Indianapolis)
- Meghan Mongillo, former reporter, (now at WXIX in Cincinnati)
- Bryan Mylar, former main anchor (??-1999), now at KSAT-TV in San Antonio
- Mike Rolander, morning meterologist (??-2005) (current status unknown)
- Anthony Ponce, former reporter, (now at WMAQ in Chicago)
- Steve Roggie, former anchor and reporter
- David Scott, former main anchor from 1999-2007, (now at WDRB in Louisville)
- Randy Schiffman, former sports director from 1987-2008 (retired)
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.lintv.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=298&Itemid=114
- ^ NewsChannel 15 - Bios. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Program schedule from TitanTV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WANE-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WANE-TV
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