Media in Fort Wayne, Indiana

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
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.
whatzupfree 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
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.

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 City
NTSC DTV
W07CL 7 26.1 3ABN 3ABN 7 Raymond S. and Dorothy N. Moore Foundation Auburn
WANE 15 31.1CBS Fort WAyNE NewsChannel 15 LIN TV Fort Wayne
31.2 Antenna TV Antenna TV Fort Wayne
31.3 Local Weather Station (LWS) Live Doppler 15 Fury
WPTA 21 24.1 ABC 21 Alive (Indiana's NewsCenter) Malara Broadcast Group Fort Wayne
24.2 The CW Television Network The CW Fort Wayne
24.3 weather radar Viper HD Radar
WISE 33 18.1 NBC

WISE as in wisdom

 NBC33 (Indiana's NewsCenter) Granite Broadcasting Corporation Fort Wayne
18.2 MyNetworkTV My Network TV 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 4510.1 3ABN W Fort Wayne Channel Tran Star Fort Wayne
WFFT 55 36.1 Fox 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

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
WMRI860 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 (Note: FM version is WOWO FM)
WGL 1250 FOX Sports Sports Talk Adams Radio Group Fort Wayne
WBZQ1300 Huntington's Very Own Soft AC Larko Communications, Inc. Huntington
WKJG 1380ESPN Radio Sports Federated Media Fort Wayne
WLYV 1450 The Patriot Political TalkAdams Radio GroupFort Wayne
WJZI 1540 Jazz Lewis Broadcasting, LLC Decatur
WGLL 1570 ReligiousRaymond S. and Dorothy N. Moore Foundation Auburn
WLAB-FM 88.3 StarReligious Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Northeast Indiana Note: Also transmits as 88.7
W204BF 88.7Star Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Fort Wayne Northeast Indiana Note: Also transmits as 88.3
WBOI-FM 89.1NPRNews & Jazz Northeast Indiana Public RadioFort Wayne
WBKE-FM 89.5NPRNews & Jazz (Relay of WBOI) Manchester College North Manchester
WBCL-FM 90.3 Contemporary Christian Music Religious Taylor University Fort Wayne
WCYT-FM 91.1The Point Alternative/Indie Homestead High School Fort Wayne
WCKZ 91.3NPRClassical 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
WVSH-FM 91.9 Viking Radio Variety Huntington North High School Huntington
WOWO-FM 92.3 News/Talk Federated Media Fort Wayne (Note: FM version of WOWO)
WZBD-FM 92.7 Z92.7 FM Adult Contemporary Adams County Radio, INC. Berne, Indiana
WBTU-FM 93.3 US 93.3 CountryAdams Radio Group Fort Wayne
WBNI 94.1 NPRClassical Northeast Indiana Public RadioRoanoke
WAJI-FM 95.1 Best FM Adult ContemporarySarkes-Tarzian Fort Wayne
WXKE 96.3 96.3XKE Classic RockAdams Radio Group Fort Wayne
WJFX HD2 96.9 B96.9 R&B & Old SchoolAdams 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 CommunicationsDefiance, Ohio
WBYR-FM 98.9The BearRockFederated Media Fort Wayne
WFCV-FM 100.1 Bott Radio Religious Fort Wayne
WQSW-LP 100.5 Quasi Inc. Gospel 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
WJCI 102.9 The River WGL-AM Simulcast The Summit City Radio Group Fort Wayne
WJFX HD3 103.3 Great Country 103.3 CountryAdams Radio Group Fort Wayne
WWFW 103.9 Soft Rock 103.9 Soft RockAdams Radio Group Fort Wayne
WQHK-FM 105.1 K105 Country Federated Media Huntertown
WRDF 106.3 Redeemer Radio Catholic RadioColumbia City
WFGA-FM 106.7 The Fan Sports 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 107.9Top 40 Adams Radio GroupFort Wayne

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]

References

  1. ↑ Arbitron. Retrieved on 2008-04-25.
  2. ↑ Bott Radio Network. Retrieved on 2008-04-25.
  3. ↑ Alexa Top 500 Sites
  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